The Meisterplan Feature Highlights of 2023

Wow! 2023 flew by. Hopefully, you rang in the new year with great people and a great time! Let’s take this opportunity before we get back to the grindstone in 2024 to look back at some of the most impactful features we here at Meisterplan have implemented for you in 2023. Whether you’re a….

• Team Member
• Resource Manager
• Project Manager
• PMO Director
• Executive

… we have something for you.

Meisterplan Highlights for Team Members

• We’ve developed a well-rounded and practical view for your team members this year: My Projects. By linking your users with their resourceResourceResources are all the people, places and things that you need to complete projects. The most important resource? Employees, of course!, your team members can have easy access to see what they are working on when, all in the comfort of their own view.
• Our newest update to My ProjectsProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. allows your team members to track their own time, solidifying Meisterplan’s place as the one source of truth for your project portfolio managementProject Portfolio ManagementProject portfolio management (PPM) is a process that seeks to select, prioritize, monitor and analyze a company’s projects. throughout the organization.

Meisterplan Highlights for Resource Managers

• For the resource manager, the Team Planner is your best friend. We’ve built out functionalities so that using it is as intuitive and effortless as your favorite spreadsheet tool. You can staff roles with the click of a button, replace resourcesResourceResources are all the people, places and things that you need to complete projects. The most important resource? Employees, of course! with other resources in the blink of an eye and quickly undo mistakes with the use of CTRL Z.
• What’s more? You can use this view now to take advantage of our improved absences and part-time working models functionality, where you can see if your team members are gone temporarily, or have somehow changed their contract, so you can plan your team to the best of your abilities.

Meisterplan Highlights for Project Managers

• Fear not project managers! We’ve got you covered with the newest capabilities in the Project Details. Want to allocate your team? You can do so right from the comfort of the view you’re used to with the new AllocationsAllocationAllocating describes the strategic process of identifying the correct resources for projects or individual tasks and assigning them accordingly. Tab.
• If that doesn’t suit you, you can create your own custom tabs in the ProjectProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. Details – now you can focus on your Financials or MilestonesMilestoneIn project portfolio management, a milestone marks an important point in a project’s progress that requires monitoring or decision-making. Milestones indicate project phases, marking the completion of objectives or the…, or whatever else best suits your workflow.

Meisterplan Highlights for PMO Directors

• PMOPMOSynonym for → Project Management OfficeA Project Management Office (PMO) is a permanent organizational unit responsible for the centralized and coordinated management of all projects. Directors can now take full advantage of Actual Financial Events and budgets divided between CapExCapExSynonym for → Capital ExpenditureCapital expenditures (CapEx) refer to the one-time expenditures of companies for long-term investments in technology, equipment, buildings, and machinery. and OpExOpExSynonym for → Operating ExpenseOpEx, short for operational expenditures, refers to the ongoing operational expenses that a company requires for its daily business. These costs are recurring and typically include things like employee salaries,…. This means clearer and more decisive decision making about your organization’s financials. With our new trackers and KPIs, you can be sure that you’re best prepared for the next board meeting.
• For more options, check out the new ScenarioScenarioIn project portfolio management (PPM), scenarios are potential ways that your portfolio can look, based on a set of well-defined assumptions and portfolio decisions. Scenario planning is used to forecast… Comparison in our redesigned Reports. This way, Meisterplan makes it easy to compare your options in whatever way you need!

Meisterplan Highlights for Executives

• Ready for a simple yet sophisticated overview of your portfolio? The new Portfolio Dashboard (Beta) allows you to dive deep into your most important KPIs and data points all within a sleek overview, right in Meisterplan.

No matter what role you have, we’ve cooked up something to help you simplify, strategize and benefit from your PPMPPMSynonym for → Project Portfolio ManagementProject portfolio management (PPM) is a process that seeks to select, prioritize, monitor and analyze a company’s projects. process on a large, reliable scale. With everything from our new Microsoft Teams application to the sleek redesign of the RoadmapRoadmapA roadmap is a strategic overview of one or more projects, their progress, milestones, and objectives. (with milestonesMilestoneIn project portfolio management, a milestone marks an important point in a project’s progress that requires monitoring or decision-making. Milestones indicate project phases, marking the completion of objectives or the… and dependencies!), user Autoprovisioning and Customizable Navigation. And that’s not even mentioning the constant improvements we are making to the functionalities you already know and love.