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1 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH InLoox product presentation Project management software – integrated in Microsoft Outlook

2 Seite 2 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Project overview Integration in Outlook, dashboard, project lists Management page Base data, contacts, notes Mind Mapping page Mind Maps, nodes, copy to planning Planning page Activities, milestones, resources Time tracking page Time tracking items, time recording, calendar entries Document page Document management for files and Outlook items Budget page Project expenses and revenues Budget overview page Diagram types Quick access panels Email, appointment/task, contact Contents

3 Seite 3 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Project management software for Outlook InLoox is the reliable and flexible solution for professional project management: the software is fully integrated in Microsoft Outlook, managing projects, resources, documents, Mind Maps and budgets. Project planning Budgets Time tracking Document management easy-to-use + 25,000 users = a solution, that works

4 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 4 InLoox brings extra features to Microsoft Outlook Communicate, plan, organize in Microsoft Outlook Manage projects in Outlook - with InLoox

5 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 5 InLoox product presentation InLoox ribbon Quick access to projects Quick access to recent projects from all Outlook views Documents and activities Add emails, attachments, and files directly from Outlook task, calendar and inbox folders InLoox is always available with one click

6 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 6 „Important figures, deadlines and milestones are under control at anytime. Your project portfolio is transparent and easy-to-handle.“ All relevant and project-related information for handling, control and analysis Dashboard – important project data at a glance

7 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 7 InLoox product presentation Powerful and personalized views Compose your personal dashboard from different project widgets

8 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 8 InLoox projects „Benefits: maximum availability and transparency for each user“ InLoox contains all your projects in one central overview

9 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 9 InLoox product presentation Stay informed with one click Predefined information rules time warning = overdue project grey = closed project InLoox fields for project management project status, project priority company, customer, etc.

10 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 10 InLoox product presentation Structured project information Group, filter and flag according to many criteria Powerful full text search covering all projects, plans, budgets, etc.

11 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 11 InLoox product presentation Global views and workflows Additional InLoox fields for extended project information project managers, start, end document folder, customer, etc. Personal and public views for teams

12 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 12 InLoox product presentation Open a project A double click opens a project In the project list one item corresponds to one project

13 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 13 InLoox product presentation InLoox displays each project in one consistent structure. Instead of handling of a complicated application, your projects are in the focus A project in detail A tab for each project module: Management Mind Maps Planning Time tracking Documents Budgets Budget overview

14 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 14 InLoox product presentation Project definition and identification Project name Project number in a free definable format Division Customer Central category list for portfolio structuring, e.g.: Trading area Customer group Project class

15 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 15 InLoox product presentation Project contacts: Project manager Team members Customer Partner Outlook address books and Exchange Global Address Lists (GAL) as well as InLoox address books are used without doublets or synchronization Clear responsibilities More contacts, e.g. stakeholders, influencers, etc. → Roles assign project rights to responsible persons

16 Seite 16 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Status and time frame Move project to archive Status Schedule Start / end Priority „Soft“ or „hard“ deadline

17 Seite 17 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Settles project goals and mission statements Automatic author and date documentation Project notes with modification details

18 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 18 InLoox product presentation Flexibility with custom fields Extend the InLoox data model with own, company-specific fields Possibility for adding custom data fields (integer, currency, date time, open and closed lists and much more), without programming knowledge

19 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 19 InLoox product presentation Collect, organize and visualize ideas Mind Mapping Collect and organize ideas and information on your project directly in InLoox, so that they can later be transferred to the project time plan

20 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 20 InLoox product presentation Design your Mind Map Additional information: Allocated resources Document links Progress Create new Mind Map Create new node Highlight nodes with symbols, colors, or frames Dependency between parent node and sub-node

21 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 21 InLoox product presentation Node details Flag a node. The handling is the same as in Microsoft Outlook Create new node Multiline description Progress

