Spider Project Team

Power

• Unlimited Number of Activities, Resources, Dependencies, Calendars, etc.
• Everything is unlimited

Structures

• Unlimited Number of PBS, WBS, OBS, RBS, MBS, CBS
• Unlimited Number of Levels in All Structures

Costs

• Unlimited Number of Cost Components and Currencies
• Multiple costs for same activities and resources
• Calculated Cost Components
• Cost Centers
• Separate Discounting Rates for Cost Components
• Cost Periods

Calendars Activities

• Activity, Resource, Dependency Lag Calendars
• Duration and Productivity Driven, Hammocks, Milestones, Switches
• Continuous, Splitable, Scalable, ASAP/ALAP
• Activity Costs (fixed, per work hour, per work unit)

Dependencies

• FS, SS, FF, SF with Lead/Lags
• Strict and Double Dependencies
• Time and Volume Lags
• Multiple Links between two activities

Resources (renewable)

• Resource Costs and Material Consumption per work hour
• Resource Crews (Multiresources)
• Resource Skills
• Resource Centers
• Resource Production and Consumption

Resource Assignments

• Resource, Multiresource and Skill Assignments
• Resource Assignment Productivities
• Resource Assignment Costs (fixed, per work hour, per work unit)
• Resource Assignment Material Consumption (fixed, per work hour, per work unit)
• Partial and Variable Resource Assignments

Materials

• Material Costs
• Material Centers
• Material Production and Consumption

User Defined Fields

• Any number of User Defined Fields
• Any Formulae for UDF Calculation
• User Defined Graphical Indicators (Street Lights)

Corporate Reference-books (Databases)

• Standard Resource Crews
• Resource and Crews Productivities on Typical Assignments
• Material Consumption per Work Unit for Typical Activities and Assignments
• Work Unit Costs for Typical Activities and Assignments
• Any Other
• Typical Fragment Library

Project Scheduling

• Critical Path Method
• Quantity Based Scheduling
• Conditional Scheduling
• Forward and Backward Scheduling
• Free Float, Total Float, Super Float, DRAG
• Shift Work Simulation

Resource Leveling

• Resource Constrained Schedule Optimization
• Resource Critical Path (Critical Chain) Calculation
• Resource Constrained Schedule Stabilization
• Material Constrained Scheduling
• Cost Constrained Scheduling
• Project, Phase and Activity Priorities
• Skill Scheduling with User Defined Resource Priorities
• Resource Dependencies
• Activity Resource Constrained Floats
• Resource Assignment Floats

Project / Portfolio Budgeting

• Multiple Budgets with Multiple Cost Components and Multiple Currencies
• Simulation of both Financing and Expenses
• Project / Portfolio Cash Flow Calculation with Discounting
• NPV, IRR and Payback Period Calculation for Projects and Portfolios

Risk Simulation

• Optimistic, Most Probable and Pessimistic Scenarios
• Portfolio, Project and Phase Duration Probability Curves
• Portfolio, Project and Phase Budget Probability Curves
• Portfolio, Project and Phase Material Consumption Probability Curves
• Meeting Target Dates and Budgets Probabilities
• Setting Reliable Project / Portfolio Time and Cost Buffers
• Critical Schedule Calculation

Filters

• Any Filter on Project / Portfolio Fields and Hierarchical Sorting
• Activities without Predecessors and without Successors
• Activity Predecessors/Successors
• Selected Dependencies

Formulaes

• Formulae that may link any fields and cells including UDF
• Recursive Formulae

Project Schedule and Budget

• Project Archives
• Any Number of Project / Portfolio Baselines
• Trends of Project / Portfolio Parameters
• Comparing Any Two Versions of Project / Portfolio
• Earned Value Analysis for Costs, Volumes of Work, Materials, UDF
• Trends of Earned Value Data

Risk Analysis

• Current Probabilities to Meet Project Targets and Success Probability Trends
• Project Time and Cost Buffers Penetration Analysis

Graphic Reports

• Project, Activity, Resource and Material Gantt Charts
• PBS, WBS and RBS Org Charts
• Network Diagrams
• Linear Diagram (Time-Location Chart)
• Portfolio, Project and Phase S-curves
• Cost Histograms and Cash Flows
• Resource Histograms
• Resource Overload Bar
• Material Histograms and Material Flows
• User Defined Fields Histograms
• Probability Curves
• Portfolio / Project Truncation
• Earned Value Graphical and Tabular Reports
• Portfolio / Project Parameter Trends Graphical and Tabular Reports
• Out of Sequence Activities Report
• Success Probability Trends Graphical and Tabular Reports
• Trends of Any Parameter Graphical and Tabular Reports
• Comparative Portfolio, Project, Activity, Resource, and Material Gantt Charts
• Comparative Linear Diagram
• Performance Reports for Any Time Interval

Tabular Reports

• Any tabular report on planned and actual portfolio, project, phase, activity, resource, material, cost data and user defined fields for any period, including user defined

• Script Language
• Multiple Project and Portfolio Configurations
• Unlimited Undo’s and Protocol of Actions
• Performance Archives
• Portfolio and Project Access Rights
• Search and Replace
• Customizable Report and Print Templates
• Conditional Gantt Chart bar colors
• Time Scale from minutes to years
• Work with Multiple Windows
• Export/Import to/from Excel, Text, MS Project xml, Primavera xer, mpx, MS SQL Server and Oracle databases