Projectworks Reviews

Resourcing is simple. Timesheet entry is so user friendly we have a weekly 98% compliance. The Exec Dashboard showing utilisation rates gives us the best data at a glance which can be sliced and diced in multiple ways. The PW team was more than willing to take any of our suggestions for tweaks and amendments and implement them. Some people have asked for an App but the on-line version is just as easy to use on your phone.

For our business we've had to be creative in the way we use the system to suit our needs. It invariably requires workarounds. Lots of things in development stage still and we're happy to wait on those.

The platform is designed specifically for a Consulting Firm to manage projects, expenses, forecasting of people and revenue as well as reporting on utilizations and burns for a variety of engagements.

have not found a feature I did not like.

Being able to easily, accurately and efficiently track, allocate and forecast resources across a large, diverse and dynamic portfolio of companies and projects. Integration with Xero is also very helpful.

Reporting. Projectworks has been improving the reporting capabilities quite a bit recently, but there is room for a little improvement.

It was like we'd built the platform for ourselves! Spoke the same language, worked logically and surfaced what is important.

Dashboards have been improving over time and will make this incredible when done. The open API though allows us to fill the gaps easily and quickly.

Forecasting, Resourcing, Budget control, Invoicing

Need more reporting metrics and tools for reporting progress, etc.

Projectworks is a powerful project management system, and we are glad we decided to migrate to this platform. We previously used 2-3 different software platforms to achieve what we can now do using Projectworks alone. We are particularly impressed with the forecasting and resourcing features. The SQL back-end allows us to extract any type of report we need, which has proven to be incredibly useful. The intuitive interface requiring minimal mouse clicks has made the transition super easy for our team. It is exciting to see the regular updates released.

We required a variety of layout options for our client invoicing in Xero, and ProjectWorks have provided us with an excellent workaround. We are looking forward to having full Xero integration soon so we can benefit from the other integration features available when Xero talks directly to Projectworks.

ProjectWorks is incredibly helpful in tracking time spent amongst our team to identify projects that need attention. It has been easy to use for our entire team.

I have no complaints about the product so far. My only suggestion would be to add a desktop feature for a convenient time log. Everything else is fantastic.

As we're in the early stages of deployment, it is difficult to provided a detailed breakdown of what we find most useful with this software. The initial demonstrations and development of the base product to suit our business needs has got me excited for full roll out and future use for our team.

Initial migration of data didn't transfer as seamlessly as expected, but the Projectworks team have work tirelessly to iron out any discrepancies.

My experience with Projectworks has been positive since day one. Projectworks is not only a great project management solution with powerful features, but the collaboration with the Projectworks support team also has been awesome. Since the roll-out, we have managed to customise the tool to fit our business needs and I am sure there is more to come.

In Projectworks you can create a schedule using the timecodes you have created, which every project manager loves :) An added bonus would be if the resourcing and schedule functionality would be linked to limit any double handling. Recently Projectworks released an integration that allows team members to record time in Projectworks through Azure DevOps work items. We have requested the integration to deduct the recorded time from the 'remaining time' in Azure DevOps so in the future we can improve our Sprint performance and time recording efficiency for the team.

It's an easy tool to use for timesheeting and helpful for time management as a consultant.

I have no major qualms. Accidentally entering a time logging against the wrong code can be a pain to rectify

Very easy to align with our business and to capture a number of data fields relevant to our productivity.

Reporting does not seem to allow for custom dashboards and reports

I enjoy using Projectworks because of its layout. I find I intuitively know where to find items, but I also think/highly appreciate the onboarding that Projectworks provides for its clients. Tracking time can be nerve-racking and a mistake can permeate through an organization. However, I feel Projectwork has many buffers to avoid or at least have the ability to rectify mistakes earlier rather than later.

I would really like to update the time without deleting the entire entry.

Simple overlays and menus, The high level of accessibility for support whilst using the program has been fantastic

A more specific requirement for my own company is showing the in and out rate on the time entries screen.

Excellent visuals from a team that knows what businesses need. It is easy to use and easy tio undertsand at all levels from a basic user to the Finance and Managing directors. Integration with Xero was a factor in our initial trawl for software and Projectworks was streets ahead of its competitors.

A countdown of staff leave allowances would be usefulo but that is a very minor issue.

I like the general ease of use in terms of being able to quickly edit resourcing/forecasting for small projects

As projects get bigger, it becomes challenging to make uniform changes across several months or users (not a lot of "copy and paste" functionality)

Thanks Tyler, appreciate the feedback. We have a few things in the pipeline to help with that, we now have a project clone feature and have a few more piece in the works as well.

