                       Time Line for Windows 6.0
                        Review by Roger W. Klein

    "Project Management Gets Real" is the claim made by Symantec
regarding the new Time Line for Windows 6.0. In my opinion their claim
is well founded. Time Line provides a powerful, flexible model that
accurately mirrors the real world and the way groups work. It requires
less training than competing products, thanks to a unique Point and Plan
interface and customizable front and back ends. The open architecture of
Time Line connects with your business and accurately reflects today's
realities.
    Powerful Multiproject Planning is one of the features of Time Line
that combines sophisticated features with an environment that makes all
its power and information instantly accessible. Convenient graphic tools
make it easy to build and revise schedules and to assign and coordinate
resources, dependencies, and due dates across multiple projects.
Multiple views allow you to see many aspects of a complex model
simultaneously.
    With Time Line for Windows 6.0 you can build a real-world model that
allows for the variables and fine points of your business. This provides
you the ability to ramp  up to meet deadlines, or accounting for costs
that change over time. You can allocate resources more accurately and
efficiently, plan more realistic schedules, and create more accurate
budgets.
    The included Guide Line software lets you generate project schedules
just by answering a series of questions and the Guide Maker add-on lets
you create custom "guides" for any business situation. Time Line also
includes a powerful report engine with over 30 prebuilt, mail-enabled,
exportable reports with WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) preview.
And the Report Maker add-on lets you graphically create custom reports
that access Time Line and other databases.
    Time Line has been re-engineered to serve as the foundation for a
new generation of project management software based on a client/server
strategy. Its open architecture links seamlessly with your other
business software. Client applications created with an ODBC-compliant
tool or language, like Visual Basic, can access Time Line data directly.
Similarly, users can view or update data with familiar programs like
Excel or 1-2-3. You can incorporate more information, eliminate
redundant data entry, and inte te project planning.
    Time Line features a multitude of features that make planning your
projects quickly and accurately a breeze. Some of the Multi-Project
capabilities supported are the OverView window, the multiple project
outline structure, multiple project resource leveling, cross-project
links and project-specific or shared resources.
    Enterprise-wide Open Connectivity is also supported in Time Line for
Windows 6.0. Including: full ODBC/SQL support, OLE client/server links,
Microsoft Project read or write, network file locking protection and
read or write password capabilities.
    Building a sophisticated project model with Time Line for Windows
6.0 is aided by the effort-based scheduling, required and
interchangeable resources, macro capabilities, shift scheduling, custom
calculated columns, parameterized resource contouring, varying resource
availability and costs, individual resource calendars and scrollable
histograms and cost graphs.
    Time Line for Windows 6.0 makes comprehensive reporting a snap by
providing more than 30 built-in mail-enabled reports, including Status,
Assignment, Notes, and Cost and Effort.  The Autoscale printing makes
your output look as good as it actually is and you can even see what it
will look like before you print it with the WYSIWYG print preview. A
monthly calendar report can be printed as well as Gantt, PERT,
time-scaled PERT, and cross tab graphical reports.
    If you need to manage projects and do it in the most efficient way,
you need Time Line for Windows 6.0. Time Line not only helps you manage
your projects but provides you with the high quality output you need to
present your project to your management or work associates. Time Line is
the most feature packed project management tool available today.
Symantec is so sure that you will like Time Line for Windows 6.0 that
they even offer a full 6O-DAY MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE if you are
dissatisfied with the prod.

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