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Software
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CS
Project Professional's advanced technical specification makes it
a premier project
management and planning tool suitable for corporate workgroups
controlling multiple major projects. The intuitive user interface
makes it easy enough for casual and power users alike.
CSP
was written directly for the Windows environment, giving it a significant
edge in terms of speed. Whilst CSP contains features only seen in
the 'heavyweight' packages, it retains a remarkable simplicity making
it extremely easy to use and understand.
Data
exchange facilities are first-rate, allowing links with estimating
and valuations systems, office software and other planning packages.
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CS
Project Professional By
Crest Software
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Product Features |
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Benefits
of CS Project
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Project
Suitability |
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Task
and Time Management |
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Resource
Management |
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Multi-project
Management |
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Data
Exchange |
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Reporting |
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Tracking
Progress |
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Costing |
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System
Requirements |
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Working
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| Benefits
of CS Project
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Roll
up multiple bars onto one line
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Full
control over resource levelling
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CARLO
(Cost and Resource Levelling Optimisation)
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Matrix
reports & Network diagram
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Splitting
of tasks
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Overtime
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Variable
availability and unit cost escalations
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Multiple
calendars for tasks, links, resources and projects
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Multi-project
management, schedule up to 200 concurrent projects and create.
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Cross
Project links
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Monte
Carlo risk analysis
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ODBC
based data exchange system for data repository
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10
level Undo/ Redo facility
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Unlimited
resource assignments per activity
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Group
data by any task or resource field
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Task/resource
code libraries for large or complex projects
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Store
an unlimited number of baselines
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User-level
security for complete control over access to projects
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View
any custom time period with Report Calendars
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Prject
Suitability
CS Project can be used successfully in many spheres
of business:
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Ladder
Links allow planners of construction projects to schedule overlapping |
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work correctly. |
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The
ODBC-based data exchange system allows maintenance planners to import |
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work requests from maintenance management systems (database). |
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The
assign bar chart view allows production planners in a job shop to decide |
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when to fit new orders into the existing schedule. |
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Material
resources and unit cost escalations allow a plant engineer to |
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plan
and control spare parts and labour requirements for services several years
in advance. |
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Flexible
calendar management allows the project manager in a software |
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development
project to handle skilled individuals effectively. |
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Task
and Time Management
The
bar chart displays the tasks that have to be performed, as well as when
they have to start and by when they have to be finished. It can also show
the order in which work has to be done.
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Set
ASAP, ALAP, Start/Finish On, Start/Finish By, Start/Finish After and Work |
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Between constraints. |
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Link
tasks using FS, SS, FF, SF constraints with leads/lags. |
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Plan
and track fixed costs. Promote/demote tasks to build
up WBS outline. |
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Expand/collapse
summary tasks in Gantt and roll up multiple
bars onto one line. |
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Expand/collapse
summary tasks in Gantt and roll up build
up WBS outline. |
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Unlimited
user-defined text, numeric and date fields to customise the system |
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to your needs. |
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Filter
and sort tasks on any field including user-defined fields. |
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| Resource
Management
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The
histogram is used to display and manage the usage of labour, materials and |
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equipment. |
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Over-allocations
of resources are highlighted, showing you where materials |
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and
equipment. |
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Create
a common resource pool to be shared by a number of projects. |
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Assign
resources by dragging and dropping onto tasks. |
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Labour/material/other
resources. |
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Make
resource assignments effort or duration driven. |
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Escalate
resource costs and vary availability over time. |
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Show
assignment bars on Gantt. Delay resource assignment to start after
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start. |
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Promote/demote
resources to build up RBS outline. |
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Summarise
resource usage according to the outline structure for
single or multiple |
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projects. |
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Define
custom rules for resource leveling. |
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| Multi-project
Management
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CS
Project automatically consolidates all projects that are loaded at the same
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in
a workgroup view. This is used to show resource usage over all projects. |
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Open
more than one project simultaneously. |
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Share
a common resource pool in a group of projects. |
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Use
the workgroup window (with Gantt / Resource / Pert / Assign
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Crosstab
views) to effortlessly consolidate data across projects. |
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Create
links between tasks in separate projects. |
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Use
sub-projects to build up large schedules. |
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Protect
sensitive data with passwords on a project, resource table or ID level. |
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| Data
Exchange |
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Transfer
text between programs using the clipboard |
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(e.g.
between CS Project and a spreadsheet).
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Transfer
projects to other systems (e.g. estimating, planning, time
chainage, |
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reporting,
risk analysis etc.) using the MPX format. |
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Import
or export data from/to external databases using a simple, graphical |
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ODBC interface. |
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Store
and retrieve data from a central data repository (any ODBC database). |
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Share
project data seamlessly with CS Project Lite. |
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CSX
file format which allows data transfer with Valesco. |
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Send
complete project and reports via e-mail. |
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Send
and receive portions of a project via e-mail for updating. |
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| Reporting |
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Create
presentation quality charts and reports on any output device
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by Windows. |
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Print
all reports in multi-page, banner (wallchart) or force-to-pages format. |
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Print
detailed periodic or to-date breakdowns of resource usage and costs. |
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Store
multiple report and view layouts and switch easily between them. |
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Customise
reports in terms of layout, fonts, colours, symbols, fill styles. |
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Incorporate
your company logo. |
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Use
the screen preview to check your reports before producing prints. |
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| Tracking
Progress |
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Store
a baseline schedule of tasks and resource assignments for comparisons |
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between
the current schedule and the original plan. |
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Record
actual start and finish dates, percent complete, actual and remaining |
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durations for tasks. |
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Perform
slip-to-date and stretch-to-date operations to reschedule projects |
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based
on actual data. |
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| Costing |
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Set
up an accurate costing for your project with expenditure and revenue. |
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Then
display a cashflow curve of committed costs. |
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You
can also track progress with S-curves of resources or costs. |
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Plan/track
fixed costs (per task) as well as variable costs (by
resource usage). |
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Summarise
costs according to RBS/WBS structures for single
or multiple projects. |
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Use
tasks and assignment baselines for detailed Earned Value
Analysis. |
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| System
Requirements
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IBM
compatible PC running MS Windows 95/98, or Windows NT/2000 |
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Minimum
32 MB of RAM recommended |
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Hard
disk with approximately 10MB free disk space |
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Can
be installed on workstations or network servers |
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Any
printer or plotter supported by MS Windows |
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| Working
Demo |
If
you would like to download a working demo, please complete and submit the
'Info Request Form' below. |
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Software |
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+44(0)845 500 3636
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www.crestmanagement.co.uk
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