22 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 22 InLoox product presentation Node details: adding resources Outlook contacts and Exchange directories are supported Resource allocation for further planning and work package definition

23 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 23 InLoox product presentation Template support Templates are free definable, e.g.: Employee introduction QA project Strategy project IT planning Mind Map templates speed up the brainstorming in recurring or similar projects

24 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 24 InLoox product presentation Mind Mapping: printing and exporting Any printers, e.g. Microsoft Document Writer Mind Maps can be exported as pictures and used for other applications Print, e.g. in Letter (8,5” x 11) format available

25 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 25 InLoox product presentation Transfer to the project time plan Mind Maps can be transferred conveniently to the project time plan The result is a seamless planning process – from the first brainstorming to implementation

26 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 26 InLoox product presentation Activities and milestones at a glance Project time planning Define milestones, activities and resources for your project

27 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 27 Gantt chart overview Additional information: Allocated resources Linked documents Activity overdue Dependencies between planning elements (predecessors/successors) Reminder and status Flag elements in the project plan just like in Microsoft Outlook Create new activities, work packages and milestones Critical activities, summary tasks or milestones are marked red

28 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 28 InLoox product presentation Create activities and milestones Fix element Create new activities or milestones Element name Project structure plan code Beginning, duration or end

29 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 29 InLoox product presentation Add resources Data and instructions are communicated to resources automatically, if desired Automatic resources notification via email with InLoox appointment request task request Automatic capacity calculation Both Outlook and Exchange Server contacts are supported

30 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 30 InLoox product presentation InLoox informs resources Proactive communication InLoox informs or reminds users about new and upcoming work packages Automatic reminder function Work packages can be synchronized with Outlook calendar and task folders Work packages won’t get out of sight Open work packages will be generated from the project plan and displayed in Microsoft Outlook

31 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 31 Feedback of project progress Progress will be communicated automatically to the project plan One click shows a detailed information of the individual work packages

32 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 32 InLoox product presentation Synchronize appointments with the project plan InLoox can display important milestones in the calendar. All important deadlines are thus always in view and stay up to date if any of the project plans change Appointment or task changes will be automatically synchronized

33 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 33 InLoox product presentation Resource workload overview View resource utilization by activity, project or system-wide, with one click Check workload of staff or material (infrastructure, equipment) InLoox reports resource overbooking, the project manager decides or adjusts bottlenecks Integration into Microsoft Outlook InLoox registers free/busy information from Exchange. Thus, the utilization view includes appointments, absences, part- timers, etc. with no additional effort

34 Seite 34 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Resource utilization diagram Individual resources are shown by the resource utilization diagram The overview indicates free capacities, average load and bottlenecks

35 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 35 InLoox product presentation Project planning: printing Any printers, e.g. Microsoft Document Writer Print in various formats, e.g. letter (8,5” x 11) or banner

36 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 36 InLoox product presentation Planning templates Select a template Templates are free definable, e.g.: Employee introduction QA project Strategy project IT planning Load existing templates from InLoox or other applications, such as Microsoft Project, which don’t even have to be installed

37 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 37 InLoox product presentation Project time tracking Activity and time recording Project history contains alls steps, gathered directly and conveniently from Outlook calendar or inbox

38 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 38 Time tracking item details Linking into service-group Create a time tracking item Alternatively, when booked to an activity, plan/actual workload is determined, i.e. the deviation of the actual implementation time from the project plan

39 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 39 InLoox product presentation Reminders A reminder function permits automatic follow-ups or tracking, e.g. for those tasks that need special attention Reminder function and follow-ups Outlook calender

40 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 40 InLoox product presentation Documentation storage and file organization Document management feature Files, links and Outlook elements can be saved and organized in the corresponding project folder

41 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 41 InLoox product presentation Project folder Assign documents All documents, emails, notes, protocols and reports of a project are stored centrally Project file organisation and overview Supported types: local storage storage on network shares Internet links Microsoft SharePoint sites Document folder view with the powerful filtering feature

