"AN" Enterprise Solution

Autonomous Enterprise Software Tool For  Earned Value Project Management "Designed for Project Managers by Project Managers"   Aligned with the Principles of the ANSI/EIA-748-A-1998 Standard for Earned Value Management (EVM)

Revisions to PMPlan & PMPlanLT The Currently released Update of PMPLAN is Version 3.4.0.25 (refer to PMPLAN's Help\About PMPLAN to view the currently installed Version) Periodically, enhancement and improvements, as well as reliability issues, are addressed and updates are released for the benefit of current users of PMPLAN. These updates may occur daily, weekly or as appropriate, depending on the severity and/or importance of the revision, so please check for the released version occasionally on the Home Page, or here on the Updates Page. Licensed users will be notified of critical updates. Such notifications will normally identify the extent of the revisions and any potential impact to the program. New to version 3.4: Added a Slide Button which will send a copy of the report in preview to Microsoft PowerPoint including cropping the margins and resizing. Added ability to create a set of slides from a script within a text file (The instructions are in a new PDF file located in the C:\Program Files\AlNik\PMPlan folder (after you run the new patch). Added option to hide textboxes in Graphic Performance Report. Added Project Resource Usage to Reports. Added ability to filter Deliverables and Milestones (All, complete, to be completed, approved, to be approved) and to hide those outside of a date range. Fixed problem with GPR not displaying Cause, Impact, and etc text. Fixed an inermitent application shutdown when accessing the GPR report. Fixed an unplanned application shutdown when printing some reports when the user selects 'Baseline' report on a project file that has fewer Baseline WBS elements than the Plan. This problem affected 'Worksheets of each Activity', 'Resource Loading by WBS', and 'Work Authorizations' (The last one only if a previous report requested Baseline). The Basis of Estimate now provides the user the option to print only non-zero labors in the 'Vertical' (i.e. The Labor is listed vertically) type of BOEs. Added content menu to all rich text boxes (WBS Note and Objective Panes and Journal Report Tab). Click right mouse button to get. Added toolbar to Task Information Dialog Form with editing text boxes and rich text boxes and font formatting for Rich Text Boxes. Added content menu to Note and Objective Tabs of Task Information Dialog Form. Corrected a problem with material and travel. Added the ability to control display of resource rollups with default to display only selected resources. To change go to Tools | Options | Loading Tab, and then select one other the several choices. Improved performance in several more locations in the application. Fixed importing of hours from a standard PMPlan project file. Tested import and export of MS Project File (*.mdb). Fixed off by one column in the Individual Tab. Fixed shutdown problem when trying to get Work Authorization Reports without any control accounts selected. Fixed shutdown problem when trying to get BOE reports without any resources. Canceling a report on the preview options form now properly skips preview. Fixed shutdown problem when selecting outline view in Resource Totals and then selecting upper left cell for copying table. Added Outline Prefix feature to WBS. Printing Schedule without preview another report causes a crash. Selecting filter in Custom Report before starting a new or loading a custom report causes a crash. New Help Manual is installed with this version. Improved the processing algorithms for working with Network Logic, which results much faster operations when moving activities with links. Removed unused Menu Options. Fixed algorithm for determining start and end periods of an activity, which failed on rare instances. If last element is a control account, the actual loading is now displayed correctly. Now can view Individual Tab in daily mode. New to version 3.3: Fixed Resource Total FTE when in FTE mode in Planned Loading Pane. More compact BOE printout. Expanded BOE text limit from 1024 to 8000 characters. Added Basis of Estimate (BOE) input pane to WBS Tree View. Fixed Total Planned Labor to handle deletions and additions of WBS elements with loading. Gantt Printout table has been modified to use activity font settings and align with the bars. Application now remembers settings for WBS Tree textboxes, schedule, and project form view. Using Shift-Mouse Left Button selection now works the same way as drag selection in Planned Loading Pane. Adds the capability to printout WBS to level 3 and 4s horizontal at user request. Fixed a printout problem with the schedule, where two rows are repeated on the next page. Now using the 'Window Installer' method to Update PMPlan. Buttons are inactive until a new or custom report is selected. Fixed problem with the formula not being copied, when loading a custom report file. Fixed the behavior of the wrong information being displayed after closing a view of a report. The file 'Sample with Status.anp' has five custom reports for examples. The PMPlan folder has the same five custom