Project Management What does ProjectOffice.net Offer? Published on 01 May 2009 - Revised on For the last few months I have been familiarizing myself with the Project Management Tool ProjectOffice.net and found that it is a very simple and easy to use product. They have an exhaustive feature list ( that continues to grow ) that will take a few weeks to dissect and what really makes it impressive is the fact this is a product that undergoes revision constantly to provide better value. So what does ProjectOffice.net Offer? Virtual office - The concept of ProjectOffice.net is based on spaces. Imagine that you work in your own office, however if you have to work with John you will go in his office and work there. Each space in ProjectOffice.net represents each office where you work at, except that you don't have to actually go anywhere. Project management - Creating and managing projects has never been easier. With ProjectOffice.net all relevant project attributes are easily defined. Also, a visual representation of each project is presented with the Gantt chart. Task management - For each project unlimited number of tasks can be created, also subtasks, predecessors and milestones can be set. Additionally, every team member assigned to a task can update the time spent working on the task. Import projects from MS Excel - If you use MS Excel 2003/2007 to create your tasks or enter team members' time, it is time you start to use a real project management solution that will make your team's work easier and more productive. Thus, import your projects, tasks and already reported time as it is in Excel and get a better visual presentation of your project status. Add/import contacts - Keep all important contacts in a single location. With ProjectOffice.net you can add your contacts or import them from Yahoo, MS Outlook 2003/2007, Gmail, Hotmail, AOL as well as from the resource pool in your space. Resource management - In ProjectOffice.net the resource pool is defined at space level, so the project managers can assign them at various projects and tasks in a single step. Resources can also be activated or deactivated in a space depending on the company needs. Time management - Every team member updates task progress on a daily basis and submits the timesheet to the project owner for approval. Also, overtime and grand total are automatically calculated. Moreover, time-off requests for various reasons can be submitted for approval. Expense management - ProjectOffice.net allows reporting expenses at a basic level. Besides the general expense, subexpenses can be added. After submission the project owner approves or rejects the expense request. Issue tracking - Important characteristic of successful project management is tracking the inevitable issues that always emerge along the way. With the issue tracking system that ProjectOffice.net has, issues can be associated with particular projects and tasks and can be assigned to the responsible team member. Wiki collaboration - Project collaboration is critical to successful project management. Creating and editing wikis in ProjectOffice.net provides each team member with the opportunity to become an active contributor in sharing knowledge with the rest of the project team. Reporting - General project reports requested from our users are now available in ProjectOffice.net: General overview, project summary and milestones list.Soon to come are more predefined as well as custom made reports. Search - If you can't find certain information the search functionality searches all over the application as well is inside of every attached document. Project templates - Project managers do not have to waste time and create recurring projects every time since ProjectOffice.net offers predefined templates that can be used when needed. Also, project managers can save their own projects as templates for further use. Data privacy/Permissions - Data in ProjectOffice.net is secured and can be viewed only by project managers/team members/guests who are assigned to the particular project or task. Moreover, if you want to give your clients with the opportunity to supervise a project, you can invite them as guests in the project. Dashboard - The Dashboard in ProjectOffice.net is the central place where an overall summary from all tabs in all spaces is presented. What is most important is that every user can customize the Dashboard to his likes. SSL secured data - All information stored in ProjectOffice.net is secured with a SSL certificate which prevents any possibility of privacy invasion, data theft or data loss. Rate this article: No rating Print Arjun Thomas Arjun is a consultant with expertise in areas like Strategy and Operations within the field of Knowledge Management, Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media. He is an Architecture and Design Specialist with expertise in the area of Knowledge and Enterprise Portals and Web 2.0 tools and services. He has a background of implementing large scale Social Networking and other Web 2.0 tools that are now being used rather extensively to promote Knowledge Management within most organizations. Full biography Full biography Arjun is a consultant with expertise in areas like Strategy and Operations within the field of Knowledge Management, Enterprise 2.0 and Social Media. He is an Architecture and Design Specialist with expertise in the area of Knowledge and Enterprise Portals and Web 2.0 tools and services. He has a background of implementing large scale Social Networking and other Web 2.0 tools that are now being used rather extensively to promote Knowledge Management within most organizations. x Contact author Linked In
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