Product Description

SureTrak Project Manager helps you plan, schedule and organize projects from start to finish. Even if you've never managed a project, you can do it like a pro with SureTrak.

Main Features

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #682 in Software
• Brand: Primavera Systems, Inc
• Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 1.00" h x 10.00" w x 9.00" l, 1.00 pounds

Amazon.com
Aimed at those who won't put up with limits in their project management software, Primavera SureTrak 3.0 provides an excellent all-around package for getting control of time, resources, and budget. With excellent built-in Web and collaborative capabilities, this is a program that can simplify any busy manager's life.

To get started, SureTrak 3.0 bundles the KickStart tool, which lets even those new to project management software get going productively. In testing, this wizard asked us a series of questions about project phases, goals, people, potential obstacles, and the like, with extensive help from a built-in library of sample entries for many different industries. (If you have been using Microsoft Project, SureTrak supports importing and exporting to .MPJ files, which is another way to start.)

SureTrak features extensive support for the two traditional views for tracking a project: Gantt charts, which show a time line of various tasks, and PERT charts, which show logically connected diagrams of tasks along with dependencies. We liked the support for distributing a variety of reports over the Web using HTML. The product also allows managers to e-mail reports to other team members, plus you can add hyperlinks to any report or view.

Another notable feature included here is the ability to define custom resources (for instance, costs per employee, based on skill sets and project roles), "activity codes," and even specialized calendars. The control over costs in SureTrak is certainly one of the product's strengths. You can track every cost associated with a project and see exactly where you are with your budget at any point within the project cycle.

Finally, at a time when most printed manuals are being downsized in favor of online help, we appreciated the SureTrak's 500 pages of tutorials and documentation. Overall, Primavera's product delivers a well-thought-out project management package, one that can be used effectively by beginner and expert alike to track even large projects effectively. --Richard Dragan

Amazon.com Product Description
Communicate with professional-quality reports and graphics. SureTrak Project Manager combines ease of use, power, and affordability. With SureTrak, you can create schedules graphically, as well as point and click to create relationships between activities. It is ideal for resource planning and control on small- to medium-sized projects.

Customer Reviews

All the capabilities
this scheduling software can do anything you need it to do. it's not simple enough to use, though, without having either studied the users manual in depth or taken a college course on the software. i have take a course on the software so it works great for me.

Good for Time lines.
I like this product. I am in commercial construction and use this product to schedule jobs . I would buy this product again.

SureTrak Project Manager software
I have used this product for several years, and it has become my favorite for use in planning engineer/procure/construct projects. This product compares each task's percent complete to the current date to establish early start and finish dates, and adjusts dependent tasks accordingly. That feature immediately eliminates false float until late tasks or all tasks have been updated correctly. The built-in filters and reports are excellent. The improved PERT interface is helpful when establishing overall logic, particularly amoung numerous engineering disciplines, construction crafts, project administration personnel, and client budget and schedule requirements. Its ability to create files that may be incorporated into Primavera Project Planner files allows EPC contractors to schedule the engineering and procurement portion of their projects with a very cost effective product. This product makes it possible to utilize a relatively static amount of manpower to accomplish numerous projects simultaneously, providing information on which tasks on which projects must be performed in which sequence so that each of the projects is completed on time.