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PLANTA Project

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Development status
  
Active

Operating system
  
Cross-platform

Written in
  
C, C++ , Python, C#

Developer(s)
  
PLANTA Projektmanagement-Systeme GmbH

Initial release
  
1980; 37 years ago (1980)

Stable release
  
39.5 / November 2015; 1 year ago (2015-11)

PLANTA Project is a Project management software for the planning and control of projects that share the same resources. PLANTA Project is the successor to the multi-project management system PPMS, which PLANTA has been constantly improving since it was introduced in 1980. Unlike the predecessor PPMS, PLANTA Project now offers process-oriented project management (based on the DIN 69901-2 norm, Project Management Institute (PMI), PRINCE2 or customer specific) and has a completely revised workflow-oriented interface. The new user interface of PLANTA Project is based on the intuitive programming language Python, an open source product, and MS .NET with panel technology which enables users to position windows as required.

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PLANTA Project has been certified by independent PM-Experts as a flexible multi-project management software with particular strength in the areas of project and portfolio controlling. “Its strength lies in the combination of a well-developed resource and time management module with coherent portfolio management and budgeting functionality.”

Description

There is no limitation to the number of projects that can be planned in PLANTA Project, this means that the complete company project portfolio from project ideas through to planned projects with resources and costs can be administered with the tool. A special feature of PLANTA Project is the clear representation of resource planning showing at a glance which resources are available on a particular date. The planning module provides a detailed, hierarchical work breakdown structure together with milestone planning and milestone trend analysis as well as the representation of the schedule as a Gantt.

Enterprise Project Management System

PLANTA Project, along with the additional functional components PLANTA Portfolio for project portfolio management, PLANTA Request for Request Management or Change Management as well as PLANTA Link for the exchange of data with other systems (e.g. with ERP systems) is an Enterprise Project Management System. The software allows reported hours to be tracked and a forecast of remaining hours to be made (Time Tracking module).

Application areas

The multi-project management system PLANTA Project has been in use since 1980 over a wide range of company types from IT, R&D, engineering and organization departments of midsize and large companies (ca. 20-5000 users).

Multi-project functionality

  • Entire project overview with core information and project manager estimates for important project parameters.
  • Project templates for easy project creation.
  • Risk Management with risk check lists allowing quick evaluation of project risks.
  • Classification of projects is also possible (e.g. for ABC analysis).
  • Numerous reports allowing evaluation of project progress and costs (project status reports allowing the archiving of key project figures, milestone trend analysis, Earned Value analysis, variance analysis).
  • Simulation of planned projects is possible and after project approval the project can be opened for time bookings.
  • Program management
  • Process management, workflow management (library of workflows)
  • PLANTA standard software is provided in German, English and French. The following languages are also available: Spanish; Italian; Portuguese; Czech; Polish; Russian. More languages on request.

    • Interfaces

    Microsoft Project, Microsoft Outlook, ERP/SAP, Excel. The following Interfaces are also available (e.g. Lotus Notes, MS Sharepoint)

    Provenience, partners

    The software was developed as a part of a BMFT research project at the University of Karlsruhe and is used by around 50.000 people over 530 company licenses, primarily in Germany, Switzerland and other European countries.

    Partnerships: Microsoft Partner (Gold Application Development), IBM, Oracle, member of GPM - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V. (German Society for Project Management), Alliance Partner von Fujitsu Siemens Computers

    General technical specifications

    Modern 3-tier client/server architecture (C/C++), thin client: rapid handling of large data volumes, centralized data set, shared pool of resources and management of access rights and users (role-based), easy definition of individual roles.

    References

    PLANTA Project Wikipedia
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