New IT Focused Features - Pre-release
Genius Project offers new features for IT departments and more freedom for team members.
IT companies and departments are among the core users of PPM software. It therefore makes sense to develop key features specifically for this industry, based on market and customer demand.
New and enhanced features include:
- New IT ticket, helpdesk module
- Support for Agile & Scrum methodologies
- New projects wizards
- Interactive Multi-project Gantt Chart
- Custom dashboards for team members
HelpDesk IT Tickets management.
Genius Project has become more tailored to IT with a set of new features designed exclusively for IT departments. Helpdesk is a large part of IT tasks and when it is managed effectively, performance is improved. Instead of having a Helpdesk management software and project portfolio management software, Genius Project provides a single system that integrates both. Thanks to Genius Project’s reporting features, visibility is increased providing more information to management on IT performance.
- Capture and manage help desk events
- Manage multiple Helpdesk queues, with event log and tracking,
- Configurable escalation process
- History tracking
Interactive Gantt Chart enhancements (Consolidation of sub-projects into a master project Gantt Chart)
Large projects often need to be -broken down into different smaller projects (Agile and Scrum) and small projects need to be independent from each other. Different project managers might be responsible for each sub-project and the information might need to be kept confidential. Only the main project manager needs to have a consolidated Gantt Chart overseeing of all of the sub-projects and the ability to link them.
- Consolidated Gantt Chart with all sub-projects
- Draw links between main project activities and sub-project activities
End users can define their own charts and dashboards
Different users like to have different information displayed in different ways. Some like to see a lot of information while others prefer to focus on one thing. The amount of information displayed also depends on the size of the screen. Genius Project now allows each user to create their own personal charts and dashboards and home page. Previously, only project managers had the rights to define them for the entire team.
Support Agile and SCRUM Methodologies
The terms Agile and SCRUM have been spread out in the IT project management world during the last year. Genius Project now provides different Agile and SCRUM specific views.
(Agile and SCRUM methodologies enable companies to focus on the business value using short development cycles.) These methodologies are especially used for application design, instead of using PERT or Gantt Charts which have a high level of uncertainty in the long term.
Genius Project includes the following features to map Scrum and Agile methodologies:
- Use case, sprint, definition, review and performance tracking
- Story
- Product backlog
- Product & Release
- Planning poker
- Sprints
- Scrum meeting reviews
Easy project creation with a step by step Project creation wizard
To help first time users, Genius Project now includes a "Project Wizard”, designed to walk users through the step by step creation of a new project. The wizard offers the option to create a blank project or use an existing template and goes through the different project parameters such as objectives, budget, team and schedule.
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