INITIAL DATA |
Power |
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- Unlimited Number of Activities, Resources, Dependencies, Calendars, etc.
- Everything is unlimited
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Structures |
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- Unlimited Number of PBS, WBS, OBS, RBS, MBS, CBS
- Unlimited Number of Levels in All Structures
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Costs |
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- Unlimited Number of Cost Components and Currencies
- Multiple costs for same activities and resources
- Calculated Cost Components
- Cost Centers
- Separate Discounting Rates for Cost Components
- Cost Periods
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Calendars Activities |
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- Activity, Resource, Dependency Lag Calendars
- Duration and Productivity Driven, Hammocks, Milestones, Switches
- Continuous, Splitable, Scalable, ASAP/ALAP
- Activity Costs (fixed, per work hour, per work unit)
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Dependencies |
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- FS, SS, FF, SF with Lead/Lags
- Strict and Double Dependencies
- Time and Volume Lags
- Multiple Links between two activities
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Resources (renewable) |
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- Resource Costs and Material Consumption per work hour
- Resource Crews (Multiresources)
- Resource Skills
- Resource Centers
- Resource Production and Consumption
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Resource Assignments |
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- Resource, Multiresource and Skill Assignments
- Resource Assignment Productivities
- Resource Assignment Costs (fixed, per work hour, per work unit)
- Resource Assignment Material Consumption (fixed, per work hour, per work unit)
- Partial and Variable Resource Assignments
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Materials |
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- Material Costs
- Material Centers
- Material Production and Consumption
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User Defined Fields |
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- Any number of User Defined Fields
- Any Formulae for UDF Calculation
- User Defined Graphical Indicators (Street Lights)
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Corporate Reference-books (Databases) |
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- Standard Resource Crews
- Resource and Crews Productivities on Typical Assignments
- Material Consumption per Work Unit for Typical Activities and Assignments
- Work Unit Costs for Typical Activities and Assignments
- Any Other
- Typical Fragment Library
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PROJECT / PORTFOLIO PLANNING |
Project Scheduling |
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- Critical Path Method
- Quantity Based Scheduling
- Conditional Scheduling
- Forward and Backward Scheduling
- Free Float, Total Float, Super Float, DRAG
- Shift Work Simulation
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Resource Leveling |
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- Resource Constrained Schedule Optimization
- Resource Critical Path (Critical Chain) Calculation
- Resource Constrained Schedule Stabilization
- Material Constrained Scheduling
- Cost Constrained Scheduling
- Project, Phase and Activity Priorities
- Skill Scheduling with User Defined Resource Priorities
- Resource Dependencies
- Activity Resource Constrained Floats
- Resource Assignment Floats
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Project / Portfolio Budgeting |
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- Multiple Budgets with Multiple Cost Components and Multiple Currencies
- Simulation of both Financing and Expenses
- Project / Portfolio Cash Flow Calculation with Discounting
- NPV, IRR and Payback Period Calculation for Projects and Portfolios
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Risk Simulation |
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- Optimistic, Most Probable and Pessimistic Scenarios
- Portfolio, Project and Phase Duration Probability Curves
- Portfolio, Project and Phase Budget Probability Curves
- Portfolio, Project and Phase Material Consumption Probability Curves
- Meeting Target Dates and Budgets Probabilities
- Setting Reliable Project / Portfolio Time and Cost Buffers
- Critical Schedule Calculation
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DATA PROCESSING |
Filters |
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- Any Filter on Project / Portfolio Fields and Hierarchical Sorting
- Activities without Predecessors and without Successors
- Activity Predecessors/Successors
- Selected Dependencies
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Formulaes |
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- Formulae that may link any fields and cells including UDF
- Recursive Formulae
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PROJECT PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
Project Schedule and Budget |
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- Project Archives
- Any Number of Project / Portfolio Baselines
- Trends of Project / Portfolio Parameters
- Comparing Any Two Versions of Project / Portfolio
- Earned Value Analysis for Costs, Volumes of Work, Materials, UDF
- Trends of Earned Value Data
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Risk Analysis |
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- Current Probabilities to Meet Project Targets and Success Probability Trends
- Project Time and Cost Buffers Penetration Analysis
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PROJECT / PORTFOLIO REPORTS |
Graphic Reports |
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- Project, Activity, Resource and Material Gantt Charts
- PBS, WBS and RBS Org Charts
- Network Diagrams
- Linear Diagram (Time-Location Chart)
- Portfolio, Project and Phase S-curves
- Cost Histograms and Cash Flows
- Resource Histograms
- Resource Overload Bar
- Material Histograms and Material Flows
- User Defined Fields Histograms
- Probability Curves
- Portfolio / Project Truncation
- Earned Value Graphical and Tabular Reports
- Portfolio / Project Parameter Trends Graphical and Tabular Reports
- Out of Sequence Activities Report
- Success Probability Trends Graphical and Tabular Reports
- Trends of Any Parameter Graphical and Tabular Reports
- Comparative Portfolio, Project, Activity, Resource, and Material Gantt Charts
- Comparative Linear Diagram
- Performance Reports for Any Time Interval
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Tabular Reports |
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- Any tabular report on planned and actual portfolio, project, phase, activity, resource, material, cost data and user defined fields for any period, including user defined
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OTHER TOOLS |
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- Script Language
- Multiple Project and Portfolio Configurations
- Unlimited Undo’s and Protocol of Actions
- Performance Archives
- Portfolio and Project Access Rights
- Search and Replace
- Customizable Report and Print Templates
- Conditional Gantt Chart bar colors
- Time Scale from minutes to years
- Work with Multiple Windows
- Export/Import to/from Excel, Text, MS Project xml, Primavera xer, mpx, MS SQL Server and Oracle databases
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