Item: BQE CORE
Rating: 7
Author: Desirée Weitzenhoffer

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Interior Design firm. Great for tracking time and overview of project budget
spent, invoiced, etc. Good customer service and training. Reports are a bit complicated to figure out
how to get the data you are looking for.
Could be more user-friendly but not too bad once you learn it. Allocations forecasting feature still need
work to be useful. Would love to see a procurement and specification functionality added to the program so we can streamline our invoicing process. We currently need to use another program for this portion of our business.

Pros and Cons

Time tracking
Project budget tracking
Services invoicing

Allocation forecasting and tracking don't update with hours spent
Reports could be more user friendly
Would love to have procurement functionality

Return on Investment

Helped to reconcile hours spent vs project fee estimated
Learning it did take significant time
Still learning some features after almost a year

Alternatives Considered

Harvest

BQE CORE is much more in-depth at time tracking than Harvest. Harvest is easier to use out of the gate but BQE CORE is worth the learning curve. I haven't had a chance to use BQE CORE on a mobile device so I can't speak to how it stacks up there against Harvest.

Key Insights

Do you think BQE CORE delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with BQE CORE's feature set?

Yes

Did BQE CORE live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of BQE CORE go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy BQE CORE again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Allocations allow me to assign hours to employees but the forecasting aspect does not update with only remaining hours as employees have spent them. In other words - I can see the estimated average hours they should spend per week when I enter it but can't see an updated average hours per week as my employees spend the hours. If they spend 50% of the hours in week one of 4, weeks 2-4 should update to show 16% average per week instead of 25% average for the remaining weeks.

Good, but still room for improvement

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with BQE CORE