What is Projektron BCS?
Projektron BCS is a project management software designed by Projektron GmbH to assist organizations in efficiently planning, managing, and controlling their projects. The software offers a range of features that cater to the needs of project managers, team leaders, IT professionals, engineering and construction companies, and consulting firms. According to the vendor, Projektron BCS aims to streamline project workflows and help businesses achieve successful outcomes.
Key Features
Resource Management: According to the vendor, Projektron BCS allows users to plan, schedule, and allocate people, financial resources, and material resources. The software provides access to real-time data from all modules, facilitating comprehensive resource planning. It also claims to enable proactive capacity planning to anticipate and prevent resource bottlenecks.
Project Execution: Projektron BCS offers features to track project progress and manage tasks efficiently. The software centralizes project communication and collaboration, providing a Kanban board for visual task planning and management.
Project Planning: The software allows users to structure and plan projects using work packages, tasks, and milestones. It integrates time planning, resource planning, and budget planning into project plans, and provides the ability to create templates for standardized project structures, potentially saving time.
Project Preparation: According to the vendor, Projektron BCS facilitates the capture and evaluation of project ideas through its idea management feature. It also provides tools to define and operationalize project goals, as well as perform comprehensive project environment analyses and effectively manage stakeholders.
Project Controlling: Projektron BCS offers graphical project evaluation for monitoring and controlling projects. It claims to support target/actual comparisons and earned value analysis, as well as the estimation of remaining effort and analysis of milestone trends.
Multi-Project Management: The software enables users to plan, monitor, coordinate, and control multiple projects. It provides an overview of projects based on status, priority, category, effort, cost, and profit. Additionally, it claims to support resource planning for project groups and the management of cross-project milestones.
Project Portfolio Management: According to the vendor, Projektron BCS allows for the central management of both internal and external projects. It claims to facilitate the generation, comparison, review, and evaluation of project proposals, as well as control project flow according to the stage-gate model.
Time Recording: Projektron BCS offers features for recording working hours on a project and task basis. According to the vendor, the software provides ergonomic booking screens and a mobile app for easy time recording. It also claims to support efficient expense reporting and travel expense management.
Quotation Creation: The software claims to enable users to create quotations quickly and precisely from planning data. It offers a flexible quotation module for international quotations and provides the ability to generate cost plans and calculate project costs accurately.
Invoicing: According to the vendor, Projektron BCS streamlines the invoicing process by supporting effort and fixed price invoicing from projects. It also claims to provide multiple currency support for international projects, ensuring accurate billing.
