asta power project version 11 brochure
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR CONSTRUCTIONAND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS
Version 11
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The benchmark project management solution
For over 21 years, companies across the construction andengineering industries have turned to Asta Powerproject to helpget ahead: delivering professional tenders; managing resourcessuch as labour and materials; communicating with stakeholdersand trades; and retaining accurate, up to date information, toprotect from the risk of delay, disruption and litigation.
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powerproject SOFTWARE TIMELINE
Asta Powerproject Version
Used by 90% of the top UK maincontractors* and sold worldwide to over20 countries in 5 different languages.
Driven by construction customers independent user groupfeedback, Asta Powerproject Version 11 is designed to handlethe business challenges that face construction projectmanagement today and provides robust tools that are easy touse and offer the power and flexibility to plan and manageprojects more proficiently and successfully.
*C.I.O.B Construction Manager of the Year Awards 2009
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Suitable for any size of company and any type of project
Asta Powerproject can provide any size of company – fromthe smallest planning consultancy to the largest globalcontractor – with a firm foundation for project managementachievement and future growth.
It is used on all types of projects including: house building;general commercial build such as schools, offices andhospitals, as well as road and rail construction andmaintenance.
1988 1995 2000
for construction and engineering
ASTA POWERPROJECT DELIVERSIMPROVED:
High performance scheduling
Control of project and resource plans
Prevention and protection against project
claims
Acutely accurate progress reporting
Proven scalability – from 1 to 1000+ users
Enhanced presentation of plans
Easy management of sub contractors
Powerful, tailored reporting
Improved communication and collaboration8 9 10 11 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
Asta Powerproject Version 11 has been builtand honed following continuous developmentand integration of user feedback.
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Flexible licensing options to managesingle or multiple projects instandalone or multi-user environment
Asta Powerproject is available with supported licensingoptions – unnamed standalone, network or enterprise –making the software cost-effective no matter whether youneed it for 1 or 1000+ users.
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2005 2010
Asta Powerproject is used on ahost of small, mid and high
profile projects including:Edinburgh Royal Infirmary,
Harrogate Royal Hall, Wimbledonand the Lloyds Gherkin.
ASTA POWERPROJECT KEY FUNCTIONALITY
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Intuitive, easy to use toolbars, menus and features
Manages over 100,000 tasks (hardware dependant)
Customisable, construction-specific project templates
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) or hierarchal projectbreakdown
Formulae and calculations displayed in spreadsheetcolumns
Accurate Critical Path Analysis
Unlimited baselines – compare the evolving plan againstthe original
‘Jagged’ and ‘As Built’ Progress views
Create any type and number of links between tasks
Schedule accurately with mixed calendars
Monitor resources with customisable histograms
Record and track costs with extensive Earned ValueAnalysis
Get seamless integration with Oracle Primavera,Microsoft Project & Excel
FREE Project Viewer to share project plans
Key software features at a glance
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Presentationof plans Scheduling
DataExchange
Free PDFWriter
CostManagement
ResourceManagement
ProjectReporting
ProgressReporting
NetworkDiagram
Risk Analysis
SiteManagement
FreelyDistributable
ProjectViewer
ProjectComparison
Multi-ProjectManagement Asta
PowerprojectASTA
POWERPROJECTENTERPRISE
ASTAPROJECTANALYSER
ASTAPROJECTVIEWER
ASTA SITE PROGRESSS
ASTARISK
ANALYSIS
ASTAPOWERNET
Highlighted features are additional modules to an Asta Powerproject Standalone License
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Using Asta Powerproject immediately raised our image as a serious industry player and the
impact it has had on my business hasbeen tremendous. I am amazed at
how quickly it has taken off.
Simon HeadCooper James Consultancy Ltd
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Asta Powerproject is the recognised standard for high performanceproject management, scheduling and resource control. Its unrivalledpresentation tools help to win project tenders and communicateeffectively.
Highlight important information with annotations – add text,BMP, WMF, EMF, JPG and GIF graphics etc.
Import Microsoft Windows objects: Excel spreadsheets,AutoCAD etc.
Create graphical surrounds to your output. Borders can becreated with the included PowerDraw software
Gain output quality that is fully ‘what you see is what you get’
Get to what you want quickly with multiple scaling aspects
Choose which features are displayed such as float, non-drivinglinks etc.
