Critical Path Project Management and Planbee Project Management Planning Tool Software for Windows

Project Planner - PE
$79.95 - Accord Software and Systems Pvt. Ltd

SmartWorks Project Planner is a software to plan, manage and track a project. It provides the flexibility to split a project into well-defined tasks in a spreadsheet like interface. This software allows a project manager to define calendar, create dependencies between tasks, mark milestones, assign resources, set priorities, maintain risk database, manage cost, view Gantt charts and more.Allows you to import Plans created in MS-Project as well.

Project Planner has following features:
Earned Value Management
Resource Dependent Calendar
Drag and drop attachments
Create projects quickly and easily using Project creation Wizard
Plan a project by splitting a project into well defined tasks in a spreadsheet interface
Summary view to show the project health based on number of tasks and project duration
Add multiple resources and assign a task owner to a task
Change the task status in terms of percentage completion to mark progress
Printable Gantt chart equivalent to the plan
Critical path in Gantt Chart for in-depth project analysis and dynamic calculation of critical path and task slack
Calendar to set the working days in project, also ability to set number of working hours in a day
Tasks filters for easy viewing of tasks
Network Diagram to see the project flow
Automatically generated reminder for lagging tasks
Estimation view to project completion based on the current status
Customizable warning mail configuration, for lagged tasks and tasks which are about to slip
Inbuilt risk management with mitigation and contingency and Global risk database
Percentage allocation of resources for better resource allocation

Free 30-day trial is available at,

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Intellisys Project Desktop
$159 - Intellisys Inc.

Intellisys Project Desktop is an intuitive visual tool to manage business or home projects. It allows you to organize the tasks involved, assign budgets, estimate costs and create schedules. Visual overviews and customizable reports give a precise view of project status. Print out HTML/PDF reports, task-lists and Gantt charts. Intellisys Project Desktop has all the key functionality of MS Project, without the complexity and feature-clutter.

Intellisys project management software lets you manage your projects from Mac, Linux, Unix or Windows. Access your projects from any location through a powerful interface. Enjoy transparent enterprise wide resource management and scheduling. Empower your managers and employees by providing clients full-featured direct access to project status. Simplify your project planning and tracking by distributing the workload. Communicate project status instantly and reduce time and costs.

Features of Intellisys Project Desktop include automatic scheduling, dependencies between projects, Gantt charting, customizable HTML/PDF reports, customizable working hours for individual resources, budgeting, costing and searchable help. Advanced features include: schedule locking, automatic resource assignment from a pool, cross-project resource management, multiple access levels/views, critical path analysis, resource utilization views, import/export with MS Project, notes, threaded messages and document attachment to projects.

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Project Planner Enterprise server trial
$0 - Accord Software & Systems Inc.

Project planner enterprise is a scalable client / server software which lets you manage all projects in your enterprise. All members in the enterprise can view/update/modify task status in their projects. Using the built-in metrics, Smartworks project planner lets you predict the slippage in terms of cost/schedule for all projects in the organization. The edition is scalable based on the size of your organization.

Several improvements have been done to Project Planner 4.7 based on customer feedback.

List of new features in Project Planner 4.8:

Earned Value Management
Resource Dependent Calendar
Drag and drop attachments
Create projects quickly and easily using Project creation Wizard
Plan a project by splitting a project into well defined tasks in a spreadsheet interface
Summary view to show the project health based on number of tasks and project duration
Add multiple resources and assign a task owner to a task
Change the task status in terms of percentage completion to mark progress
Printable Gantt chart equivalent to the plan
Critical path in Gantt Chart for in-depth project analysis and dynamic calculation of critical path and task slack
Calendar to set the working days in project, also ability to set number of working hours in a day
Tasks filters for easy viewing of tasks
Network Diagram to see the project flow
Automatically generated reminder for lagging tasks
Estimation view to project completion based on the current status
Customizable warning mail configuration, for lagged tasks and tasks which are about to slip
Inbuilt risk management with mitigation and contingency and Global risk database

A 30-day risk free trial version of the software can be downloaded from

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Project Planner Enterprise server
$0 - Accord Software & Systems Inc.

Project planner enterprise is a scalable client / server software which lets you manage all projects in your enterprise. All members in the enterprise can view/update/modify task status in their projects. Using the built-in metrics, Smartworks project planner lets you predict the slippage in terms of cost/schedule for all projects in the organization. The edition is scalable based on the size of your organization.

