Features

Dashboard – A Bird’s-eye View

Dashboard provides a summary of multiple projects.
According to the access rights of the resource, the following widgets are displayed.

• Efforts graph
• Task completion graph
• Defects graph
• My Tasks
• My Issues
• My Defects
• Updated documents

Dashboard also provides

• Configurable layout and widgets
• Customized filter for Department, Project, Category and Timeline
• Custom external links

On the dashboard, details according to the rights or role of the resource are displayed.
Moreover, although the role is the same (e.g., a leader, a tester, etc.), the manager can customize the details for each employee.

Reports

Various reports are available in Hawkeye.

Process Management

Functionality (Scope Management)

Functionality facilitates management of requirements of any project at central place, therefore different team members can refer to the latest version of requirements easily.

• It also allows linking with Tasks, Issues and Defects thereby providing complete status tracking of any requirement quickly. Priority, complexity can be set to each requirement.
• Priority, complexity can be set to each requirement.
• Unique identification code can be assigned to each requirement.
• While adding the functionalities, estimated efforts can be defined.

Resource Management

BOM Management

OutSource Management

Training Management

Identification, planning, and reporting the training feedback and evaluation.

• Training programs are identified and added in the “Training Plan” and displayed in the “Training List”.
• Training program is linked with Tasks for monitoring the actual dates and efforts spent as against the planned.
• Trainer and Trainees are added to the training program.
• The Trainees report the training Feedback.
• Status of Training program can be updated as “Planned”, “In Training”, “Complete” and “Cancelled”.
• Quick Search feature is provided for searching a particular training in the list.
• Using Training Configuration, different types of training can be added e.g. Technical, Management, Language, etc.

Review Management

Recording the review comments, during the various phases of project life cycle, for bringing the visibility about quality.

• Reviews planned in project have status such as “Planned”, “WIP”, “Approved / Rejected”, “Completed”.
• Review Plan is linked with Tasks for monitoring the actual dates and efforts spent as against the planned and graphs displayed.
• Outcome of review is reported under Review Findings.
• Status of Review Findings is “Open”, “Fixed”, “Verified”.
• Review Findings Summary is also reported under “Progress Status Report”.
• Import and Quick Search is available for Review Plan.
• E-mail notification when review is initiated and review is completed.

Risk Management

The events or circumstances inside or outside the project that can affect the success of the project are called Risks.

• Risk can be Identified – Intensity change in level – Occurred – Dropped using the RISK module.
• With the help of risk details and Mitigation plan status, status of the risk can be easily identified.

The stages in the life cycle of a risk are as follows:
Risk identification -> Risk assessment -> Mitigation plan definition -> Risk occurrence -> Implementation of mitigation plan -> Closure

• An identified risk that is no longer perceived to be a risk for a project can be dropped from the project.
• A risk that has occurred cannot be dropped.

The severity of the risk is calculated automatically. It is the combination of the impact and probability of the risk.

• While adding the risk, the risk mitigation plan can also be added.
• This plan is the corrective or the preventive measure to avoid the risk or reduce its impact in order to make the project successful.

Inbuilt Scheduler

This is scheduling component of HawkEye.
Work Breakdown Structure can be imported using interfaces created for Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project.
For rescheduling a Browser based Flash tool has been incorporated.

Timesheet

• Timesheet module allows user to capture information of actual efforts spent in the day.
• Timesheet Entry can be done against assigned Tasks, Issues, and Defects.
• Timesheet entries can be done for planned as well as unplanned work performed.
• Multiple Timesheet Entries can be done in one shot to save the time.
• Quick view of daily and weekly timesheet entries is available.
• Allows importing of multiple Timesheet entries of Tasks for any user.
• Timesheet can be exported, and printed as per the user requirement.
• Timesheet Entry Reports can be generated at Individual, Project or Department level. Result can be filtered by selecting search criteria based on Project Code, Project Name, Resource Name and Work Date from Resource Module.
• Displayed columns are also configurable.

Issues Management

This is a Communication Management tool that tracks queries along with the responses and conclusions.
This communication could be between the project members or even customer and support members.

Test Management (Quality Control)

Quality Control emphasizes testing of product / project to uncover defects, and reporting the same to management, in order to allow or deny release or delivery.

• Recording the test scenarios | cases, and test results giving the visibility of test coverage.
• Quality Control contains following
  • Test Suite
  • Test Cycle
  • Test Runs
• Test Suite is a collection of test cases that are intended to be used to test product / programme / system to show that it has some specific set of behaviors.
• Testing scope in terms of workload or functionality is defined under Test Cycle, and actual dates and efforts are monitored against planned.
• Test Result of Test Suite and Test Cycle is reported under Test Run, with linking of defects, tasks, and resources.

Defects Management

Quality management forms an integral part of every project management software.

Document Management

Users can share files and collaborate with clients, vendors and employees over Internet.

Provides following features

• Versioning
• Locking
• Multiple attachments
• Hierarchical folders (tree structure) and
• Document search

Files can also be attached from features such as, Functionality, Task, Issue, Defect, Change Request, and Risk and shared with other project resources.
Provides document-locking facility to protect them from deletion or modification by other users.
Keywords can be entered for easier search.

Change Request Management

Cost Management

Category wise summary information of project costs readily available.

• Monitor and analyze various project costs like resource, material, expenses etc.
• Summary of all cost categories against budgeted, planned, actual values.
• Know profit values or remaining budget in each cost categories
• Status of review approve of all cost heads are displayed.
• Manage actual expenses or cost incurred in project.
• Review approval history for every cost type available.
• Detailed category wise cost analysis report with cost predictions downloadable in MS Excel format.

Project Delivery

Tracking of delivery as per the planning till receipt of payment is possible.

• Project Delivery stages –
  • Planned: Delivery is planned
  • Delivered: Delivery process completed
  • Accepted: Delivery acknowledgement from Client
  • Invoiced: Invoice raised after Delivery acceptance by Client
  • Payment received: Payment received from Client against the Invoice
• Delivery tracking of actual dates against planned dates.
• Complete history of each delivery stage is maintained.
• Approval workflow, default unit, currency etc. are configurable.

HawkEye Connector(Optional)

HawkEye Analytics (Optional)

eGroup Modules (Optional)

Leave

Leave approval workflow and reports.

Attendance

Importing Time In and Time Out data to get comparative hours against Timesheet hours.

Objective Monitoring

Tracking of goals set for human resources during their performance appraisals.

Facility Management

Booking of common facilities like conference room, meeting room, training room, car etc.