TPG The Project Group extends functionality of Microsoft Project with its new product

Expanded Feedback on actuals and cost types in Microsoft Web Access

Munich, Germany. 16 April 2007 – TPG The Project Group GmbH, the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Project add-in products and a Microsoft Premier Project and Gold Certified Partner, today announced that it added a further product to its range with the TPG TimeSheetExtender. The new product enables detailed reporting on actuals and cost types via Microsoft Project Web Access, a key component of the Microsoft Enterprise Project Management solution for enterprise-wide project management. TPG TimeSheetExtender is available now from TPG.

Project staff regularly report their actual time worked to the relevant project manager, enabling him or her to pilot the project effectively. However, in the enterprise-wide Microsoft Project solution, Web Access only allows them to report a single value per task and working day. In addition, staff are unable to add any comments to the actuals they report. As a result, project data collection lacks detail and is incomplete.

“We kept hearing our customers say that they wanted a more flexible timesheet system,” says Johann Strasser, Managing Director and Development Director at TPG. “The new Microsoft Office Project 2007 hasn’t undergone any improvements in this area either. So we responded to our customers’ requirements by developing our own solution, the TPG TimeSheetExtender.”

Staff open the TPG TimeSheetExtender by double-clicking the task in the Project Web Access timesheet. A separate dialog box opens where staff enter the time they worked on the task. They can make several entries per task and per working day if required, and add a specific comment about each entry. This enables companies to keep tangible proof of performance – a benefit that can be of key importance to service companies. If necessary, staff can also report on travel and other costs incurred per task.

Website: http://www.theprojectgroup.com/E/timesheet

TPG The Project Group GmbH based in Munich, Germany, is a team of internationally recognized experts in IT solutions for enterprise-wide project management. TPG is the world’s leading developer of Microsoft Project add-ins and offers implementation services for Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solutions to large and mid-sized enterprises. TPG places particular emphasis on the integration of EPM in the financial controlling area as well as on IT support for Project Management Offices. TPG’s range of services is complemented by seminars for Microsoft Project users and developers as well as preparation for PMI’s Project Management Professional certification exam.

TPG The Project Group is a Microsoft Gold Partner and one of the top Microsoft Premier Project Partners in the German-speaking countries. The company’s management team, composed of internationally acknowledged specialists in EPM, collectively has over 60 man-years experience with Microsoft Project since Version 1 Beta appeared in 1989. TPG is a member of the Partner Advisory Council, an international advisory committee for the Microsoft Project development team, which counts only twenty members worldwide.

TPG will open a subsidiary company in the United States shortly.

TPG The Project Group’s customer base includes global enterprises like Agere, Agip, ATLAS, Audi, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Bentley, Bosch, British Aerospace, Cognis Chemicals, DaimlerChrysler, Israel Aircraft Industries, Irish Rail, Keiper-Recaro, LFA Förderbank Bayern, MAN, Microsoft, Miele, Roche, SAP, Schukra, Siemens, Swisscom, Texas Instruments, WDR and others.

The Project Group GmbH
Neherstr. 9
81675 Munich, Germany
www.theprojectgroup.de
Contact person: Achim Schmidt-Sibeth
AchimS@theprojectgroup.de, Tel: 49 (89) 61 55 93 – 51, Fax: 49 (89) 61 55 93 – 40

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