Planning is a basic principle taught to every project manager. While tools for managing a project plan effectively and efficiently are readily available, many of these tools lack key functionality. For example, distributing, updating, and communicating tasks to team members and management can be a challenge.
The Project Network provides familiar tools but adds the benefits of enhanced communication and management capabilities through e-mail, on-screen alerts, and status summaries in the dashboard.
Project planning using The Project Network frees you from the administrative burdens and worries associated with stand-alone tools.
Benefits
- Reduces administrative hassles by automating communications and plan updates
- Eliminates confusion by enabling team to work from a single version of the plan
- Simplifies problem identification and task-status communication
Features
- A Task Tree allows fast access to portions of the plan, while identifying areas that are currently active or delinquent.
- Enables management of milestones, tasks, and deliverables, including dependency relationships
- Allows options to import plans from MS Project or build plans directly in The Project Network
- Creates Gantt-chart views of the project plan
- Tracks baseline measures and highlights variations from expectations
- Captures comments from team members and other stakeholders as tasks evolve
- Links to other project items include Issues, Comments and Documents further expanding project documentation.
