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coolerbob
Aged Yak Warrior
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2010-02-25 : 07:39:20
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| Only used MS Project. What doesn't it do? |
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coolerbob
Aged Yak Warrior
841 Posts |
Posted - 2010-03-12 : 04:30:34
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| Dunno if you ever read Richard Whitehead's book. But what he suggests it should be able to do it does not appear to do. And if it does, it doesn't do it very well. And reports seem really poor too. |
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Kristen
Test
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Posted - 2010-03-12 : 05:28:28
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IMHO MS Project is not overly complex, it is easily understood by people who are not trained in methodologies like Prince  , and does a reasonable 80:20 job.If your needs are more sophisticated then ... you presumably need a more sophisticated solution. |
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sevenfold70
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-04-20 : 10:45:33
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| You don't actually have to choose and use the software just because it's popular and many people are using it. Most software are actually overkill for a project - which is rather expensive. You have to choose the software that satisfy your needs for the completion of projects. One that will meet your requirements given any scenario that may happen. Anyway, you can find another comparison table in this blog: http://www.timedoctor.com/blog/2011/02/02/43-project-management-software-alternatives |
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ajthepoolman
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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Posted - 2011-04-20 : 13:49:28
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| If you are an Agile shop, I recommend Target Process. Free for up to 6 users I believe.Hey, it compiles. |
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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)
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Posted - 2011-04-20 : 15:25:14
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| I have used MS Project and other tools and they all seemed to work OK for a single project.Like most tools, they work best in the hands of someone willing to do the work. So you can look at the plan and see that you are installing SQL on a system after the hardware is purchased, the OS is installed, and LUNs are allocated, and that the databases, logins, and users will be created after SQL Server is installed. Most plans that I see are just simple task lists, and don’t have the precedence for tasks correctly identified and often don’t identify who will be responsible for doing them.What none of the tools seem to handle well is scheduling resources across multiple independent, concurrent projects, so if developer A is on 3 projects they don't all have them working 8 hour per days on their project at the same time. They just assume that resources will be available for their project the moment they are needed. CODO ERGO SUM |
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Hunter321
Starting Member
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Posted - 2011-07-03 : 23:33:17
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| MS Project is good but it can be too much for a team. It's too expensive. Other features might not be of use since the team does not need it. A good alternative to MS Project is OpenProj - it works like MS Project but of course you need to hire developers to develop it since it's an open source application.I use a project management software package called Latitude to manage my team and projects. It's a paid application but It's worth it since I get what I pay for. Features are great and really helps me reduce project failure. |
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