While selecting software for a workgroup or small company it is important to select right set of applications. Below you will find more on set of applications recommended for workgroup without a complex IT environment.
To create environment for a team or a small company we recommend:
- at least one licence for P2ware Planner Premium for a lead project manager
- licences for P2ware Planner Professional for project managers
- free licences for P2ware Planner Viewer for other stakeholders
In such environment, Planner Premium is intended for experts more senior in project management, decisive in terms of project management standards and persons supporting project management in the organisation, e.g. project support office. This software can of course be used to create plans and manage their execution as other Planner applications. This version is unique because having Planner Premium one can create plan templates for the whole organisation or workgroup by adding custom properties, formulas computed based on other properties of any other object of the plan, hiding or showing various perspectives and even by hiding unused views and related objects. This version makes it easier to enforce project management standards within a company.
P2ware Planner Professional is intended for people responsible for creating plans and managing their execution often called project managers. Planner Professional has all advanced planning tools. The main difference between Professional and Premium is that Professional does not have advanced customisation features present in Premium, i.e. users of Professional can use plan templates created with Planner Premium but they cannot add new properties, change layouts of object editors or add formulas. Such a limited functionality helps keeping all plan files compatible and enforcing a project management standard in a workgroup or company. This together with reporting capabilities of Professional and Premium makes it easier to create coherent project management environment with a little financial commitment
Planner Viewer is a free software that is installed with each Planner installation. It is free so everyone involved in a project who needs to have access to plan files but does not need to change it, can install the Viewer and open plan files in ‘read-only’ mode. Since Viewer users have access to all plan data, so it is not recommended to give them access to plans with confidential data.
Other software configurations are also possible. The set above is recommended because it offers the best use of the software and the fastest return of investment.
Other possible configurations
- one licence for Planner Premium for senior project manager, Planner Standard for project managers and team managers, free Planner Viewer licences
- Planner Professional for project or team managers, free Planner Viewer licences
- Planner Standard for project managers of small projects, managers or leaders of teams
If you are interested in purchasing the set of P2ware Planner Suite 2011 applications for a workgroup or a small company, please contact P2ware Sales Team, describe your requirements and you will be advised what a set of licences would be the best in your situation.