TIMESHEET SOFTWARE

Abak Pro is a more powerful version of the timesheet software. Its extensive
invoicing and report generating capabilities are unparalleled while
enabling more “in-depth” budgeting capabilities to individual projects
than the Abak Small Business version. Thus, also enabling more powerful
management capabilities for organizations that have a larger number of
projects and employees.

Abak Professional timesheet software is the perfect solution to manage time, expenses, and
detailed specifics within a project, as well as invoicing with
precision and integrity and generating various reports in real time.

After timesheet software installation, the program opens into a highly
functional and attractive Windows environment that includes drop-down
menus for File, Management, Invoicing, Tools and Help across the top,
as well as a vertical icon toolbar field on the left. The timesheet software
toolbar provides tabs to move between the four primary tasking areas:
Enter, Management, Invoicing and Reports.

The newest version of Abak (Version 6.0) timesheet software was
released in May 2002, and includes a redesign with an MS Outlook look
and feel, as well as new features including a mail-merge process from
the Abak database to the invoice program. In the short term, AGTI is
not planning to use the new version for their consultants as it
requires that a small program be loaded on the workstation or the
server. When consultants are working at a client’s office and using
their computers, this would be a problem for AGTI.

Another challenge to AGTI not attributed to the timesheet software is
in expense reporting. The auditors of AGTI stressed the importance of
having each consultant sign a hard copy of their expense reports with
a copy of the receipts attached.

Abak 6.1 actually comes in three versions, a “Small Business” version,
a “Pro” version, and an “Enterprise” version. All are built on the same
core timesheet software framework, but include or eliminate various bells and whistles. We reviewed the “Pro” version of the software

We found the installation of Abak 6.1 to be greatly improved over the timesheet software version that we reviewed last year. Abak is still a client/server application, but the server is automatically installed as part of a single-user installation, rather than requiring the somewhat bothersome configuration that was required in the last iteration. The server launches automatically and seamlessly when you launch the application. AGI has also done some work on the user interface. The result is very positive, with attractive and easy-to-navigate screens.