PLANTA Project

PLANTATION Project is a project management software for managing and controlling multiple projects of a company, sharing the same resources. PLANTATION Project is the successor to the multi-project management system PPMS, which has since 1980 PLANTATION constantly evolving. In contrast to its predecessor PPMS provides PLANTATION Project process- oriented project management ( in accordance with DIN 69901-2, PMI, PRINCE2 or customized definable) with completely reworked, workflow - oriented interface. The intuitive scripting language Python, an open- source product, is the basis for the new interface of PLANTATION Project. The MS. NET technology with panel technology allows the user to place the window as desired.

PLANTATION Project is assessed by independent experts as PM- flexible multi- project management software with particular strength in the area of ​​project and portfolio controlling. "It's strength lies in the combination of a well -developed resource and time management modules with coherent portfolio management and budgeting functionality. "

Description

With the number of projects that can be managed, there is no quantitative restriction, so that the entire project portfolio of a company can be managed, regardless of whether it is initially a project idea or already at a scheduled project schedules, resources and costs concerns. A special feature of PLANTATION Project as a true multi-project management software is the clear presentation of the resource planning of all projects of the company away, which allows at a glance statements about the extent to which are free in a particular department at any given time resources, for example, for a specific customer order. The planning module provides detailed, hierarchical project structure plans and milestone planning including milestone trend analysis available and the overall presentation of the schedule as a bar chart ( Gantt ).

International Enterprise Project Management

PLANTATION Project, together with the additional function blocks PLANTATION portfolio for project portfolio management, PLANTATION Request for Request Management and Change Management, PLANTATION sales for the integration of commercial functions in project management and PLANTATION content for automatic generation of web sites and production of manuals an international enterprise Project management system.

Areas of application

The multi-project management system PLANTATION Project has been used since 1980 ( then known as PPMS ) any industry in IT and organizational departments, in research and development departments, in machinery and equipment manufacturing and controlling departments of medium and large enterprises (about 20-5000 users).

Multi-project functionality

  • Total project overview with core information and project management assessment for key project parameters
  • Project templates for easy setup of projects
  • Risk Management: Risk checklist for the assessment of project risks
  • Possibility for the classification of projects ( for example, ABC analysis )
  • Numerous reports on the evaluation of the project progress and costs (project status reports to archive the project metrics, milestone trend analysis, earned value analysis, target -performance comparisons, etc.)
  • Simulation of planned projects, with approval of the project, the resources are booked
  • Document management: operations and project structure elements can be linked to documents
  • PLANTATION standard software is available in German, English and French, if necessary following additional languages ​​can be supplied: Spanish; Italian; Portuguese; Czech; Polish; Russian. Other languages ​​on request.

Interfaces

Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, ERP / SAP, Excel, other interfaces are possible (eg Lotus Notes, MS SharePoint)

Origin, partnerships

The software has been developed as part of a BMFT research project at the University of Karlsruhe in 1980 and currently around 50,000 people and with approximately 530 business licenses, primarily in Germany, Switzerland and other European countries. Partnerships: Microsoft Partner (Gold Independent Software Vendor), a member of the GPM - German Association for Project Management Association, Alliance Partner of Fujitsu Siemens Computers

General technical specifications

  • Modern 3-tier-Client/Server-Architektur (C / C ), thin client: fast handling of large amounts of data, a central database, shared resource pool and management of different access rights and users (role- based), simply define individual roles
C Sharp (programming language) Project Management Institute .NET Framework
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