Projects — Introduction

The Projects application is one of the primary components within OpenAir. This is the application where you manage your company's projects. There are a number of configuration settings and data elements associated with the Projects application. The features and flexibility within this application are probably greater than any other application available within OpenAir.

Within the Projects application there are additional options to configure application-specific items such as the task worksheet within projects and the automated running of billing or recognition rules.

You are also able to evaluate the status of projects using Earned Value Management (EVM) metrics. It is easy to determine if it is profitable or unprofitable, and whether it is on schedule, behind schedule, or ahead of schedule. To use these metrics, you must have designated a cost for each resource, have a project plan established, and have the resources' time entered into OpenAir by project as time is incurred.