Plexus User Experience

Plexus engages project and programme participants into the planning process and obtains their buy-in:

• For the majority of users (the real planners and doers) Plexus keeps things very simple. The minimum set of functionality is taught on the job in a matter of 15 minutes.
• The more sophisticated functionality can be learnt when needed or kept centralised to a small number of lead users.
• It provides them with an elegant and visual environment in which to discover and communicate the process dependencies with their internal and external suppliers
• this environment allows both concurrent and asynchronous modes of editing of project logic and attributes. Plexus does not use the restrictive plan element check-out and check-in solution to concurrency management. Instead it manages concurrency real-time and generates incredible momentum during planning sessions
• It transparently manages the referential integrity and audit trail of the resulting project or multi-project model
• It analyses the resulting logic and attributes real-time, guiding the users to improve them
• It allows real-world cyclic logic to be created, identified and resolved - minimising unecessary project rework!
• It allows the users to filter and group activities in multiple dimensions in order to manage complexity and visualise dependency across any project interface (geographical, workbreakdown, organisation, phase etc.)
• It separates the process logic from the schedule and removes the laborious scheduling problem by making it automatic. This makes what-if analysis and change easy to accomodate. It secures the initial planning investment when change does happen and avoids demotivating the participants.
• It provides a suite of effective analytical tools to identify and filter to what is critical. This maximises management effectiveness at all levels in the organisation