Genius Project Review

Genius offers an enterprise-level solution that can be adjusted to the needs of every particular user or company. Its versatile and easily adaptable design, however, is only one of the numerous benefits companies experience while working with it.

Number One choice for project portfolio management

Genius Project enables you to increase productivity with the right strategic mix of projects and tasks, which means you can easily adjust your project pipeline, and prioritize accomplishment according to your goals and constraints. To make this happen, Genius Project equips you with features such as strategic alignment, project ranking, financial planning, request management, hierarchical portfolios, KPI definition, and multiple types of What If analyses. At the same time, Genius is a reliable partner for managers looking to track projects and manage their costs and budgets, to plan and forecast results, and those in need of an accurate risk & change management solution.

Resource Management

Genius Project also offers a dedicated Resource module for clients to obtain optimal results from their workforce’s potential.  The core function of this module is to reduce benchmark time with tools such as capacity planning, creating resource and availability schedules, and generating resource profiles. Using it, you will have the peace of mind that all resources are promptly allocated, as Genius tracks your workload at any project stage to assign tasks to the right people.

Time & Expense Tracking

Another feature that makes Genius Project unique compared to similar PM & Collaboration tools is the presence of a Time & Expense tracking module. This means that you will have all timesheet data automatically linked to your Genius account, and updated regularly so that you can avoid costly mistakes. To make this happen, Genius Project puts in place a dedicated approval workflow, and provides you with detailed insights for time, expense, and compliance reporting. What is more, you can connect the system to Microsoft Excel and export data with field to cell mapping.

Team Collaboration

Genius Project understands the value of teamwork, and makes sure everyone on board will be able to make a valuable contribution. To do so, the system introduces powerful social media capabilities, and triggers a special roles-and-permissions technology to control the way in which users adopt project information. The collaboration features list includes project forums, email notifications, live chat, calendar synchronization, and much more.

Flexible deployment

Genius Project is offered both on premise and in cloud, with the option to buy it or to rent it. Stored either in the vendor’s dedicated data centers or buckled securely behind your own firewalls, your project management data will be  at your disposal regardless of the device or browser you’re using. Plans are customized on spot to meet the specific needs of the user, with a free Reader option for first-time clients.

Impeccable data security

Genius Project hosts your data in secure, SSAE 16 and SOC 2, ISO 27001 compliant data centers located in Dallas, Toronto, Amsterdam and Singapore. In such way, the company guarantees redundancy and balanced loading, and ensures your data will never fall in the wrong hands.

Multiple integration possibilities

To reduce manual input and to provide painless data migration, Genius Project works in synergy with several enterprise systems and applications. The list includes document management, accounting, inventory management and conversion software, from Microsoft Office to SAP, Sage and to HL7 and Navision.

Meet the brand new and even more powerful version – Genius Project V 8.0

Instead of relying on Java technology as they did so far, Genius Project’s developers reimaged their Gantt Chart tool and created the independent Genius Planner HTML5 V1.0. The new version is compatible with any browser and doesn’t require any external plugin or software installation, and users have already confirmed it to be the perfect accessibility solution. To keep in line with modern trends and developments, the new version comes with a fully rebranded and easy-to-navigate interface. It is equipped with editable, multi-project Gantt charts, additional field types and more coloration rules, and delivers multiple possibilities to import resources, unavailability and public holidays data from CSV files.