The document describes aPLANz, a collaborative project management platform. It allows users to create and manage multiple projects, assign tasks and milestones. Team members can update tasks, upload documents, and view reports to monitor progress. The platform uses social features for rich collaboration. It helps companies manage projects like new store openings by planning activities, assigning responsibilities, and providing notifications. Compared to MS Project, aPLANz is web-based, supports mobile access and calendar/document features, and has lower per-user pricing. It also allows importing MS Project files.

1. THE COLLABORATIVE
PROJECT
aPLANz MANAGEMENT
PLATFORM
Kandor Solutions The new way to manage projects!

2. What is aPLANz?
 A project management platform
 Connects teams, vendors and service providers
 Uses Social Networking features to provide
engaging user experience
 Allows rich collaboration among team members
 Alerts, Notifications and Reports to keep your
project on track

3. Project Management - I
 Create Multiple Projects
 For each project, you can:
 Plan activities and milestones
 Assign responsibilities
 Assign due dates
 Define Checklists for every milestone

4. Project Management - II
 Update status of activity
 Complete milestones
 Update and share Project / Team Calendar
 Upload and share documents / photographs /
drawings
 Provide notifications to team members
 Generate Reports and Review the Project progress

5. Managing New Store Opening
 NSO is a regular activity for most of retailers
 The journey – Signing up for the property to
Opening of the store - is full of surprises
 Delay in opening hurts a lot – in rentals as well as
loss of sale – very difficult to make up later
 aPLANz reduces uncertainty, stress for the team
members and helps in delivering on time!

6. NSO using aPLANz - I
 Each New Store is defined as a separate project
 Team members from IT, Projects, Merchandising,
Operations, PMC, Vendors are assigned tasks
 All Activities and their dependence is planned
 Users can update their tasks as well as review the
progress and view the Project Calendar
 The Document Management feature allows central
storage of all the documents under various categories

7. NSO using aPLANz - II
 Users can update milestone completion by
confirming each item in the checklist associated with
that milestone
 Users can upload evidence such as photographs,
drawings, scanned documents, etc.
 Project Manager can view the project progress, look
at recent updates in a very easy to use dashboard

8. User Interface
 aPLANz is built using Social Programming tools and
techniques
 Ample use of AJAX / Web 2.0 controls helps in
reducing number of clicks / keyboard entries making
user more productive
 Very easy to use tool; needs no training at all
 Integration with MS Project, MS Excel, Outlook, BBM as
well as supports smartphone and tablet browsers

9. Create Project – New or From Defined Templates

10. Set Milestones

11. Detailed Each Milestone- Tasklist-Tasks -Issues
Assign Responsibilities and Set Timelines

12. GNATT Chart - Graphical Expandable / Collapsible View of the Project

13. Manage the Project – Collaborate and Monitor Progress

14. Have Calendar View – Manage and Plan the Day Effectively

16. aPLANz Vs MS Project
MS Project aPLANz
 A desktop tool  A web tool
 Built for sharing and collaboration
 Sharing and collaboration not  Rich support for calendaring and
possible Document Storage
 Flat per month subscription for the
 No support for calendaring and organization
Document storage  Import and export from/to MS Project
file format (XML)
 Per user licensing cost  Support for Mobile phones via RSS
readers for updates on project activities

17. Next Steps
• Demo / POC
• Purchase Order
• Setup
• User And Admin Training
• Porting in-flight projects to the tool
• Go Live

18. Thank you!
Contact:
Vinay Hinge
Email: vinay.hinge@kandorsol.com
Cell: +91-98201-48100