Hans RobbersSenior Director| SalesforceVlissingen, Netherlands
Andrew
I worked a lot with OPen Workbench which is the old PMW version from Hoskyns and now available as Open Source tool. It is easy to integrate with Clarity to share plannin and integrate with other open source tools.
It has strong reporting features and prefer it over MSP
hopes this helps
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Andrew MakarProgram Manager| AMAKAR LLCOakland Township, Mi, United States
Thanks for the response.
I've played with OpenWork Bench but never used it to deliver a project. I didn't like the lack of right mouse clicks and the entire process seemed clunky. I do have a preference for Microsoft Project although a number of smaller organizations are seeking no-cost solutions for simple project management scheduling.
I've had success with GanttProject if I wanted to build a simple Gantt Chart without incurring a license fee.
I have found that very often with free software for business use, you get what you pay for.
This isn't free http://www.bandwood.com/gbs.htm but it is a very cheap Excel based Gantt tool that we use for simple project schedules. Saving Changes...
I used Open Workbench in one of my projects as the sole tool for resource planning and task scheduling. I prefer it over MS Project whenever I need to do resource leveling and scheduling of parallel Tasks where more than one resource is concerned.
MS Project (at least up to 2003) is simply not able to plan for such tasks. Splitting resources by percentage is ridiculous if tasks are overlapping.
It needs some time to get used to the different approach to subtasks and the different user interface, but the planning made the difference for me.
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Steve WilhiteSenior ConsultantLakewood, Ca, United States
I've used Serena's OpenProj as an MS Project alternative, and been fairly happy with it. It lacks the collaboration features in MS Project, but creating Gantt charts is an almost identical process. Also, you can save your project in an XML format that appears to be fully compatible with Project. Saving Changes...
You must be working on a large project then since you're using MS Project. I believe MS Project is good but it's an overkill for small projects.
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Freshbooks, Deskaway, Central Desktop and 5PM are just a few of the many software packages in the list. Saving Changes...
We have used OpenProj before but we were not satisfied with it. We used another project management software package called Latitude and we've had success with it. It has CRM features, project and document management, time tracking and billing and can generate reports of data. Saving Changes...
Sam MotesManager II Business Sys, Operational Excellence| BA Systems Inc.Ellenton, Fl, United States
I have used OpenProj (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/) to great success for some personal projects and have used it for some smaller projects at work. Honestly it contains the bulk of the common processes most users use in MS Project and once you get to the different key strokes it is very efficient. Saving Changes...
