Project Control:

Manage project tasks, issues and defects. Create projects and project tasks and allocate users to these tasks. Define the deliverables and other details of each task. Attach documents or add notes per task for a quick reference to source information.

ProjectSTAR features priority indicators, versioning control, completion percentage indicators, email notification of status change and other useful tools. Multiple tasks can be edited simutanously

See what tasks has been assigned to a user. The project manager may assigned tasks to staff members, and observe progress. Each morning, when a user logs on, he / she can see what tasks has been assigned to him / her.

Time Tracking:

Track and manage project time effortlessly. A stopwatch can be started and stopped on any timesheet activity with a single click. When a task or support incident is viewed, the timesheet timer can be activate to change the timesheet timer and event to the selected task or incident. Time can also be added or adjusted afterwards when the user forgets to start or stop the timer.

Timehseets have full audit tracing, meaning that the exact time when the stopwatch timer is started and stopped is logged and can be viewed but not altered. Similarly, when times are changed manually, the edit event is logged with details in the audti trace.

Because the time spent on each task is tracked, the billing process becomes almost automatic.

Task Tracking:

The following items are capture per task:

• Project Name
• Task group or sub-project (customizable)
• Task Name
• Task Type (customizable)
• Priotiy (customizable)
• Estimated duration
• Acquisition date
• Task Status (customizable)
• Assigned to user
• Expected start and completions dates
• Actual completion date and percentage
• Task Requirements
• Detailed Specification
• Quality Assurance Steps
• General Notes
• Timesheet entries for the task
• Attachments

Project Calendar:

The following items are capture in the calander entry:

• Project Name
• Calendar event entry
• Starft Date and Time
• End Date and Time
• Calendar Event Type (customizable)
• Location
• Participants
• Notes

Project Expenses:

The following items are captured per project expense:

• Project Name
• Expense Type (customizable)
• Expense Details
• Motivation
• Requested By
• Payment Method Requested
• Request Date
• Requested Delivery Date
• Estimated Cost (budgetary)
• Approval Status
• Approved By
• Approval Notes
• Quote Received?
• Order Sent?
• Ordered By
• Order Date & Number
• Supplier
• Invoice Received?
• Invoice Date & Number
• Invoice Notes
• Total Excluding taxes
• Taxes
• Total Including Taxes
• Goods Delivered?
• Goods Received By
• Received Date
• Waybill Number
• Paid Status
• Paid By
• Payment Method
• Payment Date
• Payment Notes
• Processed by Finances?
• Client Invoiced?
• Attachments

Other features:

User workload - Manage resource allocation, collaboration and communication.

Security and access - Several configurable portfolios control user access to ProjectSTAR. Security portfolios and levels can be created for an unlimited number of system users.

Customer management - Create a customer database for projects on ProjectSTAR to track all interactions, cases, correspondence, reports, etc. from one central point. External data can be imported via CSV file.

Customisable view - Various filter fields help to organise views and reports. An audit trail is used to track all changes to items by user, date, time, etc.

Export data in CSV format ready to open with Microsoft Excel. The following items can be exported:

• Project expenses (various selection criteria)
• Timesheets per user for selected date range
• Timesheets summary over all projects for selected date range
• Support incidents

Getting Started:

ProjectSTAR requires very little initial setup and ongoing effort. An installer wizard assists with setting up your environment. ProjectSTAR is Windows 7 compatible and Microsoft Certified.

ProjectSTAR is licensed per user. Additional licenses are easy to order and install.

After the trial evlaution period of 30 days, the user will be prompted to enter a license registration code. Go to the purchase web page to place a purchase order with the ProjectSTAR team. Once your order has been processed and your payment made, you will receive a license registertion code to enable perpetual licensing and usage of the software versin purchased.