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Application
APPLICATI
ON
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS AN
APPLICATION
SOFTWARE?
consists of programs designed to make users
more productive and/or assist them with personal
tasks.
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
HAS A VARIETY OF USES:
To make business activities
more efficient

To assist with graphics and

multimedia projects

To support home, personal,

and educational tasks

To facilitate
communications
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
IS AVAILABLE
IN A VARIETY OF FORMS:
● Packaged
● Custom
● Web Application
● Open Source
● Shareware
● Freeware
● Public Domain
PACKAGE
SOFTWARE
Mass-produced, copyrighted retail software that
meets the needs of a wide variety of users, not
just a single user or company. Packaged software
is available in retail stores or on the Web.
CUSTOM
SOFTWARE
Performs functions specific to a business or
industry. Sometimes a company cannot find
packaged software that meets its unique
requirements.
WEB
APPLICATION
Web site that allows users to access and interact
with software from any computer or device that
is connected to the Internet.

Many Web sites provide free access to their

programs; some charge a fee.
OPEN SOURCE
Software provided for use, modification, and
redistribution. This software has no restrictions
from the copyright holder regarding modification
of the software’s internal instructions and its
redistribution.
SHAREWARE
Copyrighted software that is distributed at no
cost for a trial period.

To use a shareware program beyond that period,

you send payment to the program developer.
FREEWARE
Copyrighted software provided at no cost by an
individual or a company that retains all rights to
the software.
PUBLIC-DOMAIN
Software has been donated for public use and has
no copyright restrictions.

Anyone can copy or distribute public-domain

software to others at no cost.
Application
software that assists
people in becoming
more effective and
efficient while
performing their
daily business
activities.
 POPULAR
BUSINESS
PROGRAMS
 WORD
PROCESSIN
G
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A WORD
PROCESSING
SOFTWARE?
Sometimes called a word processor, allows users
to create and manipulate documents containing
mostly text and sometimes Graphics

Millions of people use word processing software

every day to develop documents such as letters,
memos, reports, mailing labels, newsletters, and
Web pages.
 WORDPA
EXAMPLES OPENOFF

01 D MICROS
OFT 02
ICE
WRITER03
WORD
SPREADSH
EET
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A
SPREADSHEET
SOFTWARE?
Organize data in rows and columns and perform
calculations on the data. These rows and
columns collectively are called a worksheet.

Because of spreadsheet software’s logical

approach to organizing data, many people use
this software to organize and present
nonfinancial data, as well as financial data.
 GOOGLE
EXAMPLES OPENOFF

01 SHEETS MICROS
OFT 02
ICE
CALC 03
EXCEL
DATABASE
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A
DATABASE
SOFTWARE?
Collection of data organized in a manner that
allows access, retrieval, and use of that data. In a
manual database, you might record data on paper
and store it in a filing cabinet.

Application software that allows users to create,

access, and manage a database. Using database
software, you can add, change, and delete data in
a database; sort and retrieve data from the
database; and create forms and reports using the
data in the database.
 EXAMPLES
01 MYSQL MICROS
OFT 02
FILEMAK
ER PRO 03
ACCESS
PRESENTAT
ION
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A
PRESENTATION
SOFTWARE?
Application software that allows users to create
visual aids for Presentations to communicate
ideas, messages, and other information to a
group.

The presentations can be viewed as slides,

sometimes called a slide show, that are displayed
on a large monitor or on a projection screen.
 EXAMPLES
MICROS
GOOGLE
01 PREZI OFT
POWERP 02 SLIDES 03
OINT
 NOTE-
TAKING
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A NOTE-
TAKING
SOFTWARE?
Application software that enables users to enter
typed text, handwritten comments, drawings, or
sketches anywhere on a page and then save the
page as part of a notebook

Users find note taking software convenient

during meetings, class lectures, conferences,
in libraries, and other settings that previously
required a pencil and tablet of paper for
recording thoughts and discussions.
 GOOGLE
EXAMPLES
WINDOW
APPLE
01 KEEP S 10
STICKY 02 NOTES 03
NOTES
 BUSINESS
SOFTWARE
SUITE
WHAT IS A
BUSINESS
SOFTWARE
SUITE?
Collection of individual programs available
together as a unit.

Popular business software suites include

Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, Corel
WordPerfect Office, and Google Docs.

Software suites offer two major advantages:

lower cost and ease of use.
 MICROS
OFT
OFFICE
EXAMPLES ADOBE
CREATIV
01 365
GOOGLE 02 E SUITE 03
G SUITE
 PERSONAL
INFORMATION
MANAGER
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A
PERSONAL
INFORMATION
MANAGER
SOFTWARE?
Application software that includes an
appointment calendar, address book, notepad,
and other features to help users organize
personal information.