reports. Release of the limited edition of PMPlan, "PMPlanLT". PMPlanLT will upgrade to PMPlan with the purchased license Key. Fixed unexpected shut down when selecting undo a new link. Fixed behavior of Res Totals when changing hours of a Task that is Resource Driven. Fixed Res Totals tab to ask BOE mode question only once during a session. Fixed a problem with the import resource feature. Fixed problem with printing GPRs for non-project level tasks. Changed Vertical lines on Schedule to black dots, instead of light grey line that wasn't showing up on some HP printers. Fixed several behavior issues when doing Basis Of Estimates. Program now removes locking file, if fails to open a project file. Following enhancements were made to 'Outline Report' (WBS Dictionary): Can control Outlining level. Added Non-Labor Details to 'Basis Of Estimate' option. Can control Fonts for WBS Description, Option Headers, and body text. Can control rounding of Budget (decimal, no decimal, tens, hundreds, and thousands). Can control indent spacing with default equal to 720 twips = 0.5 inch. If the Budget view is displaying Planned and Actual, can have view display 'Balance'. If the Usage view is displaying Planned and Actual, can have view display 'Available Hours'. Separated 'Actual Cost' from 'ACWP', where 'Actual Cost' is calculated based on actual hours and rates used for planning the project, while 'ACWP' is the cumulative actual expenditure for a Control Account. Because of raises or change of staffing 'ACWP' will not necessarily equal 'Actual Cost'. Added 'Copy to Clipboard' feature to 'Details' Dialog Form (Materials, Travel, etc). Increase rows displayed in 'Select Resources To' combo of 'Planned Loading Pane'. Added two custom functions to Custom Reports. SUMCOST which can be used to get costing information for each WBS element. Select one of the 'COSTx' fields; In the formula cell enter the following: SUMCOST|P|Start Date|Finish Date. Each parameter is separated with the pipe character '|' without any spaces. P a number for Phase (0 = Planned, 1 = Baseline, 2 = Actual). Start Date and End Date can be any normal format such as 1/12/04 or 12-Jan-2004. These dates must be valid work days with the Project Calendar. If any part of the formula is wrong you will get all blanks. SUMRES which can be used to get hours information of a resource for each WBS element. Select one of the 'NUMBERx' fields; In the formula cell enter the following: SUMRES|Resource Name|P|Start Date|End Date. The 'Resource Name' should be written the same as the 'Description' field in the Resource Pool View. The rest of the formula follows the same rules for SUMCOST. Rollback status date stays disabled after doing status first time in same session. Fix % complete in Status to be against baseline not planned. Fix crash due to setting 'Control Account' at project level and trying to display Actuals in Budget View. If Status Date is after planned end of project, application would crash going from Status, Schedule, back to Status. Status View now always set to the current status date. Fixed rounding problem with Resource Totals view. Fixed problem with resetting baseline date twice to the same date. When hiding unused resources in Resource Totals view, one with negative values now stay in view. Change the calendar of tasks in the GPR to match task schedule not project schedule. Equations can now be used to enter data in any loading cell (start the equation with the = sign). Worksheets have been modified to use blanks when zero, and to provide schedule. Added Schedule, Control Account, and Budget to list of items that can be printed in 'Outline' Report. Removed grid from Schedule printout for cleaner look. Fixed Individual and Budget views to display data in the last column. Calendar Header changes to Quarters for long projects (more than 4 years). Can now delete Journal Entries. Turning off Earned Safety, allows change to the Original Contract Approprication. Fixed 'Set Baseline' to show last status date not 1899. When user selects 'Override Earned', can now change the original contract value. Turning off 'Hide Zero Columns' now changes the view without having to exit and return. If 'Budget' is displayed in WBS Tree View, updates properly when moving, cutting, deleting, and pasting elements. Fixed problem with the "Predecssor" column in the WBS Table View. Changed hardcopy of 'Res Total Table' to show only first two columns on each page. Double-clicking on a parent with a parent above, now properly shows BOE information in the 'Task Information' Dialog box. Fixed incorrect updating of Res Total tab when working on "Material" resource. Changing the 'Display To' now updates tab view. Fixed sometime crash when pasting into a project from another project. Fixed problem with schedule view crashing if a user selects a yes/no field for one of the columns. Fixed problem with the "Predecssor" column in the WBS Table View. Added BOE (Basis Of Estimate) tab to the Task Information Dialog Box (can view by double-clicking on any element in WBS Tree or Schedule). Note: in the BOE printout, the 'Objective' field goes into the Scope area, 'Basis' field goes into the 'Basis' area, and 'Note' goes into the rationale and assumption area. Added