This set of use cases gives you an idea of how the system works.

• Creating a new project.
• Automatic resource allocation.
• Manual resource allocation.
• Handling progress.
• Adjusting the plan.

Strategic Product Development

In this case we have used Multi·Project·Planner to clearify the strategic product development plan for our own company. In principal only.

The main conditions a software company faces are:

• Forced to keep up with new technologies.
• Only a small team of programmers pr task will do.

This leads to a continuous state of Technological Transfer.

In this plan the rows in the work team schedule represent technological platforms and major common components.

The products are formulated as (never ending) projects.

Alternatively the rows can represent products and projects represents the techological platforms and major common components. Have a look.

Check the plan in PERT mode to see how f. ex. TaskPlanner runs through the set of transformations.

Technological transfer between products is accomplished by first gaining the expirience by applying the technology to one product and then use this expirience when applying the technology to another product.

The planning problem is to secure these transferals with the available staff and in such a way, that the organization will produce a continuous stream of innovations.

To accomplish this you need a strong yet simple visual tool like Multi·Project·Planner.