Short description: Project planner enterprise is a scalable client / server software which lets you manage all projects in your enterprise. All members in the enterprise can view/update/modify task status in their projects. Using the built-in metrics, Smartworks project planner lets you predict the slippage in terms of cost/schedule for all projects in the organization. The edition is scalable based on the size of your organization.
The price starts from US$399 for a 5 seat license (Home office). The other editions include small office (10 seats), Mini (20 seats), Professional (50 seats) and Enterprise (unlimited seats for a single geographical site)
Several improvements have been done to Project Planner 4.8 based on customer feedback.
List of new features in Project Planner 4.8:
Earned Value Management Resource Dependent Calendar Drag and drop attachments Create projects quickly and easily using Project creation Wizard Plan a project by splitting a project into well defined tasks in a spreadsheet interface Summary view to show the project health based on number of tasks and project duration Add multiple resources and assign a task owner to a task Change the task status in terms of percentage completion to mark progress Printable Gantt chart equivalent to the plan Critical path in Gantt Chart for in-depth project analysis and dynamic calculation of critical path and task slack Calendar to set the working days in project, also ability to set number of working hours in a day Tasks filters for easy viewing of tasks Network Diagram to see the project flow Automatically generated reminder for lagging tasks Estimation view to project completion based on the current status Customizable warning mail configuration, for lagged tasks and tasks which are about to slip Inbuilt risk management with mitigation and contingency and Global risk database
A 30-day risk free trial version of the software can be downloaded from http://www.smartworks.us/demo/pp-ee.exe
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Program: Project Planner enterprise server 4.8 Version: 4.8 Size: 12.32 MB License: Commercial Operating Systems: Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 4.x, Windows2000, WinXP Price: $$4999 Last update: 2007-08-21 Publisher:Accord Software & Systems Inc. Languages: Status: Major Update Category:Project Management System Requirements: IBM PC pentium , 64 MB RAM, 500MB free disk space What's new: EVM, Global risk management, Resource dependent calendar, Task notes, Drag and drop attachments, Skins, Direct import from MPP files
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