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Zilicus PM online project management software

Zilicus PM online project management software

Zilicus PM is a relatively new entry in the online project management software marketplace. Their online software became available under a limited beta release in November 2011. Still, their online SaaS solution is fully featured, well documented and ready to take on the challenges of enterprise project management.

Nagin Kothari and Dhananjay Wagholikar are Zilicus founding members, Chief Architect and Product Manager respectively. Both had previously worked at Parametric Technology Corporation (developer of product lifecycle management tools including Windchill PLM software). Wagholikar had on-hands experience in managing multi-million dollar projects at the Indian Oil Corporation. Today, ZilicusPM maintais offices in Houston, Texas and Pune, India (for their research and development activities).

How does Zilicus stand against other online options? They have a very complete feature set and most of all, it is all well documented from screenshots to modular descriptions, everything readily available in the Zilicus software features section. Here is a brief summary:

- Project Planning: Create work breakdown structure (WBS), create project schedule, collaborate and share project plan, determine critical path for your project, define project baseline and compare it with the current project plan.

- Project Tracking: Track project progress, interactive Gantt charts with drag/drop features, issue tracker, risk tracker, timesheet tracker, automatic email & alerts, portfolio dashboard.

- Task Management: Drill down the work breakdown structure (WBS), create milestones, interdependent tasks, task progress, automatic email notification, task reports.

- Team Collaboration: Email notification, organize and share files, project calendar, real-time updates on project progress, client/external partner login, to do list, share notes for tasks, issues & risks.

- Resource management: Create organization structure (This is a very intesting feature which provides a nice addition to an online project tool), build your project team, add/modify resource details, quick allocation & scheduling, resolve resource conflict, measure efficiency & performance.

- Document Management: Upload project files, share project files, create versions of your project files, label view, create protected folder & protect confidential project information.

- Timesheet Tracking: Record time spent details, timesheet report for your team, record billing hours.

- Issue Management: Submit issues, status and workflow, email notification, issue reports.

- Risk Management: Submit risk, risk register, risk assessment, risk response plan, risks dashboard & reports.

- Online Project Calendar: Real time update to calendar, automatic reminders, one place for all events.

- Project Reports: Task status report, issues reports, risks report, disk usage reports, timesheet reports.

- Customization Options: Customize users fields, customize issues, customize projects, customizable types of fields.

How much does ZilicusPM cost? In terms of pricing, Zilicus PM provides a simple scenario: $14.95 per user per month with unlimited projects and 0.5GB of storage space (per user). If you sign up for a 12-month period, you get 2 months for free, so you only pay $140.95. As you add more users per month, you get 0.5GB of storage space per additional user. If storage is an issue (because your industry requires pictures, drawings or heavy documentation), you can also buy blocks of 10GB at $15 per month. Here you can get more information on Zilicus online project management software

How secure is Zilicus PM to host your information? Zilicus focuses on their core ability, which is to continue to develop and support their online SaaS software. They trust their application and storage hosting to Amazon Web Services, which is certified as SAS70 Type II facility and has also achieved the ISO 27001 certification.

If you consider Zilicus, you can give it a try under their 30-day free trial program.

Posted on March 30, 2012

Visitor Comments

    • Johan wrote on April 10, 2012:
    • A new entrant, I will say they give plenty of functionality. I have not gave them a try yet, but will probably do a quick trial test as it may complement what we currently have.
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