PLANTA as a Hybrid System: Double Software Power
PLANTA as a hybrid system is the integrated system of two software solutions which are also powerful standalone solutions:
Hybrid Advantage: Be Flexible in Your Choice of Method for Each Project
Nowadays it is no longer sufficient to plan in a purely traditional or agile manner. Each project is different and you should therefore not be limited to one planning method when it comes to choosing the right project management software.
Combines the advantages of agile and traditional planning methods.
Provides a perfect framework for team members and management.
Scope for project teams, reports and KPIs for management.
Maximum of flexibility, deployable according to project and user-specific requirements.
Integrated time recording: Record hours worked on the go, data always synchronized.
Stay on top of your projects
- Multi-project planning: dates, budgets, resources planen
- Project controlling: monitor progress and resource utilization
- Reporting: monitor and analyze key figures
- Project portfolio management (depending on the edition)
A maximum of versatility, full control
- Stay on top of things: multi-project planning with traditional project method
- Everything is possible, nothing is binding: carry out subprojects agilely
- Always up-to-date: analysis also of hours worked recorded in a decentralized manner
- Reliable analysis: all data for monitoring and analysis at one glance
Organize tasks in an agile and intuitive way
- Individual task management: create project tasks as cards in Kanban boards
- Quick todo item allocation: allocate tasks to project team members with only a couple of clicks
- Simplified communication: information, file attachments, and comments directly on the task
- Agile teams: identify problems, set priorities, meet challenges
Unlimited possibilities
- Hybrid flexibility: Suited for a vast range of project types, project objectives and methods
- Always and everywhere: work independent of location thanks to web services and mobile time recording
Get right started with PLANTA project in its HYBRID editions
Try our product for 30 days without any commitment, and without automatic renewal
*The price per user is reduced with increasing number of users (gradual pricing).
Functions of the HYBRID Editions
| HYBRID BASE | HYBRID PREMIUM | HYBRID ENTERPRISE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time and cost management | |||
| Budget management | |||
| Schedules, Gantt charts | |||
| Milestone tracking | |||
| Reporting of project status, progress, deviations, trend analyses | |||
| Workflows, adjustable | |||
| Multi-project information system | |||
| Agile methods, collaboration | |||
| Kanban, calendar, list views | |||
| Task dashboard | |||
| Unlimited number of boards | |||
| Outlook and Google Calendar integration | |||
| Filter and search functions | |||
| Freely definable labels | |||
| Activity tracking, notification function | |||
| Chat connection | |||
| Checklists, attachments, note function | |||
| Integrated time recording (on cards or in the Zeiterfassung panel) | |||
| Board templates | |||
| Configurable copying of boards, lists, cards | |||
| Single Sign-On, SAML | |||
| Two-factor authentication | |||
| File attachments of 500 MB per user (PLANTA pulse) | |||
| Support via Wiki, e‑mail, phone | |||
| Connection to Microsoft 365 via OneDrive | |||
| Simple web services | |||
| Freely configurable web services (REST-API) | |||
| Project-specific rights management, project groups (PLANTA pulse) | |||
| As an app on Integromat (online automation platform) | |||
| Opportunity and risk analysis, system-assisted | |||
| Idea and proposal management, three-layered | |||
| Quality gate tracking | |||
| Capacity planning, strategic | |||
| Portfolio simulation, road map |
Features of the HYBRID Editions
Features of the HYBRID Editions
PLANTA Jira link
Since some areas of use call for the connection to further agile systems like, e.g., Jira, or to other systems, PLANTA has designed an interface to Jira for this particular area of use: PLANTA Jira link is a PLANTA Add-On, based on the Web interfaces with PLANTA link.
PLANTA as hybrid system provides you with an integrated system which allows you to connect the traditional PLANTA project system with the agile PLANTA pulse and/or with the agile Jira system. Whatever option you may go for, synchronisation via webservices always provides you with current data both in the agile and in the traditional system.
Use Case Sprint Planning
Development of a new website with PLANTA project and PLANTA pulse
A new website is to be developed. To assure an optimal administration of schedules, resources, and budget, the project manager uses PLANTA project for project planning. For a detailed planning of individual sprints, the team of developers relies on PLANTA pulse in order to be able to manage all todo items agilely and intuitively in the actual work process.
- Project manager: planning of the “New website” project in PLANTA project
- Synchronization of sprint tasks with PLANTA pulse
- Transfer of management to the team of developers: Thanks to the predefined board layout (e.g.: „Backlog“, „To be done“ etc.) and automatic adaption of the resources in PLANTA pulse, they can start working right away.
- Team of developers: self-organized planning and realization in PLANTA pulse
- The team of developers discusses what is to be realized in the first sprint. The team manager creates the first cards in PLANTA pulse, assigns the tasks, and defines a deadline.
- All team members can keep track of the tasks assigned to them.
- Thanks to individual labels, priorities can be defined so that the team members can organize their work in the best possible way.
- The team communicates via the board: Notes and documents are added to the cards and are available to all members.
- The team uses the board for uncomplicated time recording: hours worked are entered directly on the cards of the respective tasks.
- The project manager can trace back the progress in PLANTA project, since the hours recorded on the board are immediately adopted.
- Monitoring and analysis of the project and its individual tasks in terms of defined time and costs by the project manager in PLANTA project
Result
- A successful project which combines the advantages of traditional and agile methods.
- Thanks to quick feedback by the customer and the own team, intermediate results can be adjusted to new requirements (adaptive planning) and the final result can turn out to be a substantial improvement compared to the initial planning which is sometimes only substantiated in the course of the development cycles (VUCA World).
Hybrid project management can be used variably in the company
According to individual requirements for the respective project, agile and traditional elements can be used pragmatically, allowing you to find the best hybrid variant for the entire project according to its respective size and complexity.
