Projectplanning with Vena

For project planning within Vena, the starting point is not to replace Excel, but to enhance it. The core of the solution is to preserve the complex, custom job costing and estimating models that already exist in Excel. Vena integrates these models into a controlled platform.

This is done by linking the spreadsheets to a central, validated database. This ensures data integrity. Workflows and audit trails are then added. A project controller can thus make a budget change in a familiar Excel interface, after which the change automatically follows a predefined approval process. Every step is traceable.

Specifically for project organizations, Vena offers pre-configured templates for Work-in-Progress (WIP) reports, for example. These templates are directly linked to source data from the ERP and planning data, allowing margin fade to be proactively monitored during the project life cycle. Vena's distinctiveness lies in its speed of implementation and minimal learning curve, resulting in rapid adoption and an immediate improvement in project schedule reliability.