Critical
Path Project Management Planning Tool - Inexpensive alternative
to MS Project.
Shows all project data in a spreadsheet pattern for ease
of understanding. User may also work in PERT view.
Independent re-sizeable and hideable windows show PERT
views and Gantt psdk03 (bar chart) views of the project
in addition to the spreadsheet view. Pop up "working
day" calendar with 200 year range. Reports, PERT charts
and Gantt charts may be either printed or copied to the
clipboard.
Do you ever have a need to create a schedule or a project
management plan? Do you need to calculate and include timeline
information in a business plan? Do you need graphical, as
well as text, output in bar (Gantt) chart or PERT format
output? Do you want to avoid spending hundreds of dollars
for one of the "big name/big buck" project management
programs like Microsoft Project, full of features that 99%
of people will never use? Do you find most PERT chart software
hard to use?
For that 99%, PlanBee is a good alternative at a fraction
of the price. For the first 30 days nobody can beat the
price unless they pay you, because you get a 30 day free
trial.
PlanBee is easy to because it's intuitive. If you can use
a computer, you can set up a project in PlanBee. It's even
easier than most spreadsheet applications, yet with a similar
interface. All you have to do is enter the task names, task
durations and linkages in the grid and the project is created
for you - with the program assuming the most prevalent values
about task and linkage characteristics.
Of course, you can overrule these with your own parameters.
For example, the program starts off assuming that no work
proceeds on Saturdays and Sundays but that it does on every
other day. You can specify that some or all tasks must proceed
without a break once started (like a continuous pour for
concrete). You can define a different working day calendar
for any or all years from 1900 to 2100. You can define several
standard calendars for use with similar projects in different
jurisdictions. You can define several standard calendars
for use with similar projects in different jurisdictions.
Did you know that while Americans take off the Fourth of
July, Canadians take off the First of July and the French
take off the Fourteenth of July as national holidays? You
can create an American, a Canadian and a French holiday
calendar and any others you want to use.
For those who like to think visually, you can design your
project directly in the PERT view, adding tasks and linkages
with "point and click".