Managing Resources with Asta Teamplan
Managing resources through efficient resource planning software is the first step to ensuring your staff are utilised most effectively and are working to their full capacity at all times.
Asta Teamplan’s project and resource management software provides powerful resource management tools so you can have complete visibility and control over your resource planning.
Resource planning tools such as graphical histograms give you complete visibility over your resource utilisation. Resource scheduling is made easy with clear histogram charts, as they show the current and future workload allocated to each individual or team. Any over allocated or under utilised resource is clearly identified.
With Asta Teamplan’s project and resource management software you can centrally manage resources and maximise their fee-earning potential. The intuitive skills search engine works on multiple skills and search criteria, meaning you can allocate people according to their skill set, location, availability and cost.
You’ll always know what each resource is working on, what is being achieved and when they are available. Asta Teamplan's resource planning tools ensure your resources are working on the right projects at the right time.
Managing Resources - Key Benefits of Asta Teamplan
resource scheduling - find the right person for the job
Asta Teamplan has a number of resource scheduling techniques for quickly and easily finding the right resource to work on a task. Using the skills search engine, 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 scheduling for optimum project productivity and profitability.
Capacity Planning - reduce risk of skills shortages at critical times
Asta Teamplan facilitates capacity planning through graphical histograms, which enable you to assess the current and future workload of teams and individuals. These histograms clearly identify your resource allocation so those managing resources will know if they can deliver upcoming projects. Any possible skills shortages can be pro-actively addressed in good time.
Managing Resources - Receive immediate over-allocation warnings
Asta Teamplan sends instant notification by text or email to those managing resources when an individual or team is over-allocated at any time. 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. Priorities can then be assessed and your resource scheduling adjusted accordingly to minimise disruption and avoid project failure.
Managing Resources - Planned versus actual effort comparison
Asta Teamplan’s resource management tools mean you can easily compare the actual effort taken against the planned effort at any level of the project or programme.
Resource planners can quickly see how much effort they 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 resource planning needed in order to meet that deadline are clearly shown.
Managing Resources - provide people with clear priorities
Asta Teamplan’s resource management software 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). Whether your resources are based in-house or remotely, they will remain up to date with clear project priorities.
With Asta Teamplan’s web-based timesheet and expense management application, Asta Timesheet, resources receive online timesheets that clearly indicate their work priorities.
See how Asta Teamplan makes resource planning easy with our online demos here...
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