The 4.0 version of Communigram is the first independant one disposing of all furthers necessary for project planning- And much more ...
- Integrated Gantt chart (time bar chart), synchronized with Communigram
- Zoom in time in the Gantt chart
- Blue "today" line, moves during the day to reflect the exact time
- Gantt : double-click anywhere to bring beginning of time bar under cursor
- Yellow triangle on Gantt bar to indicate "started"
- ToolTip to discover the details of each bar in the Gantt chart
- Critical path visible in Gantt
- Planned start and finish vs. actual start and finish: green/red bars vs. blue bars
- Histogram to show the workload of each person
- Multi-project histogram: different color for each project
- ToolTip to show the details of each resource workload bar in the histogram
- Interactive Histo-Gantt: clicking on resource workload bar shows corresponding bar in Gantt chart
- Interactive Histo-Gantt: moving the Gantt immediately shows the consequences on resource loading (including multi-project)
- Planned vs. actual resource workload (amount of consumed workhours)
- Actual workload automatically substracted from remaining workload
- Interactive Gantt: time bars can be modified using mouse
- Interactive Gantt: time bars can be connected with arrows using mouse
- Availability of people visible in histogram (black line showing calendar availability)
- Constraints shown in Gantt chart
- Constraints automatically set/altered when time bars are moved in Gantt to "nail them down" in time (allows "planning by deadlines")
- Traffic light history visible in Gantt chart, with ToolTips to see details
- Baselines: store "snapshots" of project plan
- Baselines: choose among 100 baselines to view in Gantt chart
- Project calendars: customize weekends depending on locality, add holidays, ...
- People calendars: each person disposes of a calendar in which non-available days can be blocked
- Simulation: real "sandbox" functionality to modify project plan
- Simulation: critical path is recalculated "on the fly" to show consequences of changes
- Simulation: effect on resource workload and availability is immediately visible
- Simulation: if new scenario is satisfactory, scenario is transformed into current plan with a single click
- Simulation: if scenario is not satisfactory, scenario is deleted and previous plan is left untouched
- Hide unnecessary column details
- Responsible generic resources (competencies/roles)
- Yellow triangle in Communigram table to indicate "in progress"
- Progress curve: flexible ponderation of curve
- Progress curve: integration of more curves (planned, actual, baselines)
- Modules: can be added to project after milestone (case after decision point)
- Modules: in live project, module chosen by decider (responsible of milestone) is automatically copied into current project + reschedule
- Modules: iterations, integration of modules within modules
- Communication "forum" around a traffic light
- Horizontal Communication: between participants
- Upstream Communication: with "Suppliers"
- Downstream Communication: with "Clients" (enhanced)
- Communication between project manager (or sub-project manager) and delivrable responsible: e.g. to react to traffic lights
- "Discussion Threads: comment a comment
- Communication visible in "self-service" mode
- Open Communication: any person can comment on traffic lights
- Hierarchic order of communication history
- Quick-View Box of messages
- Notion of "Deliverable Creator" : automatically receives delivrable if no arrow leading out of deliverable
- Deliverable Creator automatically sees what is happening around deliverable
- Copy/Paste of Outlook messages: appear in history
- Hyperlinks, images, etc. possible in HTML fields (e.g. to copy / paste from web pages)
- Links to Documents (with version definition) directly integratable in HTML text(drag&drop)
- Alert to tell people that a deliverable needs to start
- Function "Start now"
- Alert to tell people that a deliverable on the critical path needs to start soon (in 3 day, tomorrow, …)
- Alert to remind people that a deliverable is late (should have been delivered)
- Function "Send now"
- Alert to remind people that a deliverable has not been validated (since 1 day, …)
- Function "Reply now"
- Alert to remind decider that a decision point has been reached (milestone) and has not yet been decided
- Function "Decide now"
- Message to ask for confirmation of a planned duration (enhanced)
- Personal Gantt
- Personal Histogram
- Message box as in Outlook / Notes
- Icon to indicate type of message (comment, sent, deliverable OK/refused, …)
- Read messages are automatically marked as such (bold to plain font)
- "GoTo" shortcut for each message: clicking on it brings you to the right line in myCommunigram
- Message ordering
- Message filtering
- Alert box can be made visible at same time as message box
- Decentralized planning: request for "input"
- Attribution of a requested input to a potential supplier
- Confirmation request can be sent to potential supplier
- List of requested inputs with / without supplier
- Send partial deliverables to input clients
- Declartion of actual workload (consumed hours)
- Users can change their password directly from Communigram
- Roaming user preferences (stored in database)
- Much more information is tracked, e.g. which person set a traffic light, when, who reacted to it, …
- History of traffic lights contains all status changes (not just "Thursday evening" status)
- Improved look and feel: buttons, colors, ...
- More types of icons for better ergonomy (e.g. comment, comment on a traffic light, …)
- New keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+R, +D, +G, +F, …)
- Detail window (bottom drawer) completely redesigned
- Import / Export to Microsoft Excel (XLS)
- Import from Microsoft Project (MPP)
- Export to PDF (improved, vectorized)
- MS SQL 2005 database compatibility
- Improved user management
- LDAP integration (optional)
- User access privilege profiles (global and project)
- Hierarchic user access privileges
- Linux and Mac compatible
- Interface entirely redesigned, user configurable
- Communigram and myCommunigram simultaneously available
- Messages and alerts available without switching to myCommunigram mode
- Access to IMAP mailboxes
100 new functions, 100% defined by you!
We have added a lot of new things, but only what was strictly necessary.
Says who? You did. Each and every one of the new features is based on requests by the Communigram user community. You see, it pays to be part of the "Communigram family". Together, we are improving Communigram - not just the tool, also the methodology - faster than any other offering in the project management field. This helps all of you manage your projects better and find solutions to your business challenges. So don't thank us, thank yourselves! And let's keep it up, there's lots more to do for 5.0!