Project Management
- Define work breakdown structures quickly and easily with the visual project editor.
- Visualize execution progress, critical paths and completion/effort estimates.
- Manage resource requirements and allocation at the task and project level. Track project deliverables and KPIs.
- Estimate project cost and expenses, track budget allocations and actual costs.
- Track the evolution of schedules, resource allocation, cost estimates etc. using project baselines.
- Record project risks and proposed mitigation plans. Quantify their probability and financial impact and improve future risk prediction.
- Forecast financial project performance (ROI, NPV, IRR, payback, cash flow etc.).
Portfolio Management
- View and manage the project portfolio in a hybrid spreadsheet/graphical workspace.
- Segment the project portfolio and analyze allocation, cost and performance by program, category, customer etc.
- Adjust project schedules with simple drag-and-drop gestures. Perform real-time capacity analysis, save and compare scheduling scenarios.
- Evaluate the merits of each project using a combination of performance and strategic alignment criteria.
- Analyze portfolio statistics and resource allocation/utilization schedules aggregated in real time. Strike a balance between project schedules, priorities and resource capacity and cost.
- Collect project proposals from teams and departments or use a centralized project initiation process.
Demand Management and Capacity Planning
- Measure capacity demand and quantify the necessary capacity adjustments. Generate hiring/redundancy plans.
- Compare the resource allocation plan against actual effort, improve future planning accuracy.
- Analyze resource allocation and availability in real time at the portfolio level. Schedule projects manually or automatically for optimum resource allocation within the existing capacity constraints.
- Assign resources explicitly or automatically based on existing requirements and availability.
- Record the evolution of resource allocation at the project and portfolio level. Measure the deviation of current resource allocation and utilization from original plans.
Time Tracking
- Review and approve timesheets containing team members' worked hours and time off.
- Timesheet submission and approval workflow with configurable submission and approval policy.
- Maintain schedule and budget control with resource utilization figures aggregated automatically from timesheets.
- View real-time task and project completion forecasts based on hours worked to date vs. planned effort.
- Compare the work performed vs. original allocation plans at the project and portfolio level.
- Generate labor reports for customer or inter-departmental billing.
Cost and Budget Management
- Measure labor costs using individual resource rates and average rates for unfilled requirements.
- Forecast and track labor and non-labor costs. Define and manage cost centers and expense categories.
- Manage cost estimates, budgets, actual costs, cash flows, etc.
- Forecast project and portfolio performance (ROI, NPV, IRR, payback etc).
- Adjust budgets based on current estimates or actuals.
Collaboration and Document Management
- Assign general-scope or project-specific action items to team members and track their completion.
- Share documents publicly or inside individual projects or business cases. Control the visibility of public and attached documents.
- Enter progress updates quickly and easily. Request updates from team members for pending tasks.
- Receive automatic e-mail notifications when certain events occur. Manage individual e-mail notification subscriptions.
- Configurable assignment request and approval workflows.
- Configurable timesheet approval and allocation adjustment request workflows.
Technology & Integration
- Powerful and intuitive desktop-like interface based exclusively on web standards. Zero reliance on browser plugins such as Flash, Silverlight etc.
- Compatible with a wide range of platforms. Accessible from Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, etc.
- Secure data storage and communication between browser and server (256 bit SSL).
- Import/export project schedules from/to Microsoft Project and compatible applications. Import project schedules from structured spreadsheets (Excel or text) using cut-and-paste.
- Export project milestones and task schedules into Outlook and other Calendar applications.
- Export data directly into Microsoft Excel or Word. Download charts for use in off-line reports and documents.
- Extract raw or pre-processed system data for use in Excel, external databases or BI tools.
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