Keeping It All Together
At acla:works we’ve got meetings to schedule, schedules to meet, projects to coordinate, invoices to send, payments to receive [we hope!], contacts to contact, and tasks to manage. In other words, things can get a little hectic but ArchiOffice – a brilliant bit of software created by architects for architects – helps us to keep it all together. According to the BQE Software Inc. site, “ArchiOffice is a comprehensive, intuitive and user-friendly project management software solution designed specifically for architecture firms.”
acla:works has been using ArchiOffice since 2003 but, in September last year, we upgraded our software to the new and improved AO 2010. Advantages to this upgrade include:
Anywhere, anytime: We can now access all our contacts, calendars, time and expense, reports and project information from any location and from any computer
Improved Document Management: It is no longer necessary for all project documents to reside on a single hard drive. We can move project documents anywhere, archive them and backup without using valuable storage space.
Powerful Task Management: With AO 2010 we can schedule start and end dates for tasks, budget hours and fees and compare budgets to actual data.
Additionally, we can now control reports and invoice contents, and customise them to suit the project or client.
Bottom line? Our administrative and financial departments are now able to better manage projects, documents, time and billing. Better for us, better for our clients.
– Nancy Winter-Roach
Above: AO 2010 in action!
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Great article. Have you also utilized the ability to create Sub-phases for your projects? This is a great way to split out your own services (hours and fees), for any consultant expenses you have allocated to the respective phases. When you do this, your reports are far more usable since profitability and budget vs. actual reports don’t intermingle the non-reimbursable expenses with your services if you create unique sub-phases for them.
Keep up the great work.
