Frequently Asked Questions
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Plan-It, the leader in CIP software, provides an easy way to plan for future infrastructure projects and equipment purchases. It will save you time in the budgeting process, produce an outstanding Capital Improvement Plan and help you make better decisions about how you are spending your resources in coming years. It collects information such as project description and justification, expenditure amounts and funding sources. There are over 140 automatic reports that summarize the data in many useful ways.
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Since 1999, when the first user was installed, the Plan-It community has grown significantly. There is a constantly growing number of cities and counties in the US now using Plan-It.
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Spreadsheets are difficult to manage year to year. Much time is spent adding/deleting columns, tying worksheets together and making sure formulas work.
Plan-It makes data entry simple – just fill in the blanks. It is easy to have people in many departments sharing the data entry responsibility
Graphics, such as pictures or maps, can easily be added to reports to make a better final document
Automatically-generated reports produce a superior final document for decision-maker reviewWith a substantially large and growing number of customers, you benefit from upgrade ideas submitted by other users and considered for new versionsLinks to key project documents can be made. -
Technical support is, for the most part, available at no cost. If you have a quick question, want to talk over the best way to structure your data or if you have technical issues, you can call for support at any time. If your issue requires programming support, there may be a charge to cover that cost. Nearly all questions are answered at no cost to users.
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Yes. Through the use of an Excel spreadsheet, Plan-It can import information from whatever financial system you use to create “Budget vs. Actual” reports.
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End-to-end security
Your Plan-It database runs in a private network. Data is also encrypted in transit and at rest.
Free daily backups
Your data is critical. That's why we ensure it's backed up automatically every day. Restore data to any point within the previous seven days.
DDoS Protection
Your cloud resources are defended from network-layer DDoS attacks with free always-on protection and automated mitigation to help ensure that Plan-It! run without disruption.
Automated failover
In the event of a failure, your database will automatically switch data handling to a standby node to minimize downtime.
User level security
Plan-It has optional user-level security where rights to key areas or functions can be granted on an individual or group basis. -
Yes. By entering projected 5-year or 10-year revenues for your funds, reports can be generated that show cash flows through your funds.
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Upon request, you can receive an email with example reports, detailed license information and user references (with links to city websites so you can take a look at what finished Plan-It CIPs look like).
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Yes, schedule a demo here.
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Once you subscribe to the software set up is quick and easy only 30 min to 1 hour for cities 5-50k | 1-2 hours for cities 50-150k. You send us all your data. Our team handles data cleaning and import, followed by a quick consultation call to apply best practices and finalize your setup. Once done we will send you an invite to log in and set up your kickoff call!
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Plan-it is designed to produce PDF and digital reports that support WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance. In cases where customers request customized reporting that may not meet these standards, we'll work with you to help educate and guide you toward creating a compliant report.
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