Project Planning and Management

Overview

TechExcel DevPlan allows project managers to plan, track, and communicate project information effectively. Intuitive user interfaces provide a combined view of sub-projects, resource allocations, and scheduling constraints, allowing project managers to keep team members focused and resources properly utilized.

With DevPlan, project managers can dynamically respond to issues and drill down to multiple levels of data. A centralized and always-accessible plan means that resources, stakeholders, and even customers can always be informed of the most accurate project information.

Benefits

Create flexible project timelines that can be dynamically updated throughout the execution of the project.
Determine root causes of incidents such as scheduling conflicts and resource over-allocation.
Correct normal development operations quickly when an incident or scheduling conflict occurs.
Publish changes with project metrics, specifications, supporting documents, and other information to the knowledge base.
Improve communication between executives, project managers, and team members throughout the product development process.

Common Activities

Generate project timelines complete with sub-project details and related information.
Analyze sub-project conflict and resource allocation issues with resource leveling and critical path analysis.
Assess the impact of a scheduling or resource changes with comparisons between current project timeline and baseline views.
Maintain detailed records of all incidents as well as a consistent conflict resolution process.
Update team members of project status or deadlines with email notifications and event reminders.

Features

Project Status Tracking - Follow all sub-projects and their progress status throughout the project timeline. DevPlan provides support for industry-standard features that make the most out of current investments. Create Gantt charts, perform resource scheduling, evaluate critical paths, resolve resource allocations issues, and compare multiple baselines.
Dynamic Graphical Views - Implement timeline, sub-project, and resource allocation changes using simple graphical tools for a variety of project views including Gantt chart, event calendar, load chart, resource sheet, and baseline chart. Define a complete project timeline with sub-projects, resources, and linked dependencies.
Customizable Interfaces - Pages and fields are user-defined using a simple GUI tool that allows a complete customization of interfaces and field choices. An out-of-the-box solution is provided that can be completely modified or new projects may be created from the ground up.
Notification Alerts and Reminders - Define notification rules to ensure efficient communication throughout the project execution process. Numerous rules may be configured based on categories, fields, time, data field changes or any combination of any these.
Knowledge Base and Document Storage - The KnowledgeWise bank allows for storage of design and specification documents, web links, and archives. Documents may be uploaded, edited, or created from document templates to create a uniform style for user guides, resolution procedures, or any other necessary documentation.
Reporting and Analysis - The powerful reporting tool provides extensive and customizable reporting for in-depth analysis. Generate reports from a variety of standard templates including list reports, sub-project reports, summary reports, and activity reports.