• Critical Path Tool
  
• Task Review Tool
  
• Traceback Tool
  

OPDEC has developed a suite of Program Management Tools that work in conjunction with Microsoft Project and Kidasa's Milestones Professional. These tools perform critical analysis and reporting functions for the user and require a minimum of time and effort. The primary benefits delivered by these tools are found in the tremendous time savings realized for the user, the accuracy of the analysis performed by the automated processes executed by the tools and the briefing level quality of the report outputs generated by the tools.

Other advantages offered by the OPDEC PM tools are their low cost and the simplicity required to run them. PM reporting areas currently being performed by the OPDEC tools are as follows:

• Critical Path Reporting
  
• Slipped Activities, Look Ahead and Task at Risk Reporting
  
• Traceback Schedule Reporting
  
• Custom Tool Creation

CRITICAL PATH TOOL is an add-on to Microsoft Project that displays a graphic representation of up to 5 critical paths and their associated integration points.

TASK REVIEW TOOL is reporting tool that generates easy to read management reports depicting "Slipped" and/or "Look-ahead" activities, tasks that are at risk, and interfaces (hand-offs).

TRACEBACK TOOL allows a user to easily identify all of the activities leading up to one or more points in the schedule.