Project Scheduling Module

The Project Scheduling module simplifies the task of scheduling and tracking project phases, tasks, employee schedules and workloads, project millstones and much more. Architects can specify an unlimited number tasks for each phase of the project and can also assign an unlimited number of employees to work on each task. Salary data, extracted from the Employee Information module, is used to automatically calculate the number of hours that should be budgeted to a specific task (based on fees specified in the Proposal/Contract). Conversely, architects can setup a project schedule, enter estimated task hours for each assigned employee, and the program will automatically determine the required fees for each phase and task.

 Sample of Features

The Project Scheduling database is joined to other areas of the program (i.e. Proposals/Contracts, Time Sheets, Employee Information). Data stored in the Project Scheduler module and information extracted from joined databases are incorporated into forms, charts, summaries and reports that allow architects to do the following:

- establish the start date, end date and priority level for each phase and task
- assign an unlimited number of tasks for each project phase
- specify an unlimited number of employees to work on each task
- establish dependency links between various tasks
- automatically determine phase and task duration periods
- view on-the-fly graphically designed yearly, monthly, weekly project calendars
- schedule dates for firm-wide holidays and individual employee vacations
- obtain firm-wide and specific employee workload charts for a specified period
- create reports comparing scheduled hrs. against actual time sheet hrs. logged
- check for schedule conflicts and much much more

 Reports, Charts and Graphs

The Project Scheduler module allows archiects to assigned priority levels to each task and create dependency links between project tasks. Phase and task durations are automatically calculated and are based on employee scheduled hours, task priority levels, calendar weekends and scheduled holidays. Architects can also obtain (on-the-fly) reports that summarize firm-wide and specific employee workloads, daily scheduled tasks, budgeted/scheduled hours Vs actual time sheet hours logged and much more.