CRM-Project 4.6 available

November 12, 2009 

CRM-Project, the 4th module for Microsoft Dynamics CRM, is available as Version 4.6 with immediate effect. Those are the highlights:

  • Virtual time clock
    The virtual time clock enables particularly efficient time recording.
    Start – Stop – Save, That's how simple it is now!
  • Extension of the report library
    More reports for more transparency.
    - Project Revenues - The expenses, the revenues
    - Project work - Planning versus ACTUAL progress
    - Individual employee overview - Outlines the activities of the individual employee
    - Summarized overview of employee performance - Gives a summary of the activities of all employees
    - Project progress- Will my projects be completed in due time?
    - Specification controlling - Are the specifications observed?
    - Employee skills - Overview of the team's skills for task assignment
  • Performance report in Excel format
    Export optionally available in the standard pdf format and now also as Excel-compatible CSV file.
  • New project tree screens
    The project tree's new two additional screens "My Activities" and "My Active Activities" enable team members to see at a glance tasks assigned to them and tasks that still need to be completed .
  • Fixed price projects excluded from Larsgrid
    Projects subject to the payment method 'Fixed Price' will now be highlighted in the Larsgrid and can neither be edited nor marked for billing. This facilitates error-free performance reporting. 
  • Standard activities for users
    Every employee can now be assigned a standard activity or service; thus, activity need only be done if employees do activities that differ from the standard one.
  • Optimized relationship behavior
    Relationships between project entities and activities have been optimized for eliminating problems in project assignments to other project managers.