Open Plan Overview

A robust schedule management solution that offers the power and flexibility to help complete medium-to-large and/or multiple projects on time and on budget. A key product in our PPM suite, Open Plan includes advanced project scheduling features like multi-project analysis, critical path planning, resource management and risk analysis to help improve plan and schedule quality. Advanced features help identify quality issues and improve compliance with industry and company standards and best practices.

Features

• Improve Planning and Schedule Quality - Facilitate planning through rapid data entry, analysis and powerful reporting on project status and forecasts - Use automatic schedule quality and user-defined validation rules to improve quality, compliance and standardization - Replan in-progress activities and automate the details related to logic, steps and resources
• Optimize Program Management - Multi-user concurrent access enables teams to work efficiently and securely across projects and programs - Utilize multi-project and portfolio analysis to improve outcomes - Critical path analysis, resource scheduling and risk analysis provide the tools project teams need
• Broad Integration - Leverage powerful API to combine ERP data with schedule data to help your planners be more efficient - Import/export Primavera P6 and MS Project schedules to meet contract and compliance needs - Integrate with Jira and keep all your quantifiable backup data supporting project progress in one place
• Support Compliance - Easily produce your required deliverables including IPMDAR SPD and the older IPMR format 6 - Identify critical and driving paths based on logic or the DCMA Constraint Method - Find and fix redundant logic quickly and avoid CARs
• The Deltek Ppm Suite Advantage - Integrates with all Deltek Project Portfolio Management products for total control of your projects - Open Plan, Acumen, Cobra, PM Compass and Acumen Touchstone provide a comprehensive solution for project portfolio management

Benefits

• **Build Reliable Schedules: **Create, manage, validate and maintain project plans and schedules. Capture progress and update forecasts.
• **Improve Schedule Quality: **Leverage controls to validate logic, check quality and follow industry best practices, company policies and federal requirements.
• **Ensure Project Success: **Review, allocate and manage your resources and budget to maximize performance while minimizing risk.