Legal IT Insider has today (16 July) launched the first-ever practice management system industry report, which takes an unparalleled, in-depth look at the functionality of many PMS systems in the market.
This report is written by our lead analyst Neil Cameron, who has decades of experience working as a technology consultant for law firms, including experience of selecting and implementing software. It is the result of hours’ worth of demos, and we are grateful to the participating vendors for their time and patience. It includes a functionality table that we know you will not find elsewhere. And it includes industry analysis that gives insight and context on both historical and latest trends.
When we first conceived of this report well over a year ago, it was partly in recognition of the fact that the legal market is changing and evolving in terms of its PMS needs, but that there is little out there in terms of a ‘Gartner-style’ review.
This report started as a ‘pay-to-play’ model, where we asked vendors to pay to participate. However, we decided along the way that from an ethical journalism perspective, we didn’t want to preclude anyone who deserved to be in the report from being in it, and we pivoted to an advertising model. As a result, all legal main PMS vendors have been invited to participate for free, not conditional on advertising, although we are grateful to those who have advertised.
The vendors that are in this report have agreed to be in it and there is a reason why that is important. We didn’t want to write a report based on headlines, press releases and hearsay, only direct engagement and demos of current functionality. In terms of the vendors here, this is an invaluable look under the hood.
As he did with our CRM report, Neil begins with some of the history of practice management systems going way back in time, which is a fascinating read! In understanding where you’re going, it is really important to understand where you are coming from. I absolutely love the sheer amount of knowledge that has gone into the Historical Background, as well as the current trends and future of PMS analysis.
We have learned a lot in the process of creating this report and we will be taking that learning forward for the next report. We hope you enjoy it and takeaway some valuable learning yourselves.
To read the PMS report in full, sign up here (The report will be emailed directly to your inbox)