42 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 42 Document detailed information Document can be linked to the time tracking activity The documents can be called up easily and quickly from the project history Freely-definable status Tag your documents, e.g. “needs authorization”, “new version”, etc. Multiline comments and additional information

43 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 43 InLoox product presentation Email assignment with one click Add to the corresponding project Emails, which include attachments, can be assigned directly to the project InLoox offers a special feature, which is always available from any part of Outlook

44 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 44 InLoox product presentation Budget projects easily Project budgets Calculate, schedule, approve and invoice expenses and revenues

45 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 45 Budgets and budget positions Project costs are organized in budgets. InLoox distinguishes between: Expenses (e.g. for resources, suppliers) Revenues (e.g. invoices) Each budget contains one or more positions Budgets and positions have a unique identification number

46 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 46 Track expenses Identify concealed project costs and control your profits The project manager decides about billing them to the customer Time tracking items are automatically registered as expenses Internal rates calculate project work cost Cost rates and cost centers are freely-definable in the options InLoox shows you which costs have already been invoiced to the customer

47 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 47 Create budgets Budget document type Unique identifier Date Status (can be configured) Budget name Author identification: User name from Microsoft Exchange / Microsoft Outlook Transfer positions from existing budgets: not yet billed all

48 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 48 InLoox product presentation Load templates Template positions are displayed Budget templates include predefined budget positions and save time with recurring or similar projects

49 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 49 InLoox product presentation Create budget positions Freely-definable units, e.g.: minutes, days, months miles, inches, parts, etc. all-inclusive, flat-rate, etc. Position group Select a position template InLoox automatically loads prices, description, amount and units from pre-defined budget position templates Name Multiline description

50 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 50 InLoox product presentation Budget overview Compare planned and actual expenses and revenues visually

51 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 51 InLoox product presentation Early warning system and cost control Budget overruns are marked red Planned expenses, resource and additional costs Currencies: $, £, ¥, EUR, CHF, etc. Planned/actual expenses comparison Actual expenses, resource and additional costs

52 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH InLoox product presentation Page 52 Cost breakdown Expenses and revenues are broke down according to group or cost center

53 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 53 Cost trend monitoring View a line chart of revenues and expenses to track costs over time Views by days, months or years

54 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 54 InLoox product presentation Create detailed reports The InLoox report designer allows to customize report templates. The designer is included in the product at no extra charge Export data easliy Supported formats are Microsoft Excel, RTF, PDF, HTML and many more

55 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 55 InLoox product presentation Project marketing with email templates Time tracking items (appointments, work times) and documents (such as emails, file attachments, etc.) can be transferred directly from Outlook to the project Predefined templates reduce the time you spend writing emails and allow rapid project communication

56 © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 56 InLoox product presentation Quickly recognize project relations InLoox automatically links Outlook contacts to the relevant project Without even opening a project, it is easy to see which contacts belong to your projects – and which roles they take

57 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 57 InLoox contacts Centralized contact management of – InLoox provides you with this feature even without an Exchange Server

58 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Page 58 InLoox, the flexible project platform External project partners and stakeholders, without their own Windows user account or Active Directory in the corporate network, are able to logon to the project platform with a own user name and password Provide the InLoox contacts with necessary authorizations

59 Seite 59 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Facts and figures Standard product since 2003 Worldwide installations: more than 30.000 users User interface in seven languages Customers in 40 countries Find more references and case studies at http://www.inloox.comhttp://www.inloox.com

60 Seite 60 InLoox product presentation © 2001-2011 InLoox GmbH Thank you for your attention! InLoox is a software of: InLoox GmbH | Kantstr. 2 | D-80807 Munich Telephone: +49 (0)89 358 99 88 - 22 | Fax: +49 (0)89 358 99 88 – 99 Email: info@inloox.com | www.inloox.com All specified product names, product designations and logos in this document are registered trade marks and property of the respective right owners.


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