The price starts from US$399 for a 5 seat license (Home office). The other editions include small office (10 seats), Mini (20 seats), Professional (50 seats) and Enterprise (unlimited seats for a single geographical site)

Several improvements have been done to Project Planner 4.8 based on customer feedback.

List of new features in Project Planner 4.8:

Earned Value Management
Resource Dependent Calendar
Drag and drop attachments
Create projects quickly and easily using Project creation Wizard
Plan a project by splitting a project into well defined tasks in a spreadsheet interface
Summary view to show the project health based on number of tasks and project duration
Add multiple resources and assign a task owner to a task
Change the task status in terms of percentage completion to mark progress
Printable Gantt chart equivalent to the plan
Critical path in Gantt Chart for in-depth project analysis and dynamic calculation of critical path and task slack
Calendar to set the working days in project, also ability to set number of working hours in a day
Tasks filters for easy viewing of tasks
Network Diagram to see the project flow
Automatically generated reminder for lagging tasks
Estimation view to project completion based on the current status
Customizable warning mail configuration, for lagged tasks and tasks which are about to slip
Inbuilt risk management with mitigation and contingency and Global risk database

A 30-day risk free trial version of the software can be downloaded from

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EASE Project Management System
$20 - Effective Automated Systems Engineering

Powerful but easy to learn and easy to use Project Management Software. Uses Critical Path Method (CPM). Tracks schedule, labor, and materials. Uses both Schedule and Cost Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Gantt charts include detail, WBS Summary and varying summary level within a chart. Optional Gantt features include start/end dates, task links, critical end, progress, activity selection and sorting. Color coding of summary versus detail activities. Variable display scaling in all ways. Labor use vs availability histogram, color coded by task. Resource data is used to produce Earned Value reports - Budgeted Cost for Work Scheduled (BCWS), Budgeted Cost for Work Performed (BCWP), and Actual Cost for Work Performed (ACWP). Network diagrams and other schedule and resource reports - all extensively customizable. Task group cloning both from within a project and from other projects. Export and import of data from Excel compatible files. Variety of intuitive data entry dialogs are integrated with the on screen displays. Also includes graphical data editing on a Gantt chart. This software is very intuitive and easy to use. Extensive help file includes a "Getting Started tutorial. This software benefits from the author's 20 years of experience in Air Force project management and his development of a previous project management system, database applications, and the Graham Business Process Improvement system (see worksimp.com). Free 30 day trial version (200 task). 200 activities on Basic ($20) and 2000 on Pro ($100) version. Larger task limits are available. Also network versions tracking number of simultaneous users available.

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AccuPlan
$39 - i-ssis Inc.

AccuPlan enables users to design a detailed, step-by-step plan of a project where tasks, labor and material resources are tightly coupled with time and budgets. Projects can be visually presented in Gantt view, Calendar view, WBS View or as a spreadsheet; users instantly see the overall health of the project and have a greater control over its shape. Users can quickly identify allocation conflicts, under- and over-utilized resources and reorganize problem areas early on to ensure delay-free workflow to complete projects within budget.

Many Features Bundled in AccuPlan are only available as expensive add-ons or found only in high-end very expensive Project planning systems.

AccuPlan is simple to use, yet powerful and feature rich software. It will let you carve the path to a successful project implementation and management. It will let you optimize your time and resources effectively.

AccuPlan helps you effortlessly manage tasks, resources, budgets and timelines. Using visual Que's, graphs and reports, you will get a clear picture of the health of your projects. So that potential problems can be identified and remedied, early in the game. Accuplan shows project earned value and budget graphs, late start dates, critical path, and WBS charts.

Whats New:
-MS OutLook integration: Now you can add tasks to your calendar for reminders and calendar sharing and also e-mail task details and comments to other stakeholders.
-Documents: Ms Project only allows one document per task. AccuPlan allows unlimited documents attached to a task.
-Globalresource view: View Resource schedule across multiple projects to avoid Resource allocation conflicts without.
-WBS View: Now you can create Project schedule in a hierarchical block diagram.
-Recurring tasks: To set up a schedule for weekly/bi weekly/monthly or any other user defined frequency. It is very useful when setting up meetings.

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