Save Views, certain aspects of a Project, or the full Project, as HTML output with graphics if required for Intranet/Extranet/Internet Publishing
Communicate and present outstanding project plans
Communicate and present outstanding project plans
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Asta Powerproject is the fastest way to create construction andengineering project plans.
Familiar Microsoft-style interface
Unique project view for easy manipulation andassignment of tasks
Intuitive ‘drag and drop’ assignment of resources,codes etc
Classic spreadsheet with formulas and bar chart (Gantt)
Integral pre-defined templates
Unlimited Undo and Redo even after saving
Publishes or imports tasks to/from Microsoft Outlook
Customisable Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Asta Powerproject is far easier to use than other planning tools and far more visual. In addition it is great
for communicating information – in fact it is the best tool I’ve
ever seen for this.
Gavin CleggContract Services Manager, North Midland Construction.
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Get planning quickly and efficiently
Get planning quickly and efficiently with classic spreadsheet and bar chart (Gantt)
Protect against claims and plan for the unexpected, with analytical toolsthat can help you: control and schedule accurately, quickly identify andresolve any potential problems, and keep unequivocal records.
Multiple critical paths if required
Comprehensive calendar control, withall working conditions accommodatedand any task or resource having anycalendar
Links can be drawn to maintain offsetsbetween tasks
Projects (and parts of projects) can berescheduled (Critical Path Analysis)
Tasks can be summarised into hierarchical work breakdown structure(WBS) of any complexity
Unlimited number of Baselines with alloriginal details retained
Jagged progress line can highlightproblem areas
Create any type and number of linkswithout having to specify the link type or lead/lag
Control and schedule more precisely
Every year we need to make significant
improvements to the clubwhile ensuring that The
Championship is notadversely affected by thebuilding work, there is noroom for delay or floats.
Asta Powerproject helps usto ensure we deliver on
schedule each year without fail.
Mike BridgesProject Director,
Galliford Try, Wimbledon.
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Jagged progress line can highlight problem areas
Tasks can be summarized into hierarchal work breakdownstructure (WBS) of any complexity
There are times, particularly in house building or the procurementand finishing stages in all construction projects, when users need toplan and manage repeated tasks along one row of the plan. In Asta Powerproject you can:
Save planning time and space on the Gantt chart byoverlapping repeated tasks on the same bar line
Build in the required lead/lag time by overlapping tasks
Copy and paste the complete line, saving time settingup a new project
See more detail, e.g. when updating progress, with oneclick of the mouse, opening up tasks onto separatelines
Address data from individual build stages in theSpreadsheet columns
Plan and manage repeated tasks
It is not only during the construction stage that we use Asta Powerproject. Wealso utilise the software for tasks suchas, for instance, the production of our
Master Project Plans covering the wholespectrum of the development processfrom planning consent through to the
completion of each project.
Alfred TiltConstruction Director, Antler Homes
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Useful for house builders and procurement in construction
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Overlapping tasks on the same bar line
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Compare plannedversus actual cost
Meet targets with Asta Powerproject. Gain the tools to beproactive with ‘what if’ analysis and store historical reports andanalysis of costs, resource assignments and earned value. AstaPowerproject enables you to compare planned versus actual coststo help you to improve processes or enable estimates to be moreaccurate.
Manage different resources – labour, plant, materialsetc.
Develop cost centres and assign monetary values totasks or resources
Control the appearance of activities, resources and costswith colour-coding and legends
Multi-currency support £, $, DM etc.
Define own currencies and fixed exchange rates betweenany of them
Create your own formulae and display the results in thespreadsheet columns
Understand and control project costs and resources
Asta Powerproject enabled us to predict the cost and impact on the
overall delivery schedule of the projectwhen implementing new activities. It
enabled us to provide ‘what ifscenarios’ for a number of different solutions to a given requirement.
Derek Clayton, MCIOBPlanning Engineer, BAM Construction Ltd
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Manage differentresources - labour,plant, materials etc.
Whether you are a trade or small contractor or oneof the largest building contractors, you will no doubtneed to share your project data and plans with otherconstruction companies as well as with clients.
