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THE COLLABORATIVE
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
PLATFORM
The new way to manage projects! Kandor Solutions
aPLANz
What is aPLANz?
A project management platform
Connects teams, vendors and service providers
Uses Social Networking features to provide engaging user experience
Allows rich collaboration among team members
Alerts, Notifications and Reports to keep your project on track
Project Management - I
Create Multiple Projects
For each project, you can:
Plan activities and milestones
Assign responsibilities
Assign due dates
Define Checklists for every milestone
Project Management - II
Update status of activity
Complete milestones
Update and share Project / Team Calendar
Upload and share documents / photographs / drawings
Provide notifications to team members
Generate Reports and Review the Project progress
Managing New Store Opening
NSO is a regular activity for most of retailers
The journey – Signing up for the property to Opening of the store - is full of surprises
Delay in opening hurts a lot – in rentals as well as loss of sale – very difficult to make up later
aPLANz reduces uncertainty, stress for the team members and helps in delivering on time!
NSO using aPLANz - I
Each New Store is defined as a separate project
Team members from IT, Projects, Merchandising, Operations, PMC, Vendors are assigned tasks
All Activities and their dependence is planned
Users can update their tasks as well as review the progress and view the Project Calendar
The Document Management feature allows central storage of all the documents under various categories
NSO using aPLANz - II
Users can update milestone completion by confirming each item in the checklist associated with that milestone
Users can upload evidence such as photographs, drawings, scanned documents, etc.
Project Manager can view the project progress, look at recent updates in a very easy to use dashboard
User Interface
aPLANz is built using Social Programming tools and techniques
Ample use of AJAX / Web 2.0 controls helps in reducing number of clicks / keyboard entries making user more productive
Very easy to use tool; needs no training at all
Integration with MS Project, MS Excel, Outlook, BBM as well as supports smartphone and tablet browsers
Create Project – New or From Defined Templates
Set Milestones
Detailed Each Milestone- Tasklist-Tasks -Issues
Assign Responsibilities and Set Timelines
GNATT Chart - Graphical Expandable / Collapsible View of the Project
Manage the Project – Collaborate and Monitor Progress
Have Calendar View – Manage and Plan the Day Effectively
aPLANz Vs MS Project
A desktop tool
Sharing and collaboration not
possible
No support for calendaring and
Document storage
Per user licensing cost
A web tool
Built for sharing and collaboration
Rich support for calendaring and Document Storage
Flat per month subscription for the organization
Import and export from/to MS Project file format (XML)
Support for Mobile phones via RSS readers for updates on project activities
MS Project aPLANz
• Demo / POC
• Purchase Order
• Setup
• User And Admin Training
• Porting in-flight projects to the tool
• Go Live
Next Steps