Project planning is an element of project management focused on detailed scheduling of tasks and resource assignments.
Your workforce today is decentralized, globalized, and project-oriented. Whether the work you’re tracking is billable or not, internal or external, you are dealing with what Tenrox calls the project workforce.
Benefits:
- Easy to use; intentionally lacks any complex features
- Quick implementation; light application that takes a few minutes to setup
- Totally Web-based; Server managed with no client installation or maintenance required
- Flexible delivery model: Choose between on-demand and on-premise
- Open standards: Project plans are easily interchangeable with Microsoft Project files
Tenrox Project Planning Features:
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| PWBS Gantt Chart |
Graphically draw the project plan and include any task dependencies, by visually adjusting task durations and priorities, and by linking tasks to each other. |
| Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) Chart Resource Assignment |
Import project teams and assign resources to tasks. RBS Chart shows the resources and their task lists for resource assignment and planning. |
| Earned Value Report Budget and Status Reports Cost and Revenue Reports |
View real-time project earned value, project status, budget, and cost/revenue reports. The reports can be configured to include your specific project tracking metrics. |
| Integration |
Project Plan is integrated with Tenrox Project Workforce Management. Create a plan, build project teams, assign resources and track progress with the Time and Expense Tracking module. View planned versus actual work at any time. |
Here is a quick overview of the main features of Project Planning:
The Gantt chart displays the project work breakdown structure including task dependencies, scheduling constraints, duration of each task and its percent complete. The Gantt chart helps the project team visualize and understand the project’s major activities, milestones, and current status.
Project Planning Gantt Chart: Click to Enlarge
Earned value provides an accurate indication of cost and schedule variance while a project is in progress. These indicators are used to measure how much value has truly been created and to forecast the actual budget needed to complete the project within the defined parameters. 
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