Software Development Outsourcing is on the rise and most of the big companies are
realising the advantage of outsourcing their work offshore. In the early days the
larger problems related to cultural differences and infrastructural and communication
limitations impeded its take off. With the global village shrinking and telecom
infrastructure improving in leaps and bounds, these are no longer issues.
Now the companies worry only about managing projects that involve
teams that are geographically separated, apart from the traditional issues inherent
in large software project management.
OptiMate brings the power and flexibility to manage projects involving thousands
of tasks and hundreds of resources with various capabilities and skill levels. The
client server version allows for complex planning and optimization in a truly multi-user
environment, while iSuperWise provides the web interface to view task lists, update
status and monitor progress. An open XML interface allows for highly configurable
and customisable interfaces allowing users to extend the application to suit their
needs.
Features include
Creation of projects and sub projects and tasks and sub tasks to any level.
Definition of a job's resource requirements in terms of person hours and/or number
of persons
Fixed Duration jobs and variable duration of jobs
Unlimited versioning and baselining of projects at any given time
Comparison between baselines
Planned vs actual comparison
Gantt views, resource views, resource utilization views, tree views