Feature | The Competition | Celoxis |
Project Planning/Tracking |
- Task start/end dates NOT adjusted based on dependencies and resource allocation.
- No auto-checking of errors in the plan. For example, although task A depends on B the start date of task A can be after task B.
- Constraint dates not enforced.
- No or paid client access.
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- Task dates auto-calculated based on dependecies and constraints
- Auto-scheduling of tasks around user vacation/company holidays.
- FREE client access.
- Managers are alerted of tasks that cannot proceed as planned
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Resource Management |
- Cannot assign tasks to individual members or atmost one per task
- Cannot assign tasks to job roles while planning.
- No ability to enter vacation time/company holidays.
- Cannot view/balance resource workload.
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- Multiple users per task with individual assignments. e.g Joe works 5 hours and Jane works 50%.
- Per resource work calendars and vacation scheduling. e.g Joe may be part-time worker that works from 9AM-1PM Mon-Fri.
- View resource conflicts
- Assign tasks to job roles while planning and replace later with free resource.
- Find suitable free resources based on skills
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Superfast Grid for entering tasks |
- Slow, one-at-a-time screen.
- Most of the editable Gantt charts simply don't scale beyond 10-20 tasks.
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- Spreadhseet style interface ensures you can enter hundreds of tasks quickly.
- Drag and drop to re-order, pick the columns you want
- Keyboard shortcuts for superfast editing.
- Easily scales to 1000+ tasks.
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Microsoft Project Sync |
- Mostly one-way import.
- Only imports task names and start/end dates.
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- Imports tasks and schedule, resources, dependencies, constraints etc.
- Enables mapping of users between Microsoft Project™ and Celoxis.
- Intelligently detects task name conflicts. Export Celoxis plans to Microsoft Project™.
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Proactive email alerts |
- Alerts sent only when tasks are assigned.
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- Alerts when task is assigned
- 24 hour reminder before task start/task due.
- Alerts to managers on task slippages.
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Customizable Bug/Issue tracking |
- Fixed/inflexible process.
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- Customize to suit your process, add custom fields, routing rules and more.
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Timesheet |
- Slow, one-at-a-time.
- Gets cumbersome for 10+ tasks
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- Unique type-ahead approach lets you find the right task
- One-click task status update and time log
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Billing/Costing |
- No ability to estimate cost
- Cannot generate billing or compare actual vs. planned cost.
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- System auto-estimates cost based on schedule and resource cost.
- Compare actual vs. planned in real-time.
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Reports |
- Cannot create custom reports
- Most do not provide grouping, sorting or even totals.
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- Multi-column sorting and grouping
- Create custom reports
- Share reports
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