Smartworks-PE

Managing business projects is not a very difficult task to accomplish with all the help and assistance available from computer applications and software that have all the requisite features and tools available that make sure that all project related activities are accomplished appositely with a feature to supervise and track progress periodically. Any project initiative, irrespective of its scale of working requires some basic monitoring and allocation of various tangible and intangible resources for planning, execution and auditing that facilitates determining the success or failure of any project task. Computerized applications and software contain suitable tools that make it possible to keep a check from a centralized network and Smartworks-PE 4.8 is a utility that does all the aforementioned tasks and effectually helps in managing business.

Smartworks-PE opens with a neatly arranged interface with the main options placed at the top and left panel along with vivid icons that make the navigation simple enough for multiple users to access the details stored. There are various integrated tools included in the application that involves data storage and reporting along with suitable presentation and spreadsheets to clearly organize the data. This cost effective solution definitely enhances the productivity and manages all issues related to projects that helps in managing business. The project activities can be split into easy to understand and follow tasks and arrange schedules and link diverse tools between the projects and manage the cost as well through the Gantt charting system and link with MS Project as well. The application user friendly enough with customizable features that can track and monitor the workflow and manage reports too.

To sum up, Smartworks-PE 4.8 certainly helps in tracking and measuring the project effectiveness and success and hence gets a rating score of four points for its impressive working and suitable functionalities.

Smartworks-PE is a cost effective business productivity tool which helps you to manage projects , track issues and measure the progress in each of your business activity. Smartworks-PE includes award winning project planner, meeting manager and Smart tracker plugins to help you manage your business.
a) Project management tool (project planner)
SmartWorks Project Planner is a software to plan, manage and track a project. It provides the flexibility to split a project into well-defined tasks in a spreadsheet like interface. This software allows a project manager to define calendar, create dependencies between tasks, mark milestones, assign resources, set priorities, maintain risk database, manage cost, view Gantt charts and more.Allows you to import Plans created in MS-Project as well.
New enhancements to 4.8 : New skin, Support for Earned Value Management (EVM) and Resourrce allocation across multiple projects.
b) General purpose issue tracking tool (smart tracker)
SmartTracker is a user-friendly, general-purpose tool with customization features for tracking and monitoring the workflow and track changes in your organization.
New enhancements to 4.8 : New Skin, Spell checker for reports.
Meeting Manager is a SmartWorks Plugin, which can be used to schedule and keep track of meetings and resources in an organization. This tool will help you to organize meetings, inform attendees and to track post meeting Action points till closure. Meeting rooms and resources can be scheduled to avoid clashes.
New enhancements to 4.8 : New skin, Improvements in Summary and action point management.