ClientEngage Project Platform (Project Management Tools)

ClientEngage Project Platform

The ClientEngage Project Platform is an online portal which gives you the tools to more closely interact with your clients when you are working together on
projects. It provides you with an online platform on which you can interact with your clients. Some of the benefits of ClientEngage are flawless project
management, discussions, effortless task assignments and tracking and a secure upload and attachment sharing facility.

By using the ClientEngage Project Platform, you will be able to build closer relationships with your clients, whilst ensuring that you have an easily
manageable platform on which to share notes, tasks and attachments that pertain to your project. In short: with the ClientEngage Project Platform you will
be able to create superior customer value and satisfaction.

Creating Superior Customer Value and Satisfaction

If you are working in the online services industry and are a web-designer,
screen-designer or programmer, then the ClientEngage Project Platform is the
ideal application for you. It will enable you to streamline your online
project management needs so that you and your clients are always up-to-date
as to how your projects are developing. Please check out the online
demonstration below.

Functionality Overview

Project Management

Quick and easy project creation
Add an unlimited number of phases to a project
Set start & dates for phases
Update the project’s progress at any time
Phases automatically determine their status based in progress, start- and end times
You can create multiple administrators

Discussions & Task Management

Effortlessly discuss with your clients online
Easily turn a comment into a task and track completion
Also clients can create tasks to be completed by you
Tasks can have varying levels of priority (low, normal, high)

Secure Attachment Sharing Facility

Attach an unlimited number of files to any comment
Easily share files with your client or vice versa
You can determine which kind of files your clients are not allowed to upload
The attachment functionality is secure – clients cannot access files that belong to projects which they are not associated with

Client & User Management

Create an unlimited number of clients and users
Several clients can join the same project – ideal for when you are working with more than one client on a project
Clients can have an unlimited number of users – perfect for when your client needs access for several employees
Batch-processing and sending of personalised invitation emails

Activity Notifications

ClientEngage provides a fully-featured notification system
Logging of date and time of any types of activity
You know exactly what developments have taken place once you log in
Easily sort activities and find out what has happened
whilst you were away
Clients can follow new comments, files and progress updates

Easy to Use

The system was designed to be as straightforward as possible – you’ll be up and running in no time
Detailed handbook with installation & use instructions
Adaptable layout: you can easily change the system’s theme and logo to match your own corporate identity
Automated installation script – no extensive knowledge of PHP /MySQL necessary
Extensible: the system is developed with the CakePHP MVC framework and features a clean architecture. This means that, if you have
web-development experience, the system is easily extensible

Multilingual Interface

The ClientEngage Project Platform was built with internationalisation in mind: currently, you can select from British and American English as well as German.

Online Demonstration

Please check-out all of the system’s capabilities by logging in to the
online demonstration.
Please note that you cannot perform any saving operations in the
demonstration system. Furthermore, the system’s data is reset on every
request.

Online demo:
http://pp-demo.clientengage.com
Password: asdf

Test Users:
Admin 1: [email protected]
Admin 2: [email protected]
User 1: [email protected]
User 2: [email protected]
User 3: [email protected]
User 4: [email protected]
User 5: [email protected]

Documentation & Extensibility

The code is fully documented and written on top of a clean MVC architechture.
If you are a seasoned web-developer, you can easily extend the ClientEngage
Project Platform and integrate it into your own systems.

System Requirements

Apache 2 HTTP Server
Preferably with mod_rewrite enabled
PHP with a version of greater than PHP 5 .2.8
MySQL with a version of greater than MySQL 5 (i.e. with InnoDB support)
Preferably a subdomain/domain for use with the ClientEngage Project
Platform
Safe mode: off
Finally, the PHP PDO extensions have to be installed

Changelog

20/07/2012: 
   - Release of ClientEngage Project Platform v1.0.1
        - Minor translation fixes
        - Framework update
        - Documentation update
10/07/2012: 
   - Public release of ClientEngage Project Platform v1.0

ClientEngage Project Platform (Project Management Tools)