Question 1

What do we need to get started?

Accepted Answer

Your budget and WBS. Most teams start from an Excel estimate. Ontrek PM imports it, and our team sets up the first project with you.

Question 2

Do we have to change how we schedule?

Accepted Answer

No. Keep your scheduling tool. Ontrek PM aligns cost with the schedule milestones from Primavera or the planning tool you already use.

Question 3

Does it track hours or dollars?

Accepted Answer

Both. Every view switches between cost and hours, so the field and finance read the same project.

Question 4

Who enters progress?

Accepted Answer

The people who see the work. Progress is recorded as installed quantity, period by period, and rules of credit keep incomplete or unverified work from counting as earned, so contractors get paid on numbers nobody has to dispute.

Question 5

Is this a way to monitor our contractors?

Accepted Answer

No. It is there to help them succeed. Contractors see the feedback on their own numbers before anybody else does, so they can correct course the same week.

Question 6

Will it work with our ERP and scheduling tools?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Whatever you chose was the right decision at the time, and Ontrek PM is built to make it work better, not to replace it. Send us exports from SAP or your ERP, Primavera P6, project controls tools like EcoSys or Deltek Cobra, or any PM tool, and they come in through structured imports mapped to your system’s format. Excel upload and download works on every major screen.

Question 7

Is there anything to install?

Accepted Answer

No. Ontrek PM runs in the browser. Owners, the office and the field all use the same login.

Question 8

How is it priced?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the program. Tell us about your project and we will walk you through it on a WBS like yours.