No matter the size of project or the number ofstakeholders involved, Asta Powerproject enables youto exchange project data quickly, easily and cost-effectively.
Open plans created in Oracle Primavera,Microsoft Project, Excel, Asta Easyplan and more
Use the freely available Asta Project Viewer,downloadable from our website, to enableanyone to view an Asta Powerproject file, orplan created in Microsoft Project or OraclePrimavera software
Improve collaboration and communication
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Open plans created inOracle Primavera,Microsoft Project, AstaEasyplan, Excel and more.
Timely and accurate reporting improves decision making. With Asta Powerproject you gainan instant snapshot of project performance, expectations of the job and saved historicalrecords in very fine detail, all of which can protect against litigation and claims.
Record events in every progress reporting period – actual cost, effort, % of work remaining
Record multiple gaps and ‘resume dates’ showing the true record of intermittent activities
Display recorded progress percentage against baseline tasks in special JaggedProgress View – ideal for managers who don’t want to show the effects on theforecast date
Monitor planned versus actual progress by taking unlimited baselines
Easily create various tabular reports to enable you to export data to Excel andproduce graphical reports to make diagnostics easier.
Acutely accurate progress reporting
The outputs we were able to get from Asta
Powerproject were veryimpressive. The flexibility in
being able to tailor reports inthe formats we require was
important, the reports had tobe able to be understood byall stakeholders, as well as
provide the info we wereobliged to supply
contractually.
Andrew CampbellConstruction Manager,
Hansen Yuncken, Australia
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“Example of a Project Summary Report.
Asta Development offers consultancy to help set up data import and exportbetween Asta Powerproject and other software systems, such as Excel,accounting, estimating, asset management and Enterprise ResourcePlanning (ERP) systems. These include:
COINS
Hummingbird
MIMS
Autodesk Navisworks
PlanWeaver
CMS Contractor
RIB
Optional consultancy to integrate with accounting, estimating, assetmanagement and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
Asta Powerproject is our standardplanning tool. It is very easy for a plannerto pick up another planner’s work and to
convey messages to people using thefilters and colour coding features. We work
with simple communications tools butneed the detail behind them to prove thatthe plan is realistic and Asta Powerproject
gives us that capability.
Phil SolomonPlanning Operations Director, Mace
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“The unique combination of the original softwarecapabilities, hands-on
development people, and themodest extensions that Asta
were able to rapidly provide, metthe precise requirements of a
collection of projects.
Martin ChambersProject Director, Debut Services
“ “ Responsive technical support is key to protecting your licenceinvestment. Our technical support team are highly trained andcertified specialists, based in the UK, and are on-hand to provide one-to-one support by phone, email or on the web.
Our annual support cover includes:
Highly skilled analysts to submit problems to and getadvice
All maintenance updates and upgrades
Re-activation cover if your hard drive should fail or if yourlaptop is lost or stolen
Asta Development provides training courses for both novice andadvanced users at our Oxfordshire Training Centre, UK regionallocations and at customers’ premises.
Training and technical support
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What next?
Asta Development Product Family
Product Description Find out more
Asta Powerproject Enterprise A multi-user version of Asta Powerproject www.astadev.com/software/enterprise
Asta Powerproject Available either as a concurrent network www.astadev.com/software/powerprojectlicence or standalone
Asta Siteprogress Allows site managers to report back on www.astadev.com/siteprogressprogress from site via the internet, email or PDA/phone
Asta Sitecontrol Provides a site diary for irrevocable record of www.astadev.com/sitecontroldaily activities, manages change and variation requests, and provides a comprehensive document management system.
Asta Executive Reporting Customise reports on project performance www.astadev.com/software/reportingfrom one or many projects
Asta Easyplan Entry-level project planning software www.astadev.com/easyplanto plan smaller construction projects
Asta Project Viewer Freely available and easy way to open, navigate www.astadev.com/projectviewerand print project plans created in different file formats
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Download our free 30-day trial and experience the benefits of Asta Powerproject for yourself
Request a demonstration or quotation by calling Sales on +44(0)1844 261700 or email enquiries@astadev.com
Find out more online at www.astadev.com/powerproject
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Telephone: +44(0)1844 261700
Email: enquiries@astadev.com
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