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What is Tempo Planner?
Tempo Planner is a software tool that allows organizations to effectively plan and manage their resources. As a resource planning and capacity reporting tool for Jira, it provides valuable insight into an organization's most important asset - its people's time. With real-time data available through...
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What is Tempo Planner?
Tempo Planner is a software tool that allows organizations to effectively plan and manage their resources. As a resource planning and capacity reporting tool for Jira, it provides valuable insight into an organization's most important asset - its people's time. With real-time data available through the software, it eliminates the need for static calendars, making decision-making more efficient and effective.
Through careful consideration of holidays, vacations and workload schemes as well as geographically dispersed staffing needs, Tempo Planner centralizes workforce operations while capturing actionable insights. This centralized approach not only fast-tracks the planning process but also helps to ensure balanced workloads are assigned that are realistic in relation to staffing needs. Integrations with other solutions within an organization's ecosystem can be enabled via use of this product which is suitable across numerous industries where scheduling, monitoring and accurate reporting on resources is essential.
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Tempo Planner Integrations
- Jira Software
- Tempo Timesheets
Tempo Planner Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | No |
Supported Countries | Global |
Supported Languages | English, French, German, Russian, Spanish |
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Tempo Planner solves a range of business problems related to tracking time and planning resources. Users have found that the software provides visibility into capacity versus utilization at various levels, making it easy to track resource usage for specific partners or contractors. The API also gives users access to a lot of data that can be used for external systems. Furthermore, users appreciate the platform's ability to plan out of office, vacation, training, sick leave, and other activities that give transparency to everyone in an organization.
However, some users have found that the software's implementation is poor and does not fit well with their needs. They have reported issues such as not being able to export estimates versus actuals as a CSV file, which is crucial to their workflow. Additionally, although some users are trying to move away from their current resource tools like Float, they are unsure whether Tempo Planner would suit them any better. Despite these challenges, many users find that the ideas behind Tempo Planner are sound and help solve key business problems related to resource planning and tracking.
Seamless Integration with Jira: Users appreciated the seamless integration of Tempo Planner with Jira, allowing them to access time entry in different ways and log time directly in Jira tasks. Several reviewers found this feature helpful and made it easy for them to manage their projects efficiently.
Easy-to-Use Interface: The intuitive web interface of Tempo Planner was easy to use and implement, enabling users to quickly plan and allocate time for individual projects and teams. Many users found it user-friendly, making project management a simple task.
Rich Reporting Features: The overview and rich reporting features of Tempo Planner provided detailed insights into the progress of their projects and workload of team members. Multiple users liked this feature as they could keep track of everything happening within a project.
Inefficient search functionality: Users report that the search functionality within Tempo Planner is not efficient, as it does not work consistently and some search fields and reports do not return accurate results. Some users have difficulty finding specific items due to this issue.
Confusing license integration with Jira: Several reviewers state that license integration with Jira is confusing and expensive, which leads to an increase in costs for users. This has caused frustration for some users who feel that they are paying more than they should be.
Lack of flexibility in setting up and planning issues: Many users find that there is a lack of flexibility in setting up and planning issues within Tempo Planner. They report difficulties related to how issues relate to the billing system, such as inability to hide planned time from production team or having no option to plan on a higher level like portfolio planning.