Asta Powerproject

Avantages

The ease with with you can create and manage complex projects. Outstanding depth of applicaiton for professional users.

Inconvénients

I would have said the complex licensing structure, but even that has been resolved with the newest v17.

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Avantages

Asta Powerproject enables the user to create clear and in depth programme of works to keep track of ongoing projects.

Inconvénients

When showing the programme to someone who isn’t familiar with the software, it can difficult to follow.

Avantages

I decided to give this product a trial , firstly free trial version was available, secondly though i had to seek for help to organise my work schedules in order, after scheduling my deliverable I could see an illustrative graph, along timelines for each element of work, it a really good software, it has help me to prepare my material schedules, man power and machineries for every daily element of work, and to identify critical path.it really good for construction

Inconvénients

theproduct is really good just that the pricing structure can be discouraging, but nevertheless the free trial version has being helpful, i would recommend this product to my colleague at work,it is illustrative and good for scheduling.

Avantages

Very easy to use, the library and code structure is brialliant. The fact that you can reschedule just sections of the proramme or views helps a lot when you have to build a programme. The software is very powerful.

Inconvénients

Not sure if this is feasible but it would be good to have the opportunity to add resources into the bar chart based on the time unit. For example if the time unit is in days, if I move into the bar chart it would be good to be able to allocate the resources on the each days. It could be that I have 10 people on day 1, 8 people on day 2 and so on and the software automatically calculates the overall allocation on the task whilst keeping the break down on the bar chart.

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Avantages

The most useful feature that I use within this product is the logic linking and re-scheduling tools. It provides instant impact assessemnts from a delivery point of view.

Inconvénients

Some of the formatting can be complex to correct if receiving files that in another Contrctors template format.

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Avantages

Very powerful, able to accurately program and report against many individual parameters

Inconvénients

Only as powerful as the set up time put into it. Difficult for clients and no skilled stakeholders to understand

Avantages

The best feature within Powerproject is the graphical interface of the program and the output especially compared to comparative softwares. Powerproject allows for multiple options to complete each function and is very strong in its integration with other widely used programs. We find Powerproject to be intuitive and easy to use for beginners and still be scalable to the requirement of established users. We have regularly used the Enterprise licenses on large projects and have found that these greatly aid in collaborative planning and control within large teams. Recent introduction of additional features like BIM integration and site progress tracking modules are now helping planning evolve further and make the software stand above its competitors. The software integrates easily with other business processes within the organisation as the outputs can be read by other softwares.

Inconvénients

Powerproject has a tendency to crash occasionally and hence stability is an issue especially when compared to other program softwares. The option of copying external links while copying and pasting a set of activities from one schedule to another is a funtionality that is missing from the software. Another general weakness of this product is the lack of awareness in the wider market outside UK. This means that we as users have to continually negotiate with other parties around the software to be used on the project. Better marketing of the product in the wider global markets and availability of better reader programs should help in this matter.

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Avantages

Using Powerproject is very intuetive to use and can easily produce gant charts for printing and PDF's that are clear and look good too. It is a very powerful tool that can accomodate a large amount of project data. It provides good facilities to monitor the progress your project and report the results.

Inconvénients

The thing I like least abouth the software is that as file sizes grow, Powerproject can have glitches such as bar titles changing, rows do not line up with text or the software freezes. Also I experience problems with applying a filter and sort at the same time. It feels like something the software should be capable of.

Avantages

The most powerful aspect for me as a delay analyst and Expert Witness is the ability to code the links and customise the presentation to show a clear picture of what is happening to a project as it moves from an as-planned to an as-built aspect. No other software comes close to its functionality and ease of use.

Inconvénients

There are minor issues with annotations when in preview and you zoom in or out can end up in a different position but this is minor. The one aspect of Elecosoft is they always have a listening ear to the customer and always react and adapt the software to meet users needs based upon the reason for a particular request. One was many years ago when I asked them to code links in order to provide the meaning behind the structure and sequence the planner has adopted in the network, be it a resource or safety link aspect.

Avantages

It took me a while to figure out who to use it but once you got going it was quite straight forward

Inconvénients

Getting started due to the project I was planning there was a lot involved and did not need a new software to figure out as well.

