Schedule Management

Managers must depend on sound project management practices to see a project through to a successful deliverable. Project schedule development is one of the primary processes associated with overall project planning. Effective project scheduling is a critical factor in the success or failure of a particular project and project managers are usually responsible for managing a variety of project schedules and timelines. WorkEngine’s scheduling toolset is powered by Microsoft Project to effectively plan, manage and track your schedule. However, because not all projects or project managers require the same scheduling methods, users can also leverage a lightweight, free form, scheduling toolset with the web based WorkEngine Work Planner.

It is inevitable that projects will develop discrepancies between the planned and actual performance. It is almost certain that the project will not go according to the plan. In order to prevent total chaos from occurring, a process for continual control and monitoring must be implemented from the outset of the project. The flexible scheduling functionality of WorkEngine’s Work Planner alone or integrated with Microsoft  Project enables managers to allocate resources by name, skill or group and then track the effort against any work item. Understand at a glance the true impacts of schedule change and delay by using WorkEngine Work Planner to track and manage your schedule.

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	Manage Simple to Complex Task Schedules using Microsoft Project Set realistic expectations with project teams, management, and customers using Microsoft Project to build simple to complex task schedules. Understand the schedule with features such as Task Drivers for tracing the source of issues, Multiple Level Undo for testing scenarios, and Visual Cell Highlighting for automatically shading the tasks affected by a change.
	Share Microsoft Project Schedules with Team Members   Publish Microsoft Project’s project and task information to SharePoint for easy access by Team Members. Furthermore, WorkEngine allows you to specify which fields are published to SharePoint and which fields in SharePoint are updatable by Team Members.
	Build Work Plans Using Online Work Planner Create clear uncomplicated project plans online in SharePoint using Work Planner.
	View Schedules and Milestones Online Share milestones and schedules to keep the team informed of major events and deliverables.
	Manage Backlogs Using Online Agile (SCRUM) Planner Manage user stories, tasks, sub-tasks and defects to a specific iteration and resource.