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Are there MS Project alternatives?

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by sdsmoot

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I am looking for good budget/financial/schedule software without using Microsoft. Any suggestions on something cheaper and hopefully better than MS Project?... Any recommendations are appreciated.

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by edalexander_jr

Dear SjPatt@cstone.net,
Yes, there are alternatives to MS Project. However, MS Project is the most common tool as you have already discovered.

The tools I have found to be the most economical are web based. Some have free versions to download while others may cost you a pretty penny. The best approach would be to identify what your needs are and then do a search for PM tools that meet your needs. You may find the perfect match and it may be shareware!

TIP: Due to MS Project's popularity, try to find a web based program that allows import and export of MS Project files.

www.eproject.com
www.project.net
www.iteamwork.com

I hope this helps,
Ed Alexander
Senior Project Manager
Intellicorp

by chris

impressive open source ware, you involved with it?? or been using it for long???

by cmn - phillips

You can learn more about Project Insight at http://www.projectinsight.net/

It is a web based project management system and very reasonable in costs. Web based, it is easy for a diverse team to share project information.

I don't work for Metafuse or Project Insight, but I have followed the product for a couple of years.

by surfandswim

We've been using Project Insight for about a year now and have had a great experience. (http://www.projectinsight.net)

Project Insight is a web-based system that allows you to import and export from MS Project as well as build your project plans without MS Project. It also has integrated document management, time and billing, email notifications and more.

After our team members got used to it, it really helped our PM's keep track of costs and timelines because each of the team members could update their tasks online and enter their time. When we used just MS Project, the PM's had to manually enter the completed tasks and keep track time and expenses in a separate application.

by o/siris

This is almost exactly what I was going to ask about. But I have one additional desire, if it's possible: the ability to install a "client" and to work on it using a PDA.

Any of these options, or another, that can cover this?

by holtzman.j

Natara has two products of interest. One syncs with MS Project, but is less functional; the other doesn't sync (yet, but I believe it's in the works), but has more functionality. See http://www.natara.com. Pretty well known and respected in the Palm OS community.

by secure_lockdown9

it's actually not bad. it looks almost like an exact port of MS Project onto Linux. Free also. Probably lacking some of the advanced features of MS Project - but has all the basics. charts. resource track .gnatt. e.t.c..

by msteffen9

A powerful tool that provides all the benefits of MS Project plus a whole lot more at a fraction of the prices is called Intellect. It is made by a company called Interneer. You can try a demo if you go to interneer.com... it requires registration but then you get instant access to the demo.

by euan mee

It's the direct descendent of Project
Manager Workbench (PMW)

(sold by ABT in the USA, Hoskyns in the
rest of the world.

In the UK, it was the project planning tool
of choice in large enterprises, commanding
a per-licence fee of UK?1100 (~US$2200)
back in 1988)

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