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