Have been using the product for 3 months now and from beginning I haven't had any issues and confusions of functions. It's really easy to learn and use.

I would probably say the searching of timecode and be optimised a bit more? Once you got a lot of timecode to use, sometimes it is a bit confusing to find the right timecode to use.

Thanks Jailah Mara, it's work you asking your PM to close out old projects in order to reduce some of the clutter! Cheers

The resourcing and timesheets are great. Super easy to add and pin timecodes, find them, and ensure I'm resourced for projects. Leave and expenses are easy to do as well.

Some views get cluttered - it would be nice to expand and collapse buckets of times codes again. Also on the project description page, the forecasting tab is a little overwhelming and could be simplified.

Thanks Marc, we have been rolling the ability to show/hide columns, and choose your own grouping across the entire product. This will enable you to have all the information you need, but then reduce the clutter as well. Hope this helps!

The product team is always rolling out new updates which simply make PW better and better - and the changes are seamless! I'm never stuck looking for something 'that was there yesterday.' Some days new features arrive which I didn't know I wanted, and now I can't live without them. Just awesome.

I'd love to be able to see feedback which I have previously left for my colleagues. Otherwise it's an excellent product which meets my needs.

Thanks Sez, I'll make a note of this for the backlog. Cheers!

I like being able to see my teams resourcing in one place, being able to jump between screens with useful links so I can view a particular team members leave, time etc or update resourcing. The home screen is also really useful as I can see what I have and when my team members have leave. The alerts drop I also frequently use for leave requests and feedback. The leave screens for my team help with planning. I also use the reporting pages for time recorded and resourced vs worked for my team. The details recorded for my team members also helps with filling in forms etc. Accessing from anywhere with internet is also useful. Filtering and searches helpful also.

Cant use without internet (I don't think). Would be good to be able to have a offline mode that syncs back. Copying time entries for the working week or multiple days at once would be useful. Resourcing for many weeks used to be an issue but I think resolved now. E.g. loading internal time for my team which doesn't change.

Thanks Dan!

Search looks work really well, makes life a lot easier when you're juggling multiple clients (esp when there's hundreds of clients in the list to scroll through).

I'm allocated weekly hours on projects. When I do my daily timesheeting, it doesn't calculate how time I have left per project for the week. We had this on our previous tool and it's really useful.

Thanks Tim, I've made a note of this for the backlog.

Easy to use, fast and love the advanced search for time-sheeting

Having a separate password then my domain account, feature addition maybe some SSO / AD integration?

Thanks Igor. SSO is being worked on as we speak! Cheers

Easy to use platform. In my sales role the forecasting reports are useful.

Would be nice to create custom reports + integration to CRM.

Thanks Hamish, we support integration with CRM and also creating custom reports. Please reach out to your customer success manager and they can help get you setup! Cheers

The design is simple and easy to use. The website is responsive so that I can use on my mobile. It provides with one site where I can manage my timesheet, leave, resourcing amongst other things.

I would like to have the total hours against a specific timecode displayed in my weekly timesheet so that I can ensure I am working inline with resourcing. Currently I add up myself.

Thanks Chris, we do have this on our backlog as a number of people have requested this. Cheers!

ProjectWorks allows me to get both a bird’s eye view of our business performance but also to drill into the details. Key features I love are - The ability to understand the gross margin performance of clients and projects. In our business a key metric is gross margin and this tool allows us to access this data quickly and simply. - The ability to plan out a project and understand the delivery capacity in the business quickly - The ability to look at the financial success of client engagements quickly

ProjectWorks have a regular update schedule and are continuing to deliver new features every month. One ask is to continue to develop and deliver deeper KPI reporting. Currently we do this via the API which is good but more reporting in the tool would be great.

Thanks Brendon, appreciate the feedback!

Project Works has everything we need to manage our projects in one simple, easy to use tool. It has become the source of truth across the business. It provides a fantastic set of intelligent reports and data which helps us make decisions on our project and people resourcing, and risk management.

Adding resources and tasks to a project is a bit slow. I’d like to see faster and more streamlined way to add resources and tasks to a project. Maybe like a spreadsheet/table style entry. For tasks, I’d like to be able to set a budget (rather than hour allocation per resource) which those assigned can see the spend to date to work against.

Thanks Aaron, this feature has been designed and will be coming into a sprint shortly! Cheers