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Project Controlling Software

Software for project controlling in multi-project environments

Project controlling software with plan/actual comparison
Project controlling software with plan/actual comparison
Project controlling by effort, cost and dates
Project controlling by effort, cost and dates

Rillsoft Project is a project controlling software for mid-sized industrial companies that steer their projects on time and on budget under limited resources. It provides plan/actual comparisons for dates, effort, resources and costs – at task, project and portfolio level.

Good and realistic planning is the foundation of project success. During execution, however, project progress must be monitored consistently – otherwise even the best plans fail. Rillsoft Project delivers essential key figures in a clear arrangement and enables various analyses of projects and resources.

Who is Rillsoft Project as project controlling software relevant for?

  • Project managers and PMOs responsible for dates, effort and budget
  • Commercial project owners that need liquidity and cost control
  • Mid-sized industrial companies with 20 to 200 employees
  • Industries such as mechanical engineering, engineering, production and IT

Baseline plan and plan/actual comparison

To support project controlling, Rillsoft Project provides the following functions:

  • Saving any number of reference plans (baselines) as the basis for the plan/actual comparison – including all project resources, working times and costs
  • Recording the completion level of tasks for progress analyses and current information on the project status
  • The plan/actual comparison shows schedule, resource and cost deviations early and enables variance analyses
  • When comparing the current project status with a reference plan, differences are visible graphically and in tabular form
  • Financing and liquidity control enables a time-related comparison with the costs incurred by additionally recording cash receipts

Project controlling in the multi-project portfolio

In multi-project environments, each project is compared with its own baseline plan. Deviations per project become visible while the impact on the overall portfolio remains in focus.

Integration with time tracking

Through the integration of time tracking and feedback from Rillsoft Integration Server, really reported actual efforts flow into project controlling. The plan/actual comparison is therefore not based on estimates but on actually recorded data – the basis for holistic monitoring and analysis of project execution.

Connection to resource and multi-project planning

Operating modes

Rillsoft Project is a Windows desktop client. For the connection to time tracking and feedback as well as for multi-user project controlling, Rillsoft Integration Server (on-premise) or Rillsoft Cloud (hosted) are used.

Frequently asked questions(FAQ)

Project controlling software monitors projects during execution against a baseline plan. It shows deviations in dates, effort, resources and costs – so project managers can react in time.

Rillsoft Project is built for mid-sized industrial companies with 20 to 200 employees that need to deliver projects on time and on budget under limited resources. Typical users are project managers, PMOs and commercial project owners.

A baseline plan freezes the originally planned state of a project – including dates, resources, effort and costs. It serves as the reference for the later plan/actual comparison. In Rillsoft Project, any number of baseline plans can be stored.

The plan/actual comparison shows schedule, resource, effort and cost deviations. Differences are visible graphically and in tabular form and enable variance analysis per task, project or portfolio.

The completion level of individual tasks can be recorded. From this, Rillsoft Project calculates progress analyses and provides an up-to-date overview of the project status at any time.

By additionally recording cash receipts, liquidity control enables a time-related comparison with the costs incurred. Funding needs and liquidity bottlenecks can be identified early.

In a portfolio plan/actual comparison, each project is compared with its own baseline plan. Deviations per project become visible while the impact on the overall portfolio remains in focus.

Through the connection to time tracking and feedback from Rillsoft Integration Server, actually reported working hours flow into project controlling. The plan/actual comparison is based on really reported effort instead of estimates only.