Choose from two fully integrated project planning and resource management solutions: Project Resource, Estimating and Planning® from Sandler Kahne or Microsoft Projects 2003.
Take the guesswork out of managing your resources and their schedules. Use the Resource Calendar & Capacity wizard to assist you in defining the available hours of each of your resources. Develop simple rough estimates to determine if your project is feasible, and when the time comes, create a detailed estimate with resources and materials lists. Generate a customized proposal in Microsoft Word from the billing estimate.
The Project Resource, Estimating & Planning ® module puts project staffing, budgeting and forecasting into the hands of the person most acquainted with project requirements and performance -- the project manager. In turn, collective data across all projects is consolidated into global staffing and performance reports for those who need it for company operations and long-range planning. As a result, division heads get to maintain and track their budgets, perform what-if scenarios and update their projects budgets with actual costs.
In addition, our solution lets Professional Services firms calculate anticipated revenue, cost and profit levels on each project and task. Create a detailed project resource plan by establishing the work breakdown structure and baseline, analyzing similar projects and selecting and assigning resources. Additionally, Professional Services firms will be able to achieve multidimensional planning for flexible viewing, entering project data and performing "what-if" analysis for complete project control. In turn, these efficiencies lead to reduced time to market and lower overhead costs.