iNNOVATION! Team Project from WorkFlow Technologies

iNNOVATION! Team Project is our second generation of project management
products. It is a true collaborative workflow enabled, platform
independent, project management system that is built entirely in Lotus
Notes, but also offers tight integration with Microsoft Project. The new
groupware application is certified to use the "Runs with Lotus Notes"
logo.

A Collaborative Project Management System

With Team Project, collaborative project management comes of age. It
provides the functional, charting and ease-of-use capabilities of
traditional project management, and the ability to collaboratively manage
and negotiate resources, relationships, schedules, and the day-to-day
operations of a project. This application provides full project management
functions using sophisticated, platform independent Notes capabilities,
and conventional project-management functionality through Microsoft
Project.

iNNOVATION! Team Project Features

Using Team Project, you can manage process and resource tracking in a
platform independent Notes environment to provide the following:

* Schedule, resource and work management across single or multiple
  groups/companies
* Instant accessibility to all project information from multiple
  locations
* Integration of the functions of Issue/Action items into a full
  project management environment
* Automatic creation of detailed project schedules from template
  timelines
* Workflow enabled request/response, and workflow enabling with
  optional mail notification
* Complete project relationships and lead/lag times
* Project calendar containing work schedules
* Allocation of generic or specific resources from Skills/Resource
  portion of application
* Time recording, cost accounting, and reporting for projects
* Wide variety of views, including Gantt charts for schedules and
  resources
* Comprehensive set of macros for manipulation of all project
  information from views
* Complete logging of all project changes and activities
* Single click of a button moves a project for analysis, modification,
  etc., to Microsoft project, and another click moves the entire
  project back into the Notes portion of Team Project

An Example of Using iNNOVATION! Team Project

In the following example, it is a customer request that starts the process
at a company that offers market surveys of two, four, or six weeks
duration. The surveys can also be custom, depending on what the customer
is looking for. In addition, this company uses several outside firms on
each project, and thus some users are remote from the primary site. In
this case a customer has contracted with the company for a four-week
market survey.

Team Project Workflow and Implementation

In order to achieve maximum benefits, it is important to determine the
workflow and tasks, and them implementing them using iNNOVATION! Team
Project, as outlined in the steps for this example.

1.  The project is assigned to a project manager, who uses an existing
four-week market study template to start off the project. (These templates
are kept in the Team Projects: Templates data base, and are accessible to
anyone who might need one.)

2.  The project manager clicks the "View in Microsoft Project" icon to
bring up the appropriate template in Microsoft Project. Specific
relationships, duration, modifications, etc., to the project are made, and
when complete the "View in Team Project" icon is clicked and the project
is moved back into the Team Project: Projects data base.

3.  Resources, which are in the Team Project: Resources data base, are
assigned and "sent" to the responsible person/group for agreement, for
negotiation or for any other activity that was specified. In the case of
the outside companies, a generic resource, e.g., a phone survey person,
could be assigned.

4.  The person representing the resource uses the facilities of the
application to set dates, responsibilities, costs, etc., for their portion
of the project. In this case an outside firm, that does phone surveys,
participates directly and enters into an online dialogue to ensure that
their portion of the project fits into the overall plan.

5.  When the project manager is satisfied that the plan is basically sound,
viewing it in Microsoft Project can produce a critical path analysis,
provide presentation level charts, and simplify fine tuning.

6.  As the project progresses, each work item in the project is tracked,
each step is well understood, and the information is available to all
project participants. As inevitable changes occur, the unique capabilities
of the product simplify the management of these items. For example, Action
Items are used to handle unforeseen circumstances; the negotiation process
(through the workflow enabling) can handle a variety of changes,
renegotiation; resource, schedule and status views show the exact nature
of each work item and provide the necessary information to move the
project along.

7.  As work items move along to completion, the interactive nature of the
product provides the necessary information to bring the project to a
successful conclusion.

Summary

iNNOVATION! Team Project:

* Provides all the advantages of accessing, tracking and sharing
information with members of the team.

* Ties important manpower and financial information into the project,
through resource and work reporting capabilities.

* Gives everyone (including outside firms) direct participation in the
process.

* Offers all the benefits of traditional project management through
Microsoft Project.

Retail Pricing:

Individual Licenses each (3 minimum)       $ 395
TriPack ( 3 Client + 1 Server)               995
TenPack (10 Client + 1 Server)              2995
Server (Unlimited Clients + 1 Server)       5995
Server with two days on-site training
  and product installation                  7995

WorkFlow Technologies Inc
15802 No. 50th Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
602-867-8078
 
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