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Functionality and Usability |
| Softrack, a
product of several years of research and development,
was developed and designed with the user in mind—ensuring
user satisfaction and rapid adoption by both power and
novice users. Softrack significantly reduces training
efforts and costs by offering a number of unique features,
including:metrics-driven project plan and reports, checklist/survey
analysis, team management features etc. Softrack further
enhances usability by integrating the full complement
of BI functions—report viewing, ad hoc analysis, report
creation, drilling, Excel interaction, etc.—into a single,
integrated dashboard interface. |
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of the unique architectural features of Softrack is its
ability to provide dashboards with all the three types
of data (ongoing, time-critical and deep). When users
log in, they are taken to their Personal or Default dashboard,
made up of Alerts, Indicators, and links to Favorite and
Latest Reports and Shared Documents and Templates. Dashboard
also displays news at the corporate ad job level.In addition,
users can choose from four different types of dashboards.
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| Providing the
ability to easily create and modify reports is key to
user acceptance. To ensure quick, error-free report generation,
Softrack offers a simple, intuitive report pre-forms.
All the relevant measures are displayed in the reports
like project plan, actual effort etc. Reports can be entered
against measures covering all the business functions. |
| Process
Level |
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Measures'
driven reports
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| Defect/Anomaly
trends |
| Job
centric communication |
| Checklists
and surveys--trends |
| Personalized
Real-time alerts> |
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| Individual
Level |
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Score points' trends
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Effort and costing reprots (Planned Vs
Actual)
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Job-type Vs effort/costing trends
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| Team
Level |
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As on date measure's based contribution
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Relative effort
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Issues and Anamolies--Trends and Analysis
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| One database, one truth—Softrack’s
principle. Based on the user preferences Softrack
sends out alerts against the measures set.
These alerts give the required information
in real time. |
| Direct
from relational data source-
Softrack can source directly from the
relational data source. This kind of
data-feed, helps Softrack in picking
up messages and display results on the
dashboard, achieving zero-latency by
bypassing the data warehouse. |
| Event driven
alerts
Softrack allows users to set alerts
that get triggered off instantaneously
the moment the database registers a
change. These alerts can be e-mailed
to any valid SMTP address or even be
sent to any connected mobile device.
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| Exception highlighting
allows users to very quickly identify problem
areas on dashboards, in reports, and within
Analytic Workflows. Specifically: |
| Dashboards
- Exception highlighting is visible
at any job level. In the portfolio dashboard
it is visible in measures too. |
| Reports
- Individual cells can be color coded
based on thresholds. This allows the
user to very quickly identify trends
or significant changes. The user can
then drill down to the submitted reports
against each cell. |
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| Collaboration among users during the
decision-making process encourages team-based problem
solving and enables individuals with particular domain
expertise to share their knowledge with others. To support
collaborative decision-making, Softrack allows process
centric e-mail which can be further classified under various
categories. This allows capture of all the feedback related
to processes at one place. |
| While most Softrack users will
log into the system; login is not required to receive
reports. Reports can be broadcast in various forms
(PDF, HTML, CSV, and Excel) or a link to the report
can be sent via email. |
| Softrack also supports archiving
functionality. All the project data can be archived
with a single click—reducing the time and resources
required for archiving. |
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| Softrack offers the highest level
of integration with Microsoft Excel including: |
| Formatted Export to Excel
- Exports data into new Excel spreadsheet, retaining
all formatting and charting applied within the Softrack
interface. |
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| Softrack supports all major device
protocols, device-specific workflows, and form factors,
ensuring that the interface on each device is easy to
use and navigate out of the box. Softrack’s mobile support
includes personalized, real-time alerts across all devices,
thin-client device-specific interfaces, integrated "multi-mode"
access and delivery, and remote print |
| Based on user roles and privileges,
Softrack serves up a rich set a BI functionality
in a single, intuitive interface—reducing the need
for users to switch back and forth from a Web interface
to a desktop tool for functionality such as drilling.
With Softrack, frustration is reduced and effectiveness
is improved. Functions include: |
| Open and view report |
| Create |
| Manage and receive alerts |
| View and create indicators |
| View, create, modify, print, and forward reports
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| View and customize dashboards |
| Drill up and down |
| Create portfolios |
| Add filters |
| Save, schedule, and publish reports |
| Export reports to other formats |
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