RationalPlan

My Thoughts on RationalPlan

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? No doubt the best alternative there is to MS Projects. Very user friendly whether you want to manage small projects or head larger, more complicated expansions. I run a small business and RationalPlan is an excellent tool for tracking and estimating projects. What aspects are problematic or could work better? There is nothing to dislike about this platform. What specific problems in your company were solved by this product? ...

Best Alternative To MS Project

PROS & CONS What are the best aspects of this product? It is clear that RationalPlan is created using sound project management principles. Setting up is a breeze, as well as planning and managing projects. The software is easy to use and doesn't present any complications, especially if one becomes well versed in the platform. I also love how their email support is responsive, quick, and very friendly. What aspects are problematic or could work better? The way they describe Fixed ...

Simple but effective

What do you like best? I have been planning projects lasting months with several workstreams and dependencies between activities. It allows me to do this in a simple enough way to be effective What do you dislike? I haven't really found anything to dislike! Recommendations to others considering the product: Worth considering What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Both the creation of the plan, and the communication of it

BRILLIANT PROGRAME

What do you like best? Ease of use, clear gantt chart and useful for budgeting What do you dislike? Cant shorten the bars from the left side by drawing them Recommendations to others considering the product: I have tried nearly every program available for gantt charts and this one beats them all as far as im concerned What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? construction of 45 houses, ideal for programming time lines and resources

Managing projects on a Mac in a windows environment

What do you like best? Fully featured. Easy to learn. Does a full import of mpp files. What do you dislike? As far as I can tell, I cannot export to mpp files. I guess it is doable through a xml file, but this is implies an extra step I don´t want my colleagues to have to do. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We work in development of scientific equipment in an operational setting. The group includes scientists, many using ...

One word: Amazing

What do you like best? Transitioning from Windows to Linux became a challenge when it comes to Project Management software. I though nothing could beat MS Project and until finding RationalPlan, all the applications I tested were either buggy or seriously missing features. It was a huge relief finding RationalPlan as (almost) all of the features I expected were there, and even more. The product is solid, extremely intuitive, extremely helpful and don't think this as unimportant, it ...

compatible and better that MS Project

What do you like best? As a project manager we use GANTT charts to understand where we are. We run RationalPan our own server and it is fantastic value for money. What do you dislike? There is nothing really to say here, if you know and like Microsoft Project then this fits the bill and exceeds. Recommendations to others considering the product: Trial the software, import an existing Microsoft project plan and play. You wont go back! What problems are you solving with ...

Best Multi-Platform project manager

What do you like best? Working on a multidisciplinary group we always have people working in different OS. This is the best alternative for us. Is a complete project management tool. What do you dislike? better integration with MSProject is some times needed, but in general is a complete tool for me. Recommendations to others considering the product: Yes, specially if you need to share projects between different OS. What problems are you solving with the product? What ...

Incomparable Value

What do you like best? An easy-to-use project management tool with dependencies and a gantt chart for a tiny fraction of the MS project price, and it doesn't slow down my poor bloated laptop. It generates pdfs and it's file can be viewed by anyone with a free viewer What do you dislike? Filters on the different columns could be easier to use, and so could levelling resources; however, they are just a thing to learn and they work fine once you do so Recommendations to others ...

Best project scheduling alternative to Microsoft Project

What