Better Manage Resources in Microsoft® Office Project
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Want to better manage resources across multiple projects in Microsoft Office Project?
DecisionEdge for Microsoft Office Project comes with the multi-project charts and reports you need to better manage the resources working on your projects. Get started quickly with over 100 new bundled charts and reports, including the Agile Development burndown report, that help you better understand and communicate key information across your project portfolio. DecisionEdge includes support for resource pools, giving you better visibilty into resource usage across your project portfolio.
Out of the box, you will answer questions such as:
- When are people needed to keep the project on schedule?
- Do I have enough people for the job?
- Are some people idle while others are overworked?
- How many developers do we need next month?
- What is everyone working on now?
"Even with the more graphical options in Project’s new Visual Reports feature, you can benefit from the more advanced graphics capabilities of DecisionEdge’s products."- Microsoft Office Project 2007 for Dummies
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Sample Resource Charts and Reports |
Head Count Allocation Chart 
This resource chart lets you know whether a resource is under-used or over-allocated.
When will this resource be available for a new project?
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Resource Lookahead Report
Answers the question: "Across all projects, which tasks are my resources assigned to work on in the coming months?"
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Resource Hours Dashboard Chart
This resource hours dashboard chart provides an interactive portal into resource information. With just a glance, managers can see key information about resource allocation across multiple projects.
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Burndown Report - Work
(Agile Development)
This chart shows actual and baseline work effort over time, in the form of an Agile development burndown report
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Planned and Actual Hours Dashboard
This chart answers the question: "Which resources are working on my project this month?" It lets you see what was planned and what actually happened in a given time period.
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Planned and Actual Hours Across Projects
This chart answers the question: "Which projects are my resources working on this quarter?", with the ability to compare planned with actual effort.
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DecisionEdge is business intelligence for project managers.
Watch an online demonstration then download a free trial version to see for yourself how DecisionEdge can help you make better project decisions.
- See your projects more clearly with business intelligence software designed for your project management system.
- Better understand and communicate key project information with all stakeholders
- Stop wasting time copying and pasting into spreadsheets to get the custom graphics you need
"Thanks for the charts. I’m no longer in the graphics art role. I’m now spending my time developing and analyzing schedules like I was hired to do" - PMP, aerospace
Learn More:
• Detailed Product Information - See the DecisionEdge Suite product page for more information
• Chart Gallery - See samples of the bundled charts available in DecisionEdge
• Report Gallery - See samples of the bundled tabular reports available in DecisionEdge
• Watch a Demo - Watch a recorded demonstration of DecisionEdge in action