Function Point Reviews & Product Details

We were searching for a solution that provided full integration from proposal creation through execution through time-tracking and billing -- this was our choice as of 2011 and we've continued to grow and develop along with the platform. They've come a long way,so have we. Best features are:

● Robust Services feature - pro, does a lot of what we require

● Schedule Templates - provide standardized building blocks for scoping & estimating

● Time Tracking - several options for time tracking to address individual user preferences

● Forecasting - good visibility to future demand by hours/service group/revenue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Inherent with any software are the "nuances" that make you question the rationale for why things are set-up the way they are. The primary ones for our team are:

● Robust Service Features - high administration requirement - the learning curve is real

● Too many clicks for some functions - general U/X could continue to improve Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A complete project and business management system that gives my small company the tools needed to estimate, schedule, track and manage projects, employees, freelancers, and vendors. At a single glance, I can determine the status for every job, what each person is working on, costs verses estimates. Most importantly, I am able to easily determine when a project will be out of scope and address this with the client BEFORE hand, rather than after the fact.

It also provides a historical reference for estimating and scheduling new projects, or information about a client job we did 5 years ago.

With Function Point, we can handle more projects that other sized firms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I cannot think of any key dislike. More differentiation of items on the calendar would be helpful, that is a minor thing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Being able to customize my dashboard. It allows be to organize myself as I see fit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes it's a little glitchy, causing issues between our team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Function Point has dozens of useful features, but I would say I like the ability to quickly add time to any of my tasks in the Weekly Timesheet overview. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The user interface is a more bland version of an Excel spreadsheet. FP looks colorful on the outside, but it's black and gray on the inside with thin lines, small text, and lots of sharp corners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that I can customize my dashboard to exactly what I want it to be. If I want to focus on my tasks, I can. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

All of the messages and alerts, feel like they are unneeded. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ease of job search, weekly view and time entry in that view Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The transfer from tasks to weekly view is wonky / Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Forces you to create an estimate before the job

- Multiple ways to search for information

- Information auto populates

- Timesheets are easy to use, and there are different ways to track time

- Dashboard options and ability to create multiple views Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

- Resourcing/task management is not editable in the "Work Planning View". It would be very helpful to edit everything in one view

- The Work Calendar allows you to input time off, but no easy way to track available vacation/sick days per staff member

- Schedules do not allow for edits to be made and cascade throughout the rest of the schedule, would be helpful if this worked both forwards and backwards

- There are too many roles/rates that can edited on different levels. Ex. Selecting services when creating a new estimate vs. adding a service with the + button when in an estimate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The billable section that lets me know how much time I have spent that has generated money for my company Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unaware of all the ways the software is useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Function Point's Quickbooks Integration is one of the main reasons we chose to go with Function Point. It has been very helpful for our client services and accounting teams when exporting and sending invoices. Although it's not perfect, Function Point's integration with our accounting software makes our invoice delivery system much easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We are not aware of other integrations that Function Point offers for other software systems that we use, such as Slack, Google Calendar, Grow, Fathom, DocuSign/Adobe Sign, etc. Also, the reporting feature is under-utilized by our users because some reports require a program that can read XML files. Upgrading and adding new features would make FP even better, and because we've seen the software evolve, we wouldn't be surprised if new features are already in the works. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the ease of use of FP and the clean UI. I love the way you can sort information by multiple columns at the same time which brings Excel-like functionality into the tool. I like the resource calendar so you can see availability at a glance. Overall, it brings several of our key needs into one, centralized place which is great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think the reporting in FP could use a little more love. I would like to see a bit more fluidity and flexibility in the reporting section of the tool. We have to export information and do reports in excel or pull data into SF for more comprehensive reporting which is time consuming.We would love an interactive project timeline that we can put notes on and share with clients without them having access to other parts of the project. We also do all of our billing out of FP and sync it with QB which is great. We would like to be able to close out a completed service as a phase of a project has been completed as that would make billing easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.