Saviom

Saviom greatly simplified our previously manual and cumbersome resourcing processes.

Comments: Easily see who is working on which project. Reduced our resourcing meeting times significantly. Instant results for resource requests.

Pros:

The Gant chart view makes it simple for everyone to get a snapshot of resource utilisation. Whole business has access to see who is working on which project. It has reduced our resourcing meetings from 2hrs to less than 10 minutes each week. Resources can be requested at anytime so that requests can be allocated immediately, updated in the software so that everyone can see instantaneously.

Cons:

Having come from excel spreadsheets, Saviom has made things so easy now. So much so that we were getting complaints that Saviom was only accessible whilst connected to the network in the office. Now with a web version available, this will be a thing of the past so that in this fast moving world, a resource can be requested from anywhere, instantly.

Intuitive tool with little time needed to update

Comments: Product support was readily available and helpful. Provides great visibility of areas that need focus in terms of resource shortages and/or project prioritisation

Pros:

Ease of data capture, relatively easy to configure to suit your business requirements, reporting was useful to drive decisions re. resource allocation

Cons:

It does not have as modern a look and feel as other (general) software offerings on the market

Alternatives Considered: TeamGantt

Reasons for Switching to Saviom: Easy of use - we weren't looking for anything complex or convoluted.

Overall Good. Performance and Flexibility should be improved

Pros:

Saviom has a similar resource management workflow which we follow in Zafin. The functional item configuration and the flexibility of adding it to user panel is good.

Cons:

The data getting captured can not be reported with out customizing the software. It is customer's data and they should have all functionality right to add columns of their choice to functional items, not from a pre defined selection list by the vendor.

Easy tool for time tracking

Comments: The main benefit is you can control the timing of your team members without need to train them to do this task but still room for improvement in the UI/UX

Pros:

Super easy tool to include all your time trackings every week ready to be integrated with your corporate systems.

Cons:

The UI is seems bit old and it would be recommended an evolution in the UX/UI of the solution, it is easy to use but the impression is you are using a 20 years old system for trakcing.

The system is easy to navigate and has multiple filters and built in advantages which make it easy to utilize.

Comments: Since we have just purchased time will tell on support and response to needs. We hope it goes very well and look forward to the diversity of the system for managing resources. We fill we may have just touched on the things this application could do for us in the long term.

Pros:

It is a resource scheduling tool. The detail that can be captured is almost unlimited. Using the alerts for all types of notifications will be very beneficial and the quick graphic options are nice for visual comparisons. Log on permissions are wide so many levels of users can be had. The depth of filters is very comprehensive and detailed. Ability to filter from resources to project levels is great. Still learning the reporting areas and utilization due to the newness of the system, am excited that the alerts could help identify shortfalls and over scheduling. The quick messages for double booking is very nice and color coding is very visual.

Cons:

Cost for users who may only review data is a bit steep. Any person who excesses the system is charged a licence fee. If you have over 50 employees this cost accumulates very quickly. This will impact any users checking to see where they may be scheduled to report or if they need to enter time to the system. Have not integrated any data from our existing system yet but mapping could possibly be challenging.