Forecast: easily schedule resources, teams, & departments
November 05, 2019

Forecast: easily schedule resources, teams, & departments

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Forecast

Forecast is currently being used in my organization to track resources through a project or account lifecycle. Forecast provided a largest benefit in that it is being used across departments and provides a holistic view of company resources. It gives an opportunity to integrate with Harvest which provides additional project details that correspond to budget. The seamless integration allows for efficiency in project and resource planning. Forecast makes it easy to schedule team across upcoming projects which allows for visibility to ensure projects are fully staffed and identify areas to hire.
  • Assign and allocate resources.
  • Identify lean departments and identify areas to increase headcount.
  • Manage agile teams.
  • Identify bottlenecks in departments or resourcing.
  • More variation for resource-edge cases such as contractors.
  • Allow departments to run efficiently.
  • Quickly identify whether departments need to hire.
  • Easily visualize project gaps in resources.

Do you think Forecast delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Forecast's feature set?

Yes

Did Forecast live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Forecast go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Forecast again?

Yes

Forecast is well suited to track resources throughout a project or account lifecycle. The biggest benefit Forecast offers is the ease of scheduling resources across upcoming projects. This allows managers to confirm that projects are fully staffed or see which resources are over-allocated. This often will lead to department heads to analyze teams and determine whether more resources are required to be hired.

Forecast Support

I have not needed support for Forecast.