P2ware Planner Standard

P2ware Planner Standard is a fully functional planning tool that allows the preparation of plans using the Product Based Planning Technique recommended in PRINCE2™. P2ware Planner Standard is also very useful when using other project management methods and standards such as PMBOK® PMI®.

If:

  • you are looking for a reliable project management software

  • you are a team leader, project coordinator or project management novice

  • you prefer to be a better manager, doing more “what-if” analysis and spending more time on management rather than unnecessary paperwork

  • you are looking for one tool that encompasses different project management areas

  • you are looking for an entry-level professional PM software for planning and managing projects, and

If you want to:

  • plan and manage projects taking full advantage of the Product Based Planning Technique

  • quickly create logical and coherent plans

  • easily prepare a schedule, Gantt chart, network diagram

  • determine the critical path or critical chain or use PERT

  • plan resources usage

  • effectively control a plan’s execution using plan buffer, feeding buffers or earned value method

  • easily manage risks and issues

... then P2ware Planner Standard is made just for you.
With its help you can:

  • create Product Breakdown Structure

  • describe products

  • create Product Flow Diagram

  • prepare a Gantt chart with subactivities, breaks in activities and with a critical path marked on the chart

  • trace the plan execution using different methods (Gantt chart, plan buffer and feeding buffers, earned value)

  • automatically generate Network Diagram and find the critical path

  • plan resources usage and control their workloads

  • level resources workload using the critical chain method

  • create your own work week templates

  • define individual work calendars for resources and activities

  • visualise a schedule of actions

  • create and maintain a Risk Log and Issue Log

  • define work packages and checkpoints

  • save and re-use plan parts

  • graphically visualise planned and actual costs

  • associate plan objects with objects available in a network and documents which you keep in original form

  • generate a series of standard reports

  • use sophisticated tabular features for easy analysis of plan data

  • print and export diagrams and tables

  • use perspectives and reports defined by P2ware Planner Developer.

Despite providing a range of functions, including those not included in other project management software, the program is priced to make it an affordable option for those who wish to enhance their career by investing their personal funds in a professional project management program. As well as improving their skills and thus increasing financial opportunities, users can upgrade to a higher level version of P2ware Planner without losing existing plan information.

Key features and plan objects of P2ware Planner Standard:

  • full support of Product Based Planning technique

  • Product Breakdown Structure

  • Product Description

  • Product Flow Diagram

  • Network diagram

  • Gantt chart

  • Cost chart

  • Risk Log

  • Issue Log

To see the range of functionality of all P2ware Planner software versions, click on the following link P2ware Planner Suite features list.