Project Planner and Downloads Software for Windows

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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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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Multi Project Planner
$148 - Adaptive Planning Tools

Multiple concurrent projects competing for shared resources is at the very focus of Multi-Project-Planner.
The project activities are booked on a schedule, common to all work teams.
I.e. the Gantt charts of the projects are superimposed upon this common schedule.
This way both resource allocation and the interrelationships between the activities are handled in one and the same view. A feature called 'Hot potatoes' lets the system keep track of all the loose ends and little things while you concentrate on the planning issues at large or on a single issue at a time. Employees can be automaticaly allocated to work teams based on competencies and avaliability. Template projects can be formulated and dropped on the schedule several times. Just in time planning is possible using template projects and the "Best Fit Monitor". Decision points can be attached to each project activity. They will raise a flag when due.
Look and feel of the familiar planning board.
Interoperability through integrated web server.

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MPP2PPR converter
$0 - Accord Software & Systems Inc.

Free tool to convert project plans created by MS-Project (MPP files) to Smartworks Project Planner (PPR) format. Users can now share the MPP files with others who do not have MS-Project, freely. Now your customers can view the progress of their project in terms of gantt charts , Network diagrams and other graphical charts even if they do not have MS-Project installed in their system. However the user cannot modify the project plan or print it.

Users can use the freeware tool Smartworks Project Planner reader which can be downloaded from to view the converted project plans. The current version of the project planner reader runs on Windows 95/98/ME/NT/XP/2000/2003.

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Smartworks-PE
$99.95 - Accord Software & Systems Inc.

Smartworks-PE is a cost effective business productivity tool which helps you to manage projects , track issues and measure the progress in each of your business activity. Smartworks-PE includes award winning project planner, meeting manager and Smart tracker plugins to help you manage your business. It includes the Project Planner, SmartTracker and Meeting Manager.

Project Planner software is an excellent project management tool that can enhance the productivity and help managers to execute projects successfully and easily. It helps managers in planning cycle, scheduling estimates, cost estimates, risk management, critical path and PERT analysis, resource management, gantt and network diagram analysis, timely status of the projects, EVM.

SmartTracker is an issue tracking tool used to track issues from the time they are filed till they are closed. The process includes submitting an issue, solving / adressing the issue and verifying it. Typical entities that can be tracked are project defects, purchase orders, assets, documents and so on.
Other features available are reminder mails, customisng fields, query generator, security features, spell checker.

Meeting Manager is a software used for scheduling and tracking meetings. Includes features of meeting minutes, pre and post action points, meeting reminders, attendance confirmation, meeting summary, meeting status. Effectiveness of a conducted meeting can also be measured.

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Smartworks-PE trial
$0 - Accord Software & Systems Inc.

Smartworks-PE is a cost effective business productivity tool which helps you to manage projects , track issues and measure the progress in each of your business activity. Smartworks-PE includes award winning project planner, meeting manager and Smart tracker plugins to help you manage your business. It includes the Project Planner, SmartTracker and Meeting Manager.
Project Planner software is an excellent project management tool that can enhance the productivity and help managers to execute projects successfully and easily. It helps managers in planning cycle, scheduling estimates, cost estimates, risk management, critical path and PERT analysis, resource management, gantt and network diagram analysis, timely status of the projects, EVM.

SmartTracker is an issue tracking tool used to track issues from the time they are filed till they are closed. The process includes submitting an issue, solving / adressing the issue and verifying it. Typical entities that can be tracked are project defects, purchase orders, assets, documents and so on.
Other features available are reminder mails, customisng fields, query generator, security features, spell checker.

Meeting Manager is a software used for scheduling and tracking meetings. Includes features of meeting minutes, pre and post action points, meeting reminders, attendance confirmation, meeting summary, meeting status. Effectiveness of a conducted meeting can also be measured.

The 30-day trial of SmartWorks PE is available at

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