Function Point Review

PROS: Perfect solution for keeping track of our tasks and projects and their due date. It provides great set of features to make our work easier.

CONS: The integration with QuickBooks caused many problems, because we don’t have large data in QB anymore and FP changed some options when it comes to interaction with clients and dates on invoices. Also, I would like to adjust invoices instead of deleting it and starting over again whenever we want to make simple change. Additionally, various estimates cannot be put into one project, and we cannot add more than one of same service.

PROS: We can easily create schedules and estimates, we are able to copy existing tasks in order to reuse for another project. It saves us huge amount of time by making tweaks when needed to accommodate every differences between tasks and projects. We use customizable proposal template and allows other members to create own proposals so they can send to their clients.

CONS: Jumping back and forth between the estimate and schedules can be time-consuming, it would be great if there is final number on schedule view. In order to get final numbers I have to do this jumping multiple times.

PROS: With Function Point Productivity we can easily estimate our clients’ projects and jobs, it has features for time tracking, tasks assignments and invoicing. The reports we get are clear and understandable. The reports show our clients what their habits, tracking and profitability and how these impact their business. I personally love the estimate function and invoicing of all project documentation options.

CONS: It took a while to integrate the software but their team were very helpful and they gave us a training on how to use the product.

PROS: With Function point I can have control over task details, it allows me to add more details instead of other PM products that don’t provide an option for adding details. I like that within the product, the tasks exist as a separate item. I can easily edit details, change task number and resources and even do the search by task number. I prefer Resource Allocation over other PM tools. This product can be used by almost everyone, it’s easy to navigate and you can easily find what you are looking for.

CONS: It would be great if they could implement an option to arrange or view tasks by start date and not only by due date. To find out the start date of specific product we need to click through the task’s details. There isn’t even option to front-load, back-load or disperse time.

PROS: Once you learn how to use it, you will see that everything is easy to do, you can easily run billings and it has great integration with QuickBooks. Its time management functionality is easy and extremely helpful for our employees. We have great amount of data and we can easily access past and present projects through categories and this helps us to better organize our work.

CONS: The learning process is long, and when you finish with the trainings there is lot more to learn in order to get the report you need. I want to see an option where I can save the reports. It takes lot of work to see how many hours an employee has worked on specific task. Also, we have found some issues when sync back and forth between FP and QB, it takes lot of work to get FP invoices.

PROS: Function Point is easy to manage software, we can easily enter and find specific information. It provides great set of features and I love all of them, I’m using them on a daily basis, my work is easier after I implemented this product.

CONS: I don’t know about others but the calendar layer is difficult to read, I often use “Bulk Edit” so I can do things quickly. When I click on a field in the new calendar then it moves farther away from the mouse click. I don’t know whether it is a bug or issue but they need to work on this one.

PROS: Function Point offers many option for customizing our work, as a small company we needed a product that would offer us many functions instead of limiting us to one operation. I like schedule and calendar format, we are even able to upload iCal for everyone. We use tasking from a note so we can submit quick work orders and the note function is very important feature to us.

CONS: The truth is that this product offers great set of features but they need to be more easy to use for tasking and timesheets.

PROS: Function Point is our must have software in our business. We are more organized and we are able to grow more and more. I can’t even imagine running my business without this solution.

CONS: To be honest, this is the product that we really need for running our day-to-day businesses. But, I find really hard to learn how to use this software. Also, I really don’t like its time-tracking feature, it would be great if they could make it simpler and useful.