KLUSA

KLUSA is a web-based multi-project management tool for medium to large organizations that gives project managers, management, team and customers access to all relevant data anytime, from anywhere in the world.

Based on .NET, KLUSA has been developed to enable clear and easy communication between all project stakeholders, from top management to project staff.

It is ideal for global, multi-project management and is fully featured to provide a complete solution, from high-level planning to detailed plans and essential reports.

KLUSA is fast and easy to implement on your own server or online via Application Service Providing (ASP). Contact us for more information or for a free trial.

Key features:

Projects/Planning

• All projects reconciled in a central database
• Unique top-down rough planning possibilities for the early phases of the project
• Representation of complex hierarchical project structures via project relations in almost any depth
• Milestones, sub-projects and work packages for allocation within the project
• Representation of overall project links between milestones for faster localization of scheduling problems
• Budget planning and control
• Ready-made templates for projects with the same or similar structure – quickly and easily created and extended
• Base plan might be "frozen" to find deviations from the original plan (change management for milestones & budget); plan copies allow comparisons & analysis of milestones & cost
• Risk management to define and rate project risks
• Quality management to establish quality objectives and policies

Resource Management

• Overall project resource management planning for skill and employee assignment
• Resource balancing for optimal workload
• Defined workflow for resource requirement & approval between project & resource managers
• Examination of single resource pool concerning planned and free capacities

Management Information System

• Customized reports for all levels of the management, supported by vivid, modern graphics for fast overview
  
• Easy-to-use reporting (weekly or monthly) with automatic snapshots of important indicators (work packages, milestones, costs)
• Project progress degree calculation with automatic aggregation of sub-projects
• “Milestone Trend Analysis” (MTA) and Cost Trend Analysis” (CTA) at a glance show how the project has evolved
• Global budget with annual and quarterly overviews
• Project scorecard – all important indicators at a glance
• Project efficiency calculation

Others

• Demand management for the accumulation and evaluation of project demands and ideas
  
• Document Management System (DMS) for a central management of project documents
  
• Bi-directional interface for unobstructed interaction with Microsoft Project®
  
• Use of Microsoft Active Directory or alternate User Authentication
  
• Supports customer-specific process models configuration
  
• Data export to Microsoft Excel® and PowerPoint® for various analyses
  
• Individual customization and extensions
  
• Flexible and comprehensive authorization system with free to define roles
  
• Integrated time recording and accounting
  
• Powerful and scalable web architecture