20 August 2008

McLaren Software has launched McLaren Work Manager designed to simplify business processes involved with management of engineering and other business critical documents.

McLaren Work Manager is a Microsoft .NET smart client using the Microsoft Fluent User user interface as implemented in Microsoft Office 2007. Ribbon bars change according to options available to a user at any given step in a process. The graphical look and feel accelerates user adoption and reduces the need for re-training. Super-tooltips provide on-screen help describing the purpose of an individual button. The quick access bar allows users to configure their own shortcuts allowing a degree of personalization.

Gray Knowlton, group product manager at Microsoft, commented: “McLaren Software is an active proponent of the Microsoft Office Business Application (OBA) strategy as demonstrated by the Enterprise Engineer for Projects integrations with both Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007. McLaren Work Manager is an excellent example of how to leverage Microsoft technology to simplify and ensure complex work processes are followed intuitively by end users”.

Paul Muir CEO of McLaren Software added: “The ability to provide evidence that business processes have been followed by geographically dispersed engineering teams during the creation to publication of documentation is an increasing regulatory and internal business issue. The challenge for organizations is how to ensure the integrity of documentation without requiring users to learn new applications or interfaces. McLaren Work Manager has been developed with valuable input from the McLaren Customer Advisory Board to meet that challenge”.