Aderant MatterWorks is designed to proactively address client demands for competitive pricing and predictability while establishing effective standard or alternative fee arrangements. It helps increase efficiency and accurately forecast profitability. With MatterWorks, firms can confidently respond to alternative fee arrangement requests by easily reviewing prior work to determine the duration, effort, and expertise required for new engagements. It enables quick responses to RFPs with the data needed to determine the size, potential profitability, and the most effective way to staff and price a matter. MatterWorks also facilitates matter monitoring, allowing users to construct matter plans based on actual data from previous engagements and forecast profitability using historical data to calculate key metrics including revenue, cost, gross profit, and gross margin %. Matter managers and timekeepers can update the percentage completed for each phase, task, or resource, allowing easy comparison of budget remaining to actual work effort. It provides views by full plan, current position, GANNT, and percent complete at matter, phase, task, and resource levels, providing instant access to matter performance.

• Confidently Respond to Alternative Fee Arrangement Requests Easily review prior work to determine duration, effort, and expertise required for new engagements. Quickly respond to RFPs with the data you need to determine the size, the potential profitability, and the most effective way to staff and price a matter.

• Matter Monitoring that Empowers Action Use selected search results or pre-defined templates to construct matter plans based on actual data from previous engagements. Forecast profitability using historical data to calculate key metrics including revenue, cost, gross profit, and gross margin %.

• Estimate Percent Complete Monitor individual matters, groups, or portfolios with list or graphical views comparing forecasts versus actuals. Views by full plan, current position, GANNT, and percent complete at matter, phase, task, and resource levels provide instant access to matter performance. Matter managers and timekeepers can update the percentage completed for each phase, task, or resource allowing easy comparison of budget remaining to actual work effort.