Resource Management by Smartsheet Reviews & Product Details

Resource profiles can be customized, and the ability to create managed resources that do not count toward overall license costs is a significant plus when you're working with contractors or trying to do pipeline planning. The overall implementation for our team went well, as it is a straightforward view of timecards and worklists. Our team worked in the system daily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Updating schedules or worklists is extremely tedious with the limited copy/paste functionality, and there is no ability to bulk update dates or push dates out based on dependencies. For projects that had lengthy worklists, one delay requires manual adjustment of all of the remaining tasks that are scheduled which became nearly impossible to manage. The customer support was generally responsive to an inquiry but largely unhelpful, and unable to assist with issues that arose. The system was a bit glitchy overall, too, sometimes creating duplicate scheduled tasks or not registering a task in someone's timecard, which could easily ruin someone's schedule. The schedule view was also hard to navigate as it is very clunky and slow to work with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The different ways to display like card view and grid view

How updates are show as the users enter data or complete tasks

Most views and layout is similar to other software I'm familiar with making it easy to use and setup

I am able to link different projects and view the information.

Enables me to set certain resource types and project settings to suit my requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have not yet disliked anything. Smartsheet is my top 1 Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I use Smart Sheet to track the time I spend on each project, making it easy to see where my hours are allocated. I update my projects daily and submit them for approval from my manager to help customize my schedule. Smart Sheet’s integration with Sheets lets me export and reorganize the data, allowing me to focus on specific projects as needed. It’s been a great tool for optimizing project management and time efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I've recently noticed an issue with the Smart Sheet interface—certain options aren’t visible when trying to select them. To access those options, I’ve had to reduce the browser size, which is something I discovered when trying to add a "report something else option". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use and connects all the relevant softwares into one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's not collaborative in real time like Canva or Google Doc/Sheets etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pros: Price, not the least expensive by overall value is there

Visually layed out for ease of entry and use

Similarity to other tools that may have been used.

Overall good choice

Implementing the tool is easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cons: The only con I can think of is that (unless) I am not able to figure out how to do it is that the ability to work with others simultaneously is not available. We often have to save then refresh to both see what we have updated. Seems like a easy ask but there mat be a reason for it. Just not sure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is very easy to use and very flexible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The help/support sections could be organized a bit better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I am able to track my time for various projects and various sub-tasks which overall impact the cost of projects and allow for possible better time allocation in the future. It's quite easy to use on a daily basis.

The projects are searchable and work with just partial names if you can't figure out exactly what it's called. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that I don't have a static timesheet and that the timer is not great to use.

Time after one week is locked off for users which can really impact those that work nights or non-standard shifts. This effectively means you need to clock your time before the end of a day that the administrator has chosen and there is no extra time for corrections/additions after the fact. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It helps me to track projects, personnel and timelines and hold my staff accountable for deliverables. The PM software is excellent and easily shared with both internal and external stakeholders. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like more tutorials on how to create interactive interfaces b/t multipage sheets. Also the ability to reuse for similar projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how each smartsheet can talk in the background to each other. You can create some pretty neat automations that make doing your job an ease! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dont dislike anything about Smartsheet! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Resource Utilisation Dashboards: Visualize resource allocation rates to identify over or under-utilisation.

Workload Dashboards: Track open requests, active projects, backlogs and completed work to monitor capacity.

Budget Dashboards: Compare budgeted versus actual resource hours and costs to monitor spending.

Skills Dashboards: Analyze resource skills profiles and identify gaps to guide development.

Time Tracking Dashboards: Show time logged on tasks and projects for accurate client billing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Data Errors

1.Manual entry allows inaccuracies

2.No validation checks

3.Hard to spot inconsistencies

4.Difficult data clean-up

5.Limited Excel Integration

No fluid data export/import with Excel

1.Cannot leverage Excel formulas

2.Formatting/conditional formatting lacking

3.Changes don't sync across platforms

4.Formulas must be rewritten

In summary, data validation limitations and incomplete Excel integration can lower data quality confidence and usability. This frustrates users already adept with spreadsheets. Tighter integration and error-checking could improve the experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.