Material and other non-labor items to the BOE printout. Fixed unplanned shutdown, when export the "WBS Table', then double-clicked one of the headers. Fixed unplanned shutdown, when user linked activities that resulted in greater than 10 years. Fixed unplanned shutdown, when user typed in 'Cause' textbox before selecting a WBS Element. Fixed sometime problem (program gets caught in loop) when exporting file to MS Project *.mdb format. Fixed exporting of Outline to rich text file format. Baseline is not set in the Status View, until the user selects the first report date. Fixed % calculation in the Status View to be based on Baseline not Planned. Fixed converting to new project feature (under Tools | Utilities) to remove all baseline data. Added new features and modified some existing features to conform with the ANSI/EIA-748-A-1998 Standard for "Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)": When an activity is Level of Effort (LOE), its earned value equals planned value. Planned value in Status View is now based on 'Baseline' data. Estimate To Complete can be manually set. Changed term 'Work Packages' to 'Control Accounts'. Added 'Cost Performance Report' which has the same information as Cost/Schedule Status Report' plus 'Current Period' data. Added 'Basis of Estimate' feature. Baseline date is now shown in CPR and CSSR reports. Budget View now shows negative numbers. Resource Totals View now shows negative numbers in Total Budget Column. Switching resources in Loading Pane has been implemented. Added 'CWBS Code' field. The auto-generated WBS Number can be displayed in several different styles, which can be selected in 'Tools | Options' Menu then 'WBS' tab. Fixed memo text fields in Custom Reports. Can now also display 'CWBS Code' instead of auto-generated WBS Number. Added Tool tip to startup dialog box to show full path and filename. Fixed problem, where status date is incorrectly set during saving of a file. Fixed problem, with Earned Value line in Graphic Performance Report of Tasks below project level. Fixed display of Tables when using 'Outline' Mode. Fixed a problem with Status created by version 3.3.0.12. Fixed problem when user selects menu "Create New Project from Current Project" and has Status View open. Resource Total View now properly updates when a non-labor resource is changed. Details Form cannot be minimize, preventing application problems. Fixed the Resource Reallocation feature. Selecting Row Filtering for reports now works properly. Export Table to Excel now creates a non-protected worksheet. Fixed behavior of right-click, Insert Subtask to copy loading information to the first subtask only. Removed saving of some unnecessary data. This will impact files created before March 2003. Revised OCX for table control, fixed the exporting problem. Added ability to insert in Job Category Table. Added ability to delete in Job Category Table. Change thresholds for drawing vertical lines in Schedule. Percent Complete is now exported to MS Project. First entering of percent complete or Earned Value in Status displays dialog box to enter Actual Start. When entering 100% complete in Status View displays dialog box to enter Actual Finish. Turned on Export Button in Custom Report. Turned on Copy to Clipboard in Custom Report. Fixed CPI calculations of rollup tasks. The save button now activates with changes in Resource Loadings. Fixed problem with setting 'Actual Start' in WBS Table not enabling 'Actual Finish' Column. Add safety message box for menu option "Clear Actual Dates", reminding user it will clear all actual dates in the project file. Fixed pagesetup for previews of tables. Fixed incorrect labor totals when view {all Labor] on Individual Tab. Fixed 'Project "Loading" Merge' due to addition of Total Labor row in Planned Loading Pane. Implemented 'Project "Loading" Switch' which switches the hours between to labor resources in a single WBS activity. Can sort Milestones on dates in 'Milestone Tab'. Can create Custom Reports (see below for help) with formula, sorting, and filtering capabilities. Toolbar configuration and Custom Reports Template now default to the user's following folder - My Documents\AlNik\PMPlan. Can now set baseline data and compare to current plan. Can now enter actual resource loading data and compare to plan. Added 'TotalPlannedLabor', 'TotalBaselineLabor', and 'TotalActualLabor' to each WBS element, which can be viewed in 'Gantt Table', 'WBS Table', or 'Custom Reports'. 'Status Tab' is now color-coded to quick identification of performance. Now show 'Schedule Variance' (SV) and 'Schedule Performance Index' (SPI) for activities in 'Status Tab'. All Tables now copy only unhidden cells to Clipboard. Added ability to combine fields in the 'Description' Column of 'Status', 'Budgets', 'Individuals', and 'Res. Totals' Tabs. Moved all Tab configuration settings to property tabs under 'Tools | Options'. Can now hide the Gantt Table in 'Schedule' Tab (go to Tools | Options, Schedule Tab). You can turn off the undo function under 'Tools | Utilities' (This will improve performance, especially on large projects). You can override safety feature that prevents deleting or moving of activities with earned value or actual value.