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For decades, project management software has been straightforward-buyers knew very well what to expect from this type of software as most products potentially offered the same or almost similar features.

The main functionalities focused invariably on project planning, task management, tracking of project milestones, resource allocation, Gantt charts, critical path, and reporting.

Traditional project management was (and still is) based on principles defined by organizations such as the Project Management Institute (PMI). According to PMI, each project has five stages: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closing, and therefore, project management software should provide features for all of them.

New technologies like cloud computing have allowed more vendors to enter the project management software market, by making software development more affordable. While these vendors offered more options for buyers to choose from, their products were mostly basic as they did not have big budgets for product development. Some of them focused on specific project management needs such as resource management or workflow management, while others preferred to focus on task management.