Mobile devices such as smartphones and

PDAs include, among many other features,
PIM functionality.
 EVERNO
EXAMPLES
MICROS
ADOBE
CREATIV
01 TE OFT
OUTLOO 02 E SUITE 03
K
 MOBILE
BUSINESS
SOFTWARES
WHAT IS A
MOBILE
BUSINESS
SOFTWARE?
In addition to PIM software, a huge variety
of business and other software is available for
Phones Some software is preloaded on the
phone, while other programs can be downloaded
or accessed on memory cards
that you insert in a slot on the device.
 EXAMPLES
PRODU
LIFEST SOCIAL UTILIT
CTIVIT
YLE MEDIA Y
Y
Fitness
Facebook Reminders
Dating
Instagram Calculator Docs
FXood
Pinterest Flashlight Sheets
Music
Snapchat Weather Wallet/Pay
Travel
 PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE
WHAT IS A
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE?
software used for project planning, scheduling,
resource allocation and change management.

It allows project managers (PMs), stakeholders

and users to control costs and manage budgeting,
quality management and documentation and also
may be used as an administration system.

Project management software is also used for

collaboration and communication between
project stakeholders.
 Project management software
caters to the following primary
PROJECT PLANNING
functions:
To define a project schedule, a project manager (PM) may use the software to
map project tasks and visually describe task interactions.

TASK MANAGEMENT
Allows for the creation and assignment of tasks, deadlines and status reports.

DOCUMENT SHARING COLLABORATION

Productivity is increased via a central document repository accessed by project
stakeholders.
 Project management software
caters to the following primary
functions:SHARING
CALENDAR & CONTACT (cont)
Project timelines include scheduled meetings, activity dates and contacts that
should automatically update across all PM and stakeholder calendars.

BUG & ERROR MANAGEMENT

Project management software facilitates bug and error reporting, viewing,
notifying and updating for stakeholders.

DOCUMENT SHARING COLLABORATION

Software must have the ability to track time for all tasks maintain records for
third-party consultants.
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PHASECYCLE
LIFE PHASE PHASE
PHASE 1
The 2
The Planning 3
The
4
The
Conceptualizat Phase Execution Termination
ion Phase Phase Phase
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE: ADVANTAGES
HELP REDUCE WASTED TIME
Such as time spent looking for files or data and time spent manually updating
schedules and timetables

REDUCE REDUNDANCY
They consolidate systems, so that information exists in only one place; an
contribute to what some call a “versioning nightmare.”

ONE SYSTEM POLICY

Project management software also ensures teams use one method to track time,
tasks, expenses, other budgeting items such as invoices and more. Having one
systems allows teams to work creatively within a given framework.
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE: ADVANTAGES
FACILITATE TEAMWORK
Software as a service (SaaS) project management solutions facilitate teamwork --
and thus project delivery, client satisfaction and repeat business.

SOFTWARE AUTOMATION
software automates your processes and provides a central hub to manage
resources, tasks, schedules, projects and communication. All this information
living in one system gives you a huge opportunity to run progress reports --
whether daily, weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
 PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE: DISADVANTAGES
● Picking one system requires an investment, which means you need to
carefully consider and determine which system will work for your unique
workflows.
● The system you pick should be just as customizable as you need.
● You should consider the cost of time and possibly money to train your
employees.
● Employee adoption of the technology you pick is critical to gain the highest
return on your investment in a project management software, as well as
avoid having employees not use the system out of lack of understanding its
user interface and total functionality.
● You want your project management software to speed up processes, not
create extra burdens on your team’s time.
 EXAMPLES
01 ASANA
02
PROJECTMA
NAGER.COM 03
HIVE
 ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE

● Helps companies record and report their financial transactions With

accounting software, business users perform accounting activities related to
the general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, purchasing,
invoicing, and payroll functions.

● Accounting Software also enables business users to write and Print checks,
track checking account activity, and update and reconcile balances on
demand.
 DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT
SOFTWARE
● Provides a means for sharing, distributing, and searching through
documents by converting them into a format that can be viewed by any user.

● A popular file format that document management software uses to save

converted documents is PDF (Portable Document Format), developed by
Adobe Systems.
 ENTERPRISE COMPUTING
SOFTWARE
● A large organization, commonly referred to as an enterprise, requires special
computing solutions because of its size and large geographic distribution.

● A typical enterprise consists of a wide variety of departments, centers, and

divisions collectively known as functional units.
 GRAPHICS & MULTIMEDIA
SOFTWARE
● This software includes computer aided design, desktop publishing,
paint/image editing, photo editing, video and audio editing, multimedia
authoring, and Web page authoring.

● Power users such as engineers, architects, desktop publishers, and graphic

artists often use sophisticated software that allows them to work with
graphics and multimedia.
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN (CAD) software
is a sophisticated type of application software that assists a professional user in
creating engineering, architectural, and scientific designs.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING (DTP) software

enables professional designers to create sophisticated documents that contain
text, graphics, and many colors.

Professional DTP software is ideal for the production of high-quality color

documents such as textbooks, corporate newsletters, marketing literature,
product catalogs, and annual reports.
PAINT SOFTWARE
also called illustration software, allows users to draw pictures shapes, and other
graphical images with various on-screen tools such as a pen, brush, eyedropper,
and paint bucket.

IMAGE EDITING SOFTWARE

provides the capabilities of paint software and also includes the capability to
enhance and modify existing images and pictures.