Software Updates

BOEMax

Work Packages Assigned Travel Assumption, Travel Form

The Travel Form has been enhanced to include the option to use GSA airfare and Per Diem rates. This is an active data pull from the GSA web site to use the current available rates. Two options have been added to the Travel Form to select the GSA rates you want to use for the travel basis of estimate.

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Project Options, Copy From and Export to XML

Manage Projects window, Ribbon Menu (Project Data > Projects). The options to create a new project from an existing (New Copy From) and the Export To XML have been enhanced to include additional project related artifacts. The export to XML option is often used to create a backup copy of a project. The XML file can then be used to restore a project or to create a new project using the Ribbon Menu Import From XML option.

BOEMax, MaxTeam, MaxBoard

Enterprise Nodal Structure, Resource Role Capacity

Enterprise Nodal Structure window (Home > ENS). 

• A Set Calendar option has been added to the Ribbon Menu. You can now select a global calendar you can use for cross-project resource capacity and demand analysis so you have a common set of calendar periods for all projects. You set this once for the ENS. This global calendar is only used for the ENS resource capacity settings, the project specific calendars are unchanged.
• Edit ENS Node, resource role Capacity tab. When you set a calendar for the ENS, a Capacity by Period column is included in the Capacity tab. You can use this column to set custom resource role capacities for specific accounting periods. For example, the quantity may change to reflect seasonal changes in available personnel. The default is the capacity you set for the role (Capacity column entry).

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Cost Groups in Totals
You can now control which cost report group is used for the total columns in the main Estimate window (BOEMax Budget column) or the main MaxTeam/EVMax window (Budget, Actual, Earned, and ETC columns).  There is a new option in the Ribbon Menu, Admin tab, labeled “Cost Groups in Totals” that displays a dialog box to set these for the selected project in the applicable software tool.  This also controls the columns shown in the Enterprise Nodal Structure window (Home > ENS).

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Element of Cost Code Structure
You can now modify the content of the shared system level element of cost code structure. A Navigation Menu option has been added (Project Data > Element of Cost) to tailor the default set of cost elements to your business environment. Elements of cost (EOC) or cost elements are the summary categories of cost such as labor, material, and other direct costs. All ProjStream software tools and projects share this system level list of summary EOC categories and optional subcategory detail. You can also use the EOC categories as resource attributes for reporting and other purposes.

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Global Calendar, Rate, and Resource Structures
Added ability to create related global calendar, rate, and resource structures where the global structures are shared with other projects.  It is no longer necessary to create project specific structures.  At any time, you can disconnect a project from the global structures and create project specific structures in the Manage Projects window, Structures tab (Project Data > Projects).