Job and Resource Management Functions & Features

The Job and Resource Management Functions & Features comprise the following elements:

• Calendaring

  Main modules include Master calendar (across all projects);Interdependent tasks and external processes calendaring;Provide features that address unstructured-type collaboration among participants, such as calendaring and group scheduling—provide facilities for planning and carrying out group tasks;Generates calendar dynamically;. Calendaring, Job and Resource Management Functions & Features

• Job Initiation/Request Management

  Feature and functions covered Job request form and gating mechanism;Customizable request form content;Flexible approval routing for requests;Seamless transfer of information from request to accepted job;. Job Initiation/Request Management, Job and Resource Management Functions & Features

• Project Information Repository

  Functionality covered Saves project information and documents for future reporting and reuse;Maintains audit trail of changes, key decisions, etc.;Lists previously used vendors or agencies;. Project Information Repository, Job and Resource Management Functions & Features

• Project Metrics/Performance Measurement

  Functionality covered Defines and tracks key metrics per project type;Calculates metrics based on other metric values;Rollup metrics across projects;Breaks down metrics into component contributions;Integrates with external sources of metric values;. Project Metrics/Performance Measurement, Job and Resource Management Functions & Features

• Review/Approval Capabilities

  Functionality below includes Electronic requests and notifications of approval or rejection;Support "approved with changes" status for "once and done" review;Link to objects to be approved;General approval mechanism, available and consistent across all system objects;Consolidated approval repository at project level and list approvals with details underneath;Online markup: integrated, seamless, and simultaneous or interactive;. Review/Approval Capabilities, Job and Resource Management Functions & Features

• Production Management

  Functionality covered Customizable templates to ensure proper planning, management, and execution;Capture and group custom attributes;Capture and attach unlimited amounts of information and files;Project and task status (various views) and alerts;Visual tools to see and specify task order and dependencies;Date tracking (target versus actual);. Production Management, Job and Resource Management Functions & Features