Function Point Productivity Software Reviews and Ratings

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Function Point is utilized by our entire organization. It allows all departments to collaborate and traffic jobs/projects through the same system which almost completely eliminates errors, mistakes and/or items being missed during the job closing process at the end of each quarter. Previously we were using much more labor-intensive processes so this system has also greatly reduced the amount of time needed to project management and provides efficiency in that regard.

Likelihood to Recommend

<div>Well suited in:</div><div><ul><li> Project management from estimate creation to final billing.</li><li>Time tracking per job.</li><li>Delegating tasks internally (and externally if choosing to use this feature).</li><li>Creative agency environments where jobs have many moving parts and employees working on.</li><li>Customer contact information management.</li><li>Internal creative collaboration (brainstorming).</li><li>Management oversight allowing team leads to review hours logged per employee to each job.

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Function Point was implemented in our organization as an integrated project management and financial system. Function Point integrates with QuickBooks Desktop AND Online, and our accounting manager found this very appealing. Project Managers use the system to schedule and manage projects. Creatives use it to manage projects and input time against projects. I used it to provide consolidated financial and performance information.

Likelihood to Recommend

At this time I can make no recommendations for Function Point. Unless the owners invest in updating and upgrading the platform, and revisit its current pricing structure, there is no reason to choose this software. UNLESS you are dedicated to QuickBooks. Then there may be a case to use the system.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We implemented FunctionPoint company-wide in February 2019. After approximately 3 months, we are satisfied with the resulting intel—cross-departmental clarity of resource allocation and clear project paths. As we move forward into the billing integration phase, I am very hopeful that the ability to track expenses with the jobs and enter all fees and estimates will streamline our month-end process considerably.

Likelihood to Recommend

For small to medium-sized agencies, it works great. We are particularly fast turn, so we needed something nimble and simple to keep things moving. Given the alternatives we tested, the front-end setup on jobs is streamlined and efficient, allowing for clarity on the full scope of the project, without slowing down the process of getting jobs into the creative queue.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our agency uses Function Point for a variety of purposes and across the entire organization. It is how we manage projects, enter time and estimate projects. We have it integrated with QuickBooks for billing and use it for in-depth analysis of profitability, forecasting and resource allocation. It is highly intuitive and provides us with the advanced analysis abilities that we were lacking with our previous solution.

Likelihood to Recommend

Function Point is well suited for marketing, digital and advertising agencies, including small, medium and large. It has a lot of features that are useful and you can "grow into" some of the features that you may not use right away. It is probably more than is needed for a really small agency of less than 10 people.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

With our agency growing, we were looking for a project management software that would allow our agency to manage internal tasks for clients, better estimate projects and track project spending/budgets, and to track and manage billable time. We found that Function Point was one of the only options that gave us everything we needed without being overwhelming for the team to learn. It is used by our whole company.

Likelihood to Recommend

I think Function Point would be suitable for any organization of any size looking to get a better handle on their internal tasks to get a better idea of who is working on what. It is very effective and easy to use for project estimating and budgeting. I don't think it is a great program for lead management. We've been trying to use it for that but are having some issues.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

FunctionPoint is used company wide to create estimates, translate estimates into jobs and schedules and eventually into individual tasks. Our sales team uses it to create statements of work for clients, and every employee uses it to track time every day. FunctionPoint provides a solution to the gaps between sales and execution of work for our organization. As an agency, tracking time is everything. FunctionPoint makes it easy for every employee to make sure that the right amount of time is tracked to the right place and billed at the right time.

Likelihood to Recommend

FunctionPoint (FP) is great for agencies performing any type of task oriented work. If your workflow cannot be broken down into a set of outlined and easy to define tasks (even if the output of the task is abstract) then FunctionPoint would be difficult to implement. FunctionPoint is fantastic at defining scope in an engagement and forcing those who execute the work to stay within that scope if tasks are well-defined. If your work requires a lot of group collaboration and sharing of tasks, you may struggle with FunctionPoint's inability to share a single task simultaneously.