Resource Management with Asta Teamplan
People are the most important part of any project. Effective resource management is crucial to ensure the right people are assigned to each activity and are working to their full capacity at all times.
Without the right resource planning tools, it can be difficult to keep track of who is doing what and see when people are available to deliver project work.
Asta Teamplan gives you full visibility of what each resource is working on, what is being achieved and when they are available. With Asta Teamplan's resource planning tools you can ensure your resources are working on the right projects at the right time.
Furthermore, Asta Teamplan significantly reduces the time resource managers spend on resource planning and management, so they too have more time on project work.
Resource Management - Key Benefits of Asta Teamplan
find the right person for the job
There are a number of methods and techniques for quickly and easily finding the right resource to work on a task. Using the skills search method, you can search by skill type, qualification, location, availability, cost rates and any other criteria you choose. This tool enables fast, effective and accurate resource planning.
reduce the risk of skills shortages at critical times
Asta Teamplan generates graphical capacity histograms which enable you to assess the current and future workload of teams and individuals. You can easily see if you have enough resources to deliver upcoming projects and take action to address any possible skills shortages in good time.
Receive immediate over-allocation warnings
You receive instant notification by text or email if any team members are allocated more work than they are able to take on, so you can assess priorities and re-schedule straight away.
With enhanced views showing histograms and contributing tasks together, you can clearly see the cause of any over-allocations, even if the tasks are located in different projects. The impact of any changes made can be instantly seen without having to change views.
Planned versus actual effort comparison
Resource managers can easily compare the actual effort taken against the planned effort at any level of the project or programme.
You can quickly see how much effort you are over or under on a task or permanent resource allocation for each project, according to a specified baseline. Whilst a project may still start and end on time, the additional resources needed in order to meet that deadline are clearly shown.
provide people with clear priorities
Asta Teamplan can automatically update Microsoft Outlook calendars and task lists whenever a change is made to a project (e.g. new task added, timing schedule change, different staff allocation), giving Outlook users clear priorities. In addition, people using Asta Timesheet receive online timesheets that clearly indicate their work priorities.
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