Any project data we entered in either application was seamlessly shared and automatically updated in the SQL Server 7.0 database we set up to store project information. Two types of data are stored in a Project Office database. Project information represents the start and finish times of a project and includes aggregate cost and resource capacity estimates. The other type of stored information is task information, which includes detailed information related to specific tasks. Version 3.01 allows fuller customization of the information that users can access, lets them see more detail and gives them a greater ability to contribute information on project status than did Version 2.0.
Administrators can easily define customized views of projects for groups as well as for individuals.
By giving users their own views of a project's status, administrators can let users manage their parts of a larger project, which will lead to better actual project results when compared with estimated values. Extensive training will be required to familiarize users with the software's features. The Profile view pane is the key view for project status information, and users can plan, schedule and track their project information using that view. Similar to the resources view in Microsoft Project, it let us easily modify resource allocations or add and remove resources in each of the fields of the view pane. In its Project Office upgrade, Pacific Edge Software includes improved group management and extensive reporting, coupled with tight integration with Microsoft Project, to raise the project management application to a new level of capability.