eTrack is the result of analysing and resolving the limitations of many different commercial tracking tools. However, it is not just the best parts of each, but a jump in conceptual design that provides almost unlimited scalability with the simplest of business models, user interfaces and database models.

• Traditionally, a company would use separate tools to help track projects, tasks and
  issues etc. Tools such as MS Project, Spreadsheets and the proverbial home grown
  Timesheeting and Issue Tracking programs.

• A new generation of tools combined the functionality of these separate tools,
  allowing “seamless integration”. However, they quickly became complicated with
  separate modules, menus, user interfaces and database tables for each area,
  resulting in performance and maintenance problems.

• eTrack goes back to basics and is built on a model that is beautiful in its simplicity.
  It has one set of user interfaces and operations to realise all the combined
  applications and its underlying business model and database are completely generic.
  For these reasons, it is scalable to track anything with minimal coding, other than the
  definition of new data.

To achieve the jump in usability and flexibility eTrack combines innovative concepts and philosophies.   Here are some of the innovations used in eTrack.

Combined Spreadsheet and Gantt Chart
Many project managers revert to a spreadsheet to manage schedules and resources to get the accuracy of daily resource tracking required.    However in doing so they lose the ability to move the plan and preserve dependancies.   eTrack combines the power of a Spreadsheet with the usability of a Gantt Chart.   You can edit time for a person/work/date like a spreadsheet but when moved, all dependent tasks are also moved as you'd expect from a Gantt Chart.

One intuitive User Interface
eTrack has hardly any icons or main menus.   All you need to remember is to right click the mouse to display a relevant menu of the operations you can do.  The same techniques and user interface is used for all operations thus minimising user training.  

No fixed tree hierarchy
Unlike traditional user interfaces that depend on a fixed hierarchy such as a directory structure, eTrack allows you to navigate to information in multiple directions.  

Automatic Save (PDA approach)
eTrack has an User Interface approach like a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) where saving is automatic. Just change data on the fly and eTrack will always save it for you (and with multi level undo). 

Build your own Object and Relationship Model
Every company is different, even those following the same methodology. eTrack is built on a model that allows both objects and types of relationships between those objects to be configured in the database, rather than being fixed in the code. The user’s terminology can be changed, new objects to be tracked created, and new types of relationship created.

This simple model enables the type of an object to be changed very easily. Thus, as a problem escalates in complexity it may be changed from an Action to an Issue to a Project!

Roll up Work to all levels
All work, whether a Portfolio, Program, a Project, a Task or Deliverable, an Issue, Risk or Action etc. is stored as instances of the same object. Unlimited levels of hierarchy are thus possible and work budgets and schedules can be rolled up to all levels and viewed directly within the tool. For example, a rolled up view of all Tasks related to an Issue, or all Project work, or all Projects within a department. This overcomes some of the key limitations of popular software tracking tools.

Plan at a high level, track at a low level
It is frustrating for project managers to have to plan at the lowest level that tasks are defined where all parent tasks are forced to be summary tasks. eTrack allows planning of effort to occur at any level in a work breakdown structure, while tracking work at the lowest level (or any other level).

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