{"id":3923,"date":"2012-06-04T13:59:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T13:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/?page_id=1263"},"modified":"2012-06-04T13:59:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T13:59:38","slug":"project-planning-a-visual-user-friendly-interface","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-a-visual-user-friendly-interface\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Planning &#8211; A visual, user-friendly interface"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A configurable, visual interface<\/h2>\n<p>For an intuitive, fast planning, <strong>Direct Planning<\/strong> uses many visual items.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1392\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\" wp-image-1392\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels-610x218.png\" alt=\"Direct Planning Project - Visual elements\" width=\"610\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels-610x218.png 610w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels-312x112.png 312w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels-156x56.png 156w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels-768x275.png 768w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels-810x290.png 810w, https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/direct_planning_projet_elements_visuels.png 1042w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1392\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Direct Planning Project &#8211; Visual elements<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A few examples:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Job colorization<\/strong> is fully\u00a0<a title=\"Project Planning \u2013 Customizable display modes\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-customizable-display-modes\/\">customizable<\/a>. It can be performed according to the data of the project (resource, employee, customer, order, priority, etc.). Moreover, all these data can be\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Project Planning \u2013 Configurable for your business\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-configurable-for-your-business\/\">configured for your business<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Blue arrows<\/strong> enable you to view the\u00a0<a title=\"Project Planning \u2013 Links between jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-links-between-jobs\/\">links between the jobs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Completed jobs<\/strong> are automatically grayed in order to catch less attention. A blue, horizontal bar just above the job shows its\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Project Planning \u2013 Progress status of jobs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-progress-status-of-jobs\/\">progress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Visual flags<\/strong>: fully <a title=\"Service Planning \u2013 Visual flags\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/service-planning\/service-planning-features\/service-planning-visual-flags\/\">configurable<\/a>, colored rectangles, located just above or inside a job. They draw your attention on important information concerning the project.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>padlock<\/strong> shows you that a job is locked, thus it cannot be moved.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Alerts<\/strong> on jobs make it possible to notify probable or actual\u00a0<a title=\"Project Planning \u2013 Time impositions and alerts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directplanning.com\/en\/project-planning\/project-planning-features\/project-planning-time-impositions-and-alerts\/\">delay in the\u00a0project<\/a>.\u00a0An alert can also reveal that a required item for the achievement of the project won\u2019t be available in time.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jobs that have not been scheduled yet can be recorded on a <strong>line \u201cto be scheduled\u201d<\/strong> per resource.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>A modern, intuitive interface<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interface of <strong>Direct Planning Project<\/strong> is particularly intuitive. It features <strong>ribbon<\/strong> menus that are very easy to use.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As for the planning, it can be achieved by drag and drop. It is simple to grasp. 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