Plan you Projects with GamePlan and Encourage Collaboration and Coordination

User can manage project tasks and assignments with the help of a GamePlan Time module. This module is designed to encourage collaboration and coordination among team members. 

Keep Your Schedule Current -

•    Create & edit schedules using GamePlan Scheduling software

•    Your project team will always set an up-to-date schedule

View Schedules the Way You Want -

See a project schedule in a calendar view by day, week or month – or stick to the traditional Gantt view. GamePlan makes it easy to use the view that’s easiest for you

Create and Edit Schedules with the Software You Use Now -

GamePlan supports the integration with MS Project (exported XLS or XLSX format file) software you already use, just click to import your Master Schedule and edit

View Tasks and Assignments Filtered by Company, User and Space-

Use GamePlan filters the tasks and assignments to view scheduled tasks and assignments by company, user and even space. See a project’s completed task, In Production tasks and critical path.

More Features with More Integrated Tools –

The schedule Management module has a number of tools to help construction project management - Master Schedule, Look Ahead Plan, Weekly Work Plan, Project Game Plan, Constraint Analysis, Resource Loading, Quick Reports, Collaboration Space and Realtime Activity and Resource Views.

Detail: GamePlan Construction Project Management Software Scheduling

Ask your project team members are they working off the current schedule? With GamePlan, your entire team will always know they’re viewing the latest, most up-to-date schedule right in GamePlan. GamePlan displays current schedule, so that team meeting calls will always be held by every team member looking at the same time, current schedule. This happens when a team member submits their look ahead plans (LPA) and weekly work plans (WWP) to Collaborate Look Ahead Plan (CLAP) and Collaborated Weekly Work Plan (CWWP). Only authorized users can make schedule changes, such as changing task durations and submit to CLAP & CWWP of the project schedule.

Unlike other construction project management software packages, GamePlan offers a choice of views that goes beyond the standard scheduling software Gantt chart. Construction software is used by a wide range of individuals, and some of those users may not have experience with construction project schedules and Gantt views. For this reason, GamePlan presents the construction project schedule available as a LAP (six week), WWP (one week) view. Project tasks for construction schedule are broken in two parts. First Master Schedule (MS) to Look Ahead Plan (LAP) and second Look Ahead Plan to Weekly Work Plan (WWP). Project task & assignment for the construction schedule are presented as individual rows. Each row displays the task name, as well as the resource assigned to that task and days when the task will be executed.

GamePlan also provides users with the ability to view their construction project schedule. Using filtered views, where only the desired information is displayed on the Schedule page. Construction project schedules can be filtered by user wise, space wise or by company wise (contractor working on that task). Team members not only plan the time when the task should be done but they also plan the resources needed for those tasks and make sure that tasks are made ready when the time to execute on site comes.

The GamePlan scheduling module is designed for teams working in a collaborative fashion. Other GamePlan modules complement to the scheduling module as users can make references to other documents and information in the system and get real time updates on the current status of resources such as equipment, crew and material.

With GamePlan, the construction project schedule is also being supplemented by constraint analysis, quick reports, detailed reports on percentage plan complete, reasons for incomplete assignments and constraint (roadblock) removal performance.

Failing to Plan Equals Planning to Fail

So much has been said and talked about the inevitable elements of construction industry. Various issues that need immediate attention have also been discussed. How important coordination and communication is, has been paid enough heed.

But have we understood the importance of planning yet? Have we taken into account the consequences we might face if prior planning is not done in the construction industry? Well, the topic itself speaks volumes – if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.

The importance and uses of planning are many, but a few significant ones are highlighted below:

•     Project execution

Most of the time businesses fail to execute the construction project on time not because the idea lacked matter or they fell short of resources, but because somewhere their plans starting from the scheduling to the budgeting of the project were improper and not properly chalked out.

•     Be prepared for contingencies

If you are planning things in your business, it doesn’t indicate that you are being skeptical about your business, it instead shows that you are not waiting for something to turn up out of the blue and hamper the progress of your project. You are planning things in advance so that you can confront the mishaps of any kind. Isn’t that a wise thing to do?

•     You have a backup option

Planning means availability of alternatives at your fingertips. You can choose anytime, any option at your convenience. It implies that you will always have a back-up option with you. If plan A fails, you always have plan B. Move ahead with the alternatives.

•     Strategic management

A plan is more of a map, a guide, a direction, a route, most importantly, a strategy. It lays a well-thought-about path in front of you on which your business just needs to walk upon. Your business can manage things in a strategic manner because you are not digging at random; you know exactly where you are going.

All the other project functions therefore fail at the very beginning if you are not paying heed to planning. Better to fasten your safety belt even before you start the engine of your construction project.