Avantages

Display properties for simplifying complex programmes to display to clients / site staff / subcontractors & ease of use

Inconvénients

When Was using the network license and the VPN / internet would go down. Saving would not be possible and progress would be lost unless you copied and pasted the information captured into a new programme and saved once VPN was back up. Once VPN dropped you cannot save a programme when usin network license

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Avantages

Power project is any an easy software to use. I can train a person and within two hours they can produce simple programmes. As Their knowledge and experience of the software expands they will be able to develop more complex programmes and use the tools provided by the software to carry out complex analysis. This is all supported by a very good help line who are responsive and engaging.

Inconvénients

this is a difficult question to answer I have been using the software for 20 + years and nearly all the features that I wanted have been incorporated into new versions as one of the feature of the software is that it is being continually updated through the user groups. I think the BIM features need developing more if I am being really critical

Avantages

This software allows the production of a presentable gantt chart pretty quickly by practically anyone. Of course this could also be considered a drawback, (a little knowledge being a dangerous thing), but ease of use is a definite headline positive.

Inconvénients

In the past exporting/importing data to or from other software has been flakey to say the least. However in the current version, things are much more accurate, although a good deal of checking is still necessary to ensure all is well after the import/export. To be fair, this could also be due to issues in the other software.

Avantages

The way that elecosoft powerproject can be utilised to demonstrate the same project at differing levels of complexity it’s ease enables my business to cater for all my needs. I’ve programmed projects like batteries power station phase 3 down to the refurbishment of a shower block using powerproject never let me down

Inconvénients

People who have never used it and try and say Microsoft Is better. I know not everybody has it but more should be done to expose people to the benefits of powerproject over other inferior products

Avantages

The ease of use. It is the closest software to drawing a programme by hand.

Inconvénients

Some functions seem to be disjointed, for example I have never understood - when I want to format the duration column into say week, I have to format the column and then go and amend the table definition? This is similar in baselines- there is a baseline manager and also it needs to be dabbled with in format baseline , ditto histograms there is report and format, cant there be one area for each of these.

And it crashes more than other software - freezes etc, fortunately it usually recovers well

Avantages

Ease of use, smooth production reporting

Inconvénients

Sometimes encounter screen issues, ie what I see on the screen is not correct but becomes corrected by screen refreshing

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Logiciel antérieur 

Avantages

The customisable visual options i.e activity per line, colour coding and different date scales.

Inconvénients

Many of my clients work in Primevera so I often need to export the programme into xer format. I then spend considerable time changing milestones and twerking the xer to match perfectly.

Avantages

Looks great and easy to use - I have given tutorials to site staff and had novices up and running within hours. Huge array of features (many of which I hope to get round to using one day!), easy to reach and helpful support. Industry standard for construction - still don't understand why people use anything else in 2020. Flexible - can be as powerful or as simple as the user requires.

Inconvénients

Occasionally prone to crash - makes you remember to save regularly. Also the occasional bug, but probably no more than other software

Avantages

Once the skills to use the software have been developed it is an easy user friendly piece of software that is both powerful and enables the user to present information in a clear and concise manner.

Inconvénients

Calendars have always wound me up, albeit I think they are easier to develop and use on the newer versions of the software.

Avantages

Easy to use, but if you have a problem then Elecosoft are there to assist. There are good reasons why the industry has adopted this software as it go to brand.

Inconvénients

I do not find computers easy to grasp and am sometimes amazed at what the software can do that I did not know about.

Avantages

Ease of use
Good graphics
Ease of linking and rescheduling
Can be used at a basic level to complex programme modeling

Inconvénients

I find difficulty in using the formulae
There are some aspects that are to me appear overly complicated
I find difficulties with creating risk profile

Avantages

Best in the market for user friendliness and also customer support. I would recommend everyone to purchase the support.

Inconvénients

I do find there are still one or two bugs in it which i am surprised are not fixed despite the iterations over the years.

Avantages

The user friendliness and capacity to plan and control about 20000 activities. Good interface with BIM also

Inconvénients

Interface with MSP and excel could be improved, similar to P6 primavera

Avantages

Flexibility & Ease of use, the UK Support team is great!

Inconvénients

Some advanced settings are difficult to find and understand where they apply.

Avantages

Easy to use, fantastic support and many people in the UK construction industry.

Inconvénients

Sometimes suffers from a glitch and crashes.