• Easy to learn.
• Very good cost/benefit ratio.
• Suitable for the planning of projects, resources and costs as well as for scheduling (including comparison of actual vs target values).
• Allows for an almost unlimited data volume (32,000 folders with 32,000 projects with each project containing up to 32,000 activities and each actvity up to 32,000 task bars in one row).
• Tasks may be broken down to as many as 99 levels.

• Access to all data in one window.
• Status switches provide a quick overview on all current, upcoming or completed tasks.
• Flexible filters.
• Periodically recurring activities.
• Up to 99 profiles enable you to save all your settings (including different views of data, filters, print settings etc.).

• Simultaneous view of resources with working hours, absence times, capacity usage and assigned tasks.
• Any working hours of resources are accepted (even irregular hours, overtime etc.).
• Any labour rates may be specified (even different rates, depending on working hours etc.).
• Resources can be assigned to tasks at will - with capacity usage, working hours and interruptions as required.
• Automatic calculation of the duration of each task.
• Automatic distribution of work to any time periods.
• Resources may be persons, machinery but also rooms etc.

• Flexible printout of data as shown on the screen as a table with landscape calendar (Gantt chart) and comprehensive setting options.
• Different options and settings can be saved in print templates.
• Company logo, text fields etc. can be integrated.
• Printout may be saved as a graphics file for distribution, for example, by e-mail.

• The network version (=multiuser license) enables several users to access a database simultaneously.
• Four different permission levels applying to any database area can be assigned to each user.

• Synchronisation both across two A-Plan® databases and across an A Plan® database and MS Outlook®.
• Using MS Outlook® as an interface enables you to transfer A-Plan® data to a PDA such as, for example, Palm®, Psion® or Pocket-PC®.
• The data to be synchronized can be specified at will.

• Time tracking up to the minute and assignment of actual work and incurred costs to tasks.
• Clear reports on spent times and costs with comparison of target values vs actual values.
• Presentation of capacity usage over time.
• Reports are output to MS Excel® files making further processing and transfer of reports an easy task.

• Export and import of MS Project® files (using MS Excel® format).
• Export and import of MS Excel® files.
• Complete documentation of A-Plan® database (MS Access® format) available.
• A-Plan® database can be opened and edited using MS Access® (even if it was opened before by A-Plan®).
• Export as text file.

Operating system: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista
PC: min. 800 Mhz (recommended)
(recommended) RAM:
  - Windows 98, ME: 128 MB
  - Windows NT 4.0: 256 MB
  - Windows 2000, XP, Vista: 512 MB
hard disk space: approx. 35 MB