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Compare Your Actual Time Worked to Your Plan

Make better plans and decisions by comparing actual effort to what was planned.

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Find out if the actual effort on your current projectsProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. is on track with the planned effort to keep work on track.

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Allocation tracker chart showing effort estimates and actuals.

Estimate Effort at Completion

Determine at a glance what the estimated effort at completion will be based on the plan and actuals up to this point.

  • Combine the actual time worked with the future planned allocationsAllocationAllocating describes the strategic process of identifying the correct resources for projects or individual tasks and assigning them accordingly. for an estimate at completion
  • Find out early if you need to resolve issues
  • Use Actuals – Time Worked in combination with scenario planning to find plan alternatives and adapt quickly

Planned Allocations vs. Actual Time Worked

Compare planned allocationsAllocationAllocating describes the strategic process of identifying the correct resources for projects or individual tasks and assigning them accordingly. and actual time worked to understand how your plan compares to reality.

  • Immediately determine when the actual time worked is deviating from the planned effort
  • Ensure that your people have capacity for the highest priority work
  • Continuously improve the accuracy of your resource planning based on real data
Bar chart showing planned vs actual allocations in Meisterplan.
Meisterplan project team dashboard showing resource allocation and time tracking.

Many Ways to Enter and See Your Data

Actuals – Time Worked data can be entered by projectProjectA project is a time-limited undertaking with defined objectives and resources that delivers unique results and often includes complex tasks. team members or imported and seen in multiple views so that you can get exactly the information that you need.

  • Import Actuals data through the Quick Import, with our REST API or through Zapier, or allow project team members to track their own time in their My Schedule View.
  • See actual time worked for each project or each project team in the Project Details and compare the data for multiple projects at a time in the Project List
  • Use the Reporting API to export Actuals – Time Worked data to other BI tools

With Meisterplan, our resource utilization is more transparent. Due to the seamless integration into our existing processes, we can increase the satisfaction of both our customers and employees.

Marcus Plach, Managing Director, open_in_new
Ergosign GmbH

With Meisterplan, we can always see what exactly the impact of doing any project is – and it´s really simple to use.

Peter Parfitt, Head of Digital and Customer Experience, open_in_new
Buckinghamshire County Council
Eric Cayer, Cybercat

With Meisterplan, we can see our available capacity clearly, so I can tell the sales team exactly how many hours they need to sell each month.

Éric Cayer, PMO Director, open_in_new
CyberCat
Kasey Babcock

Meisterplan opened our eyes to resource bottlenecks and new portfolio solutions.

Felix Willing, CIO, open_in_new
Hella

I believe in the solution and see how it can benefit any company that manages multiple projects simultaneously. Which I think is just about EVERY company!

Derek Walz, New Product Development Manager, open_in_new
Bard Manufacturing Company

Meisterplan is now a key element of  our portfolio planning. It helps us to make sure that our portfolio is realistic and that we create plans that really work.

Marzio Locatelli, Head of Project Management, open_in_new
Trafag AG

There are a lot of things that go into a project plan besides the timing and resources. We need a lot of context and it shouldn't be a surprise when a project needs attention. Our projects need to tie back to our mission and what we want to achieve. With Meisterplan, we can make informed decisions and move the organization forward.

Jay Nutter, IT PMO and New Services Manager, open_in_new
CaroMont Health
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