1.1             Update reporting

 

Project control is successfully effected by an integral update reporting system. The information reported back comprises the actual date/usage data, together optionally with the remaining requirements for individual tasks.

 

Actual dates consist of the start and end dates for tasks which have been carried out, and for their assigned resources. These are used to update the network, and are then taken into account in the next date scheduling calculations. Actual effort consists, for example, of the actual hours worked. They can be entered for the assigned resources directly, as a total, or can be determined from the entry of hours worked by employees.

 

Interfaces to factory data capture (FDC) systems can also be used to enter such reports via external systems, for example using barcodes. If update reports have been submitted, so that actual dates are available for tasks in the network, the date scheduling routines will then use these dates in subsequent calculations.

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Project Team Member role

 

Project team member is responsible for the timely completion of the tasks assigned to them, and they book their effort against the projects.

 

Main features

 

·        Reporting of project-related expenditures of hours and costs

·        Hours worked can also be entered independently of any projects, tasks, costs codes

·        Forecasting for remaining effort

·        Charging cut-off date, after which actual resource usage reports cannot be submitted for earlier times

·        Checking and authorization of the actual hours worked, for capacity planning

·        Updating of planning data

·        Actual hours summaries, for checking the update reporting

·        Daily or weekly reporting

·        Separation into projects and general activities

 

 

Central Employee Board

·         Information about utilization, tasks and schedules

·         Processing of open items

·         Input of vacation and absence details