Over 4,000 Lloyds Bank users now have access to project management software.

The software, Business Engine Network provides teams with development teams with a central repository for all information related to a project.

Additionally it provides management information on progress, cost resource allocation and resource requirements.

In the UK, project management is improving. The main driver has been the imperative to slow the rate of failure of IT projects.

Other Business Engine customers include Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Pfizer and Siemens.