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Adoddle is not a strictly defined Project Management application as we normally consider them, with task and resource management, schedules and so on, but a Cloud-based application that allows organisations to keep track of all of their projects in one central and highly secure repository - right down to the file level. In keeping with its name, it has been designed to be very easy to set up and use, giving users the ability to customise and set up folder structures, or to create project templates that reflect and suit the way they work.

It's project information that Adoddle's after - and the best way to find it! Adoddle comes with powerful, full content search engines to give easy access to information, right down to text within documents, and the ability to fine tune searches with unlimited custom attributes and tagging. Search facilities can reflect individual or group requirements, and users can even set up document naming rules to enhance the using the powerful rules engine, which can be configured project wide or to suit individual folders. That's backed up by a structure for recording and tracking file revisions, so that updates are kept track of, audit trails are maintained, and versions can be compared to show what has been changed. Adoddle even allows placeholders to be inserted into documents marking spots for future revisions, and to assign an action to them.

Think about that carefully. Adoddle is not actually opening up individual applications to extract the information, but instead it's browsing them to select what it wants. In fact Adoddle allows over 300 different file types to be viewed online, without downloading them and viewing them in their native software. It supports all major Office documents - PDF, image files, and CAD/CAM files including 3Dmodels. Documents can be reviewed and marked-up collaboratively in browsers and documents compared for differences.

Adoddle is set up to allow full document review and approvals, allowing teams to add comments and notifications. It also allows workflows to be set up to trigger events following document approvals, or for documents to be checked out and locked for individual updating.

It also goes beyond mere project management, providing the tools to view data associated with Task Tracking, Audit Trails and more, and can handle File Synchronisation between projects on and offline, and set up Workflow Automation. It provides tools for Custom Form Design and Contract Management, and to model contractual relationships, track contract changes and the way they can impact on costs and schedules. There is even the ability to set up a Project Risk Register, that, using standard risk control methodologies, is able to record risks, categorising and scoring them, and designating persons as Risk Controllers to manage and inform team members how such risks will be addressed.

KEEPING TRACK OF EVERYTHING
Keeping track of all of the areas that Adoddle covers requires an efficient means of assigning actions, and tracking deadlines and milestones across projects. This is assisted by a real-time dashboard recording overdue, upcoming and completed tasks, which also keeps project teams notified with a daily summary of progress on each of those tasks. Financial controls are similarly in place to track budgets, payments and cost changes across project portfolios. It also tracks commitments, profit or loss and cash positions, as well as indicating future costs, going beyond the usual receipt and approval of invoices from suppliers and contractors.

SUPPLIER DIRECTORY
Approved suppliers are recorded in a private supplier directory, available to all contract managers, classified by trade categories, location and accreditation. These can be pre-qualified, using customised pre-qualification forms to match business requirements, and once employed their progress can be tracked, and scored. To select contractors, a BID Manager notifies potential contractors of work, and, complying with public sector bidding regulations, invites and processes bids from all sectors, using approved bid evaluation procedures.

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