We are pleased to announce the latest release of Deskera Project Management. The new release contains enhancements on Critical Path Analysis using PERT among other enhancements which would make your project management better, easier and faster.

Highlights of the new Deskera PM Release:

Critical Path Analysis & PERT-

• Critical Path can be determined using PERT technique
• The Critical Path could be displayed on the GANTT chart now. Critical tasks are highlighted in red while the green lines show the free time between tasks
• Default duration differences could be configured at Company, Project or Task level for use in PERT
• The percentage probability of project completion could be calculated based on PERT analysis
• Overall project completion time can be calculated using PERT

Document Management-

• Multiple documents could be selected for download and they would be downloaded as a zip file
• If no documents are selected for download, a pop-up would be displayed providing the user the choice to download all documents at once

Import/Export-

• “Work-week” details would not be imported while importing .mpp and .mpx files
• Support has been included for importing MS Project 2010 .mpp files

Misc-

• Any URLs in the calendar event descriptions now displayed in the Agenda View

Custom Columns-

• Company level custom columns of the following types can be created now: Text Field, Number Field, Text Area, Date Field, Check box, Combo
• As many as ten custom columns of each type could be created for a company

In addition, 10+ bugs which were reported since last release were fixed.

Please let us know your thoughts on the latest release. To know more about us, please visit Deskera.

PERT, or Program Evaluation and Review Technique, has long been an important tool for project managers. It allows analysis of the involved tasks in completing a given project, especially the time needed to complete each task, and identifying the minimum time needed to complete the total project. In addition, it clearly highlights the critical steps and the critical path, enabling better decision making.

There a few rules that are generally followed while designing PERT charts:

Conventions:

• A PERT chart should have event numbers in multiple of tens (10, 20, 30, etc.) to allow insertion of additional events at a later time
• All activities are displayed by arrows that link two consecutive events
• The events are presented in a logical sequence and no activity can commence until its immediately preceding event is completed.
• The planner decides which milestones should be PERT events and also decides their “proper” sequence.
• A PERT chart may have multiple pages with many sub-tasks.

There are numerous advantages of using PERT charts, namely:

• PERT chart explicitly defines and makes visible dependencies (precedence relationships) between the WBS elements
• It facilitates identification of the critical path and makes this visible
• It identifies early start, late start, and slack for each activity,
• PERT can help in reduction of the project duration through better overlapping of tasks and activities where feasible
• The visual representation is easy to understand and share with large audiences and helps in better decision making

Deskera Project Management would include Critical Path Analysis using PERT charts. This would enable better project planning and efficient execution.

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There have been quite a few enhancements in Deskera Apps, with new features being added to CRM, eClaims and Accounting in August. Let us take a quick look at the new features added to Deskera Accounting.

• Balance sheets could be exported into .csv and supported excel formats
• Service Type in Product Management is now a countable entity
• Service Type in Invoices and Orders can be now edited and the rate declared by the users
• Fixed Asset Write-off functionality added
• Fixed Asset Sale functionality added
• Cash-flow Statement Report for Operating and Investing activities added

Please let us know your feedback on the latest enhancements.

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We are delighted to share with you the latest release for Deskera CRM. The new enhancements are aimed at giving you greater control over how you use Deskera CRM to make your business better, easier, faster.

New Features in Deskera CRM

• Custom reports are available in Lead, Account, Product & Opportunity modules. You can read more about this exciting feature here.
• A new optimized spreadsheet component has been added in Leads module, which leads to further speed optimization while entering and accessing data. We’ll be rolling this out to other parts of the system as we make further optimizations
• Extending access for Case Module to your customers
  • Customers can file a case directly in the system now. They can also add comments and upload relevant documents, like screenshots or scanned images.
  • The added comments & uploaded documents would be available in the “Detail Panel”
  • “Default Case Owner” for all customer cases can be set in master-configuration. This ensures no cases are left without an owner by mistake
  • Contact in customer case could be enabled or disabled based on requirement
• Email notification is sent to the account owner everytime a new opportunity is created by a user for the account

In addition to the above, 20+ bugs which were reported in the past few weeks have been fixed.

Let us know your feedback on the new enhancements. To know more about us, please visit Deskera.

Business challenges differ with time, requirement and industry. While certain reports might be relevant to certain organizations, e.g. Geographic distribution of Sales might be important for a company which operates in multiple areas, an organization with centralized operation might not find it as relevant. Similarly, with changing business priorities, certain reports might be required at certain times.

We understand that with changing business priorities, the kind of data that decision makers look at is going to change. To address this, Deskera CRM contains Custom Report builder, allowing creation and generation of relevant reports on the fly.

Custom reports allow the real time creation of reports and allow the decision makers to get information from data. Deskera CRM has the capability to create and generate custom reports based on business needs.

Please view the presentation below which explains how custom reports can be easily created using Deskera CRM.

Deskera eClaims

Deskera eClaims went live a few months ago. Our team has been working tirelessly on enhancing the product and we are glad to announce the latest release update. These enhancements and changes are based on your feedback and our research and will make your claims process better, easier, faster.

New Features in Deskera eClaims:

• Enhanced search functionality
• More intuitive and informative messages when there is no data to display
• More intuitive “Generate Report” button provided in the system, making it easier and faster to run reports
• There is a default currency (USD) now, so that you are not forced to configure, but if you want you can change it anytime

In addition to the above enhancements, 10+ bugs have been fixed in the August release.

Let us know your feedback on the changes. To know more, visit us at Deskera.