I like that the dashboard is customizable to each user's needs. FP makes it easy to track each team member's utilization and project completion rates. Creating estimates in FP is a complete breeze. I love that all past and present client's estimates are all housed in one place for quick and easy reference.
I think that the aesthetic of FP could improve. Overall, there is a bit of a dated look to FP - with the use of the dark grey and harsh lines. I like the customizable feature with the logo but would like to see more modern feel.
Problems solved: organization of internal and client-related tasks. We are able to reference previous estimates made for a specific client - no matter who made them. This ensures that our pricing and contracts are consistent. Benefits: Able to track hours for each project. Able to project hours needed on projects and understand how to better utilize associate's time.
FP allows me to be easily organized with all my clients- from proposals to invoicing, everything is there under their name. I can easily refer back to the net cost in the proposal and calculate our PNL quicker than ever.
The last project management software that this company used was fully customizable so that it fit our brand and look. Although our company name is at the top of FP, I miss the additional customizable options.
Invoicing and transferring it via Quickbooks. I can create the invoice and send it to QB for easy payments from the clients.
Easy to use, reports are easy to run and manageable, love the ability to export to Excel or csv
Some reports only available in pdf format -- can't easily convert to a spreadsheet
We started with Function Point 2-1/2 years ago, and previously did not have any formal project management software. Everything from cost to time had to be entered manually, and sometimes twice. Now I can enter costs into a job and integrate with QuickBooks. Invoicing is much better, especially for multiple job invoices.
They have always been responsive, whether to help solve an issue, or respond to a question, idea, or implement better functionality.
The user interface is a bit clunky, and lack smoothness. However, I prefer to have the managerial information I need rather than have feel good stuff that fails to help me manage my business.
Job cost management, flexible billing solutions that allow me to bill the way we want or clients require.
We use Function Point to organize all of our tasks, clients, vendors and billing at our company. I like that you can put the amount of time to each task that you complete, assign tasks that you can't do to other people and see a weekly view of the times. I also like that it is easy to enter client and vendor information and create expense reports and purchase orders.
I don't like that Function Point calculates time by the 15 minute mark. So if you've completed something in between, you either have to round up or down.
We are able to see how much time we put to different projects and tasks so we can appropriately bill specific clients.
Function Point is extremely easy to use. The interface is intuitive for any level user. It has what we need without a lot of extras that we don't use. It's also cost effective for a small agency.
There isn't a ton of customization so sometimes you have to be creative to work within the parameters on things like estimates.
We use the tool to track jobs and time. We are also able to easily create professional looking estimates. It helps keep our jobs organized and ensure we are profitable on every job.
Easy to use and manage. Quite flexible. Limited technical or connection issues.
We have had some issues with the integration with quickbooks.
Comprehensive system for estimating, time tracking, expense tracking and invoicing. We have less dependency on our bookkeeper. Greater transparency into our project cost. Can share this transparency with our customers. Better estimates.
The attention to detail. There are many attributes that Function Point has thought of, that we as a business had not even thought of.
It takes quite a while to learn, as there are so many steps and things to know
time tracking and how to charge the client appropriately