Tracking action plans but finding MS Project too complex & spreadsheets too basic? Covalent's simple online PROJECT MANAGEMENT software gives you the visibility and control you're after

Covalent Actions makes managing projects better by consolidating all the action plans in one place, in a consistent format and conveniently available to all. In fact, the more customers use Projects, the more uses they find for it - improvement plans, Prince2 projects, inspection recommendations, staff appraisal tasks, service & corporate plans, complaints handling...

• Focus your attention on the priorities. You'll be able to pick out overdue actions or missed milestones at-a-glance, as Covalent traffic-lights the status of each action to bring project plans to life. With a couple of clicks you could drill down to more information, add a comment or run an exception report.
• Proactively manage against deadlines. Put an end to chasing people for action status updates by phone or personal email and save massive effort and time. Covalent constantly tracks against due dates and emails staff reminders to complete actions, or alerts when things change that they need to know about.
• Make it simple for people to update actions. Assignees will like how easy it is to update action progress, add a status comment and tick off completed milestones. Covalent's uncluttered Updates screen presents only those actions for which the user is responsible, and eliminates duplication of effort as they only update action details once, in this one place.
• Track progress of your projects portfolio. You'll be able to easily compare status and identify overlapping dates with Covalent's calendar-view, which shows progress for all your projects on traffic-lighted horizontal bars. Covalent removes subjectivity in determining a project's progress by automatically calculating % complete based on progress of sub-actions and the "importance weighting" of each milestone.
• Assess progress of your corporate goals. You'll be able to track the impact of action plan progress on Priorities or Objectives using a Balanced Scorecard approach. Covalent graphically explains your key strategies by linking plans and projects to goals, and by cascading scorecards from corporate level through business units and service areas.
• Dramatically simplify projects reporting. You'll get reporting that's flexible enough to meet modern demands - different audiences looking at the same projects information in various combinations; by owner, by status, by date, by strategy. Covalent saves staff huge amounts of time producing incisive reports that actually tell people something.