The GM-X Project subsystem handles project management and tracking. It is fully integrated with the Work Effort subsystem to provide instant, real-time tracking of actual versus planned progress for project execution processes.
Project planning and tracking
- Maintains any number of projects
- Each project has a scheduled start and end date
- Allows entry of free-form project notes
- Maintains multi-level work breakdown structures (WBS)
- Work breakdown structures may be created for phases, milestones and activities
- Predecessor and successor relationships can be defined within the WBS
- Each element of the WBS has a scheduled start and end date
- Tracks percentage completion of each WBS element
- Provides interactive Gantt chart display for each project
- Gantt chart provides an expandable or collapsible tree view of WBS elements
Issue list tracking
- Maintains issue lists for projects
- Identifies the owner and supporter of each issue
- Identifies initiation, closure and defer-to dates
- Allows entry of free-form issue and resolution notes
- Tracks issue status and ownership from initiation to closure
- Tracks issue status and ownership from initiation to closure