Project management software-the fourth tool?

Many people are involved in the management of small projects, but software to assist with this has been too complex to be of much use to other than full-time professional project managers. The authors contend that after word processors, spreadsheets and database managers, project management software is destined to become the fourth software tool, and should change the way that even small projects are planned, implemented, and managed. Most computing courses give token recognition to project management, but if is in the way project management is typically taught in undergraduate computing degrees at many universities that we see room for improvement. Our research has shown that most computing students draw Gantt and PERT charts only because this is required, not because they find them useful