ProjectCommander, the first project management software product that provides a step-by-step approach to project management, simplifies and extends the already considerable capabilities of Microsoft Project with a comprehensive and easy-to-use set of project management functions. Project teams can now initiate, track, and analyze project plans with an intuitive productivity tool for enhanced project management.

• With ProjectCommander, our clients can expect to increase project management efficiency and effectiveness through:

With ProjectCommander, our clients can expect to increase project management efficiency and effectiveness through:

• Streamlined resource allocation, estimation and leveling processes
• Increased speed to initiate a project
• Increased productivity as projects are managed
• Flattening the learning curve for new users

ProjectCommander delivers a step-by-step menu and wizard approach to setting up a project WBS. With one click, you can switch between the various modes:

• Definition: Speed, accuracy and consistency with project initiation by intuitively setting important defaults to drive project scheduling
• Planning: Built in workflow provides logical approach to building an accurate, resource-loaded project schedule
• Reporting: 100+ pre-configured reports (including Work Analysis and Cost Analysis)

In addition, several Productivity Tools and shortcuts are available for the user to increase ease of use and eliminate guessing and rework. To highlight a few:

• A personal Task Checklist allows a team member to include sub-tasks and steps pertaining to your personal work without sharing it with the entire work group to avoid overloading tasks in your team project plan.
• Several Alerts – including prompts and "Smart Deletes", let you know what links will be affected when a task is deleted.
• An Issue Log – to record the date and nature of the occurrence, its severity level, resource assignment and status tracking.
• With one click, you can display tasks for a given resource during a specified time to identify and resolve overallocations.
• ProjectCommander also offers over 100 powerful reports and views for effective and proactive analyzing, troubleshooting, and communication of your project’s information.

"With enhanced capabilities that make planning and scheduling easier, the issue log stands out as helpful: issues around each task warn the Project Manager of pitfalls or roadblocks ahead.  Within any date range, issue log reports can be generated by resource, status or severity.  I’m sold on using ProjectCommander daily on my Project Management chores."

- Charlie Howe
Contributing Editor, Software Review
PM Network Magazine

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