- It is the most featured project management application that connects to P2ware Planner Server and at the same time one of the most sophisticated applications that support management of projects, programmes and portfolios,
- has all features available in P2ware Planner Enterprise, P2ware Planner Premium and P2ware Planner Professional,
- allows to adjust plan templates to specific project, program or organisation requirements and create plan templates as easy as they can be or as much complicated as required by organisational needs,
- facilitates deployment of one or many project management methods, e.g. PRINCE2® or PMI® PMBOK®,
- is excellent for both small and large enterprises managing projects, programmes and portfolios,
- facilitates introduction of coherent project management standards and best practices also among users of Planner Enterprise, Premium, Professional and Standard.
P2ware Planner for Project Support Office 2011
This is the most advanced project management tool intended for project, programme and portfolio support offices which define project management standards in any organisation. Certainly its advantages and numerous features will be appreciated by senior project and programme managers who would like to create plan templates and adjust the software to particular requirements.
Planner for Project Support Office (PSO) has all features of P2ware Planner Professional or P2ware Planner Enterprise but it has also views that allow to customise application and create plan templates with custom properties, mathematical or logical formulas, perspectives, custom user interface or even with hidden unused functions. Due to these customisation features, it is easy to adjust the software to team, project, programme or organization requirements or standards.
Organisations and project managers use various project management methods and standards, so there are often various procedures and informational requirements. With P2ware Planner for PSO organisations can create plan templates which satisfy their specific needs and which can be used by people using other Planner applications such as P2ware Planner Enterprise, P2ware Planner Premium, P2ware Planner Professional or P2ware Planner Standard.
Why Planner for Project Support Office
Who should use Planner for Project Support Office
If you
- are a project manager or project support office employee,
- want to customise P2ware Planner according to your industry, organization and/or management method requirements,
- need a tool with a wide spectrum of functionalities from creating and executing a plan, advanced reporting to user interface customisation,
- are looking for advanced but user friendly application that supports project management,
- are looking for a tool integrating management of various projects simultaneously,
- are looking for a solution allowing to manage resources centrally,
or if you want to
- deploy in your organisation project, programme and portfolio management methods or standards such as PRINCE2®, MSP®, MoP® or PMI® PMBOK®,
- promote a teamwork,
- use all advantages of the product-based planning,
- make projects, programmes and portfolios management easier,
- make reporting more efficient and easy,
- create a global risk and issue management system for projects, programmes and portfolios across the whole organization,
- provide all stakeholders only with information that is really needed avoiding information overload,
- adjust the software to the needs of organization, programmes or specific projects by adding new properties, formulas or by modifying user interface
... then P2ware Planner for PSO is an excellent for you and your organisation.
Major features
P2ware Planner for PSO is the most advanced and effective project management application which can be integrated with P2ware Planner Server. It has all P2ware Planner Enterprise or P2ware Planner Premium features and allows plan template customisation according to various and often non-standard requirements of project, programmes or organisations. Such customisation includes adding new properties, categories, mathematical formulas, changing appearance and a layout of the user interface or even hiding selected views, relations and properties. Due to these rich customisation features, one can create templates that are either very simple or extremely complicated depending on a project, an industry or preferences and may contain only information really needed and relevant to the project.
With P2ware Planner for PSO you can
- use all features available in P2ware Planner Enterprise,
- add new properties to plan template that are specific to project, programme, portfolio or organization,
- define new properties of plan objects also calculated with mathematical formulas dependent on other properties of the plan objects (e.g. products, activities, risks),
- hide unused views, properties, relations or perspectives and make plan templates as simple as they can be.
P2ware Planner for PSO, due to its features, may be used not only by senior project managers for managing projects, but also as an element of project management system with P2ware Planner Server, where Planner for PSO is used by project, programme and portfolio support office employees to create plan templates and customise the system.
Plan template customisation
All plan objects may be adjusted to individual requirements. Since all plan settings are saved in a plan and a plan template, it is recommended for an organisation with Planner Server to have at least one Planner for PSO licence. By using Planner for PSO (or Planner Premium in organisations without Planner Server) the organisation can define an information structure of plans at any moment of creating project management environment and, if needed, adjust it later.
New properties
Adding new properties to a plan object description (e.g. product, risk, activity) is easy and thanks to that organisations may adjust plan data to projects or industry without a need to adjust the organisation to the software package.
For all types of plan objects you can add new properties like:
- Sheet
- Check list
- Dropdown list
- Image
- RAG colour signals
- URL
- The text of one or more lines
- Dotted Identifier
- and many more...
Own formulas
It is also possible to add properties which values are computed according to other properties. Such properties are called formulas and by using them you may create automatically computed signals, cost summaries, filters, validate important data or create summaries. Formulas are automatically and instantly updated so that a user is constantly up-to-date with all important indicators. Output of the formula may be text, URL, number, traffic light or any other popular data type. Formulas may be also used in report templates.
User interface customisation
Planner for PSO allows to customise applications' user interface and adjust it to user preferences or requirements. It is possible to create multiple perspectives of editors (user interface used to describe plan objects) and each perspective can have a different set of properties or formulas, different sizes and tabs. Editors configured them as if they were built-in properties added by P2ware.
Hiding unused functionalities
Not all projects require all functionalities of P2ware Planner and in various types of projects it is quite common to use different sets of views and functionalities. With Planner for PSO it is possible to create plan templates that hide unused functionalities. Thanks to that project managers and project leaders work with plans with simplified user interface, avoid information overload and may focus on key project data that has real value for the organization.