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Time Planner Deluxe 2.0
by Lisa Ramaglia
Time Planner Deluxe is a smart way for the small business owner
to manage time. Time Planner keeps track of multiple projects for
various clients, keeps track of the hours spent on a project, and at
which rate of pay. It will also keep account of your employees'
schedules and to which projects they have been assigned. Time
Planner will schedule meetings so they do not conflict. Then, it
will print out a report that summarizes this information. Let's say
for instance, you run a construction company. With Time Planner,
through the use of notes and folders, you can schedule meetings with
potential customers to discuss possible projects.
Notes are put into a folder, including job description,
hours/days to complete the project, hourly/daily rate of pay, which
employees will work on the job, and what their jobs will entail.
With this information, you can create a schedule on the calendar,
review time and cost information in the form of a report or chart,
and see whether or not the project conflicts with other projects on
the timeline. The program is formatted for use in Windows' easy
click-button style. A mouse is definitely useful, and recommended.
When you start up the program, you see a full screen with all
the options shown in a large window. Choices for viewing files are
in picture buttons at the top of the window. A click can change the
format. All information for a client may be entered into the phone
list, including separate work and home addresses. Does your client
have a modem? A simple click and you're on your way to accessing
your client without leaving the program. To begin planning your
time, you need to create a folder. Then make your notes using the
note feature. There are easy to use note templates to help you
create notes. You might have a note for a meeting you don't want to
miss.
Do you have a certain employee you want on the job? Write a
note to schedule him in. Notes may be used to describe the
project's features, the hourly rate, and when the job will begin.
To see how your job is progressing, select the Browse feature.
Here, you can see all of your notes and folders, and may assign
various notes to different folders. This feature comes in handy
when organizing projects. Do you need to know if Jake is available
to plan this new job? Switch to Calendar, select the day you want
the job to start, and see if Jake is listed there for another job.
If he is, reschedule the new job for another day, or schedule
someone else for the existing job. When scheduling a meeting, use
Calendar to see if all employees have that time free. With this
feature, appointments can be seen at a glance for the day, week, or
month. Calendar also has all major holidays taken into
consideration. If you have special office holidays, add them to the
list of holidays. Calendar assumes that your business hours are
Monday through Friday, 9 to 5, but this can be changed to meet your
business needs. With Calendar, events can be recorded as they
happen. This feature is perfect for consultants who need to keep
track of every minute. You've scheduled a job to start tomorrow and
run for three weeks. To see if this interferes with a current job,
select the Timeline feature and see if any of the blocks overlap.
Timeline displays horizontal bar graphs, grouped by folder
assignments. Conflicting assignments will be noticeable at a
glance.
Do you need to know how a job is progressing? When it was
finished? How long it took? How much money the job paid? Select
the Report feature. It provides all that information in spreadsheet
form. You can show all folders at once, and have it calculate the
revenue for several projects, say for the month of July. Does your
accountant need this information? Print him out the report. You'll
show him your hours, rate, who worked on the project, and any other
pertinent information that might be included in the report.
The graph feature can show how hours spent measure up to revenue
collected. It will create vertical graphs comparing the two, either
for the week or for the duration of the project. These graphs can
be printed as long as your printer is supported by Windows and will
print graphics. I found this program easy to use. Starting up the
sample and working through the tutorial in the manual takes away the
overwhelming feeling of confusion you might get with the numerous
features in this program. If you have a business that could use
these features and need a way to keep track of your time, I highly
recommend this program.
The package states that this program was selected for use by the
US Air Force, and over 70,000 copies have been purchased. It
installs simply, and provides just about every time-management tool
you could hope for. Give it a try!
H. M. Hinsch & Co., Inc. Software Development
20H Andover Circle
Princeton NJ 08540
Voice: (609)683-9494
Fax: (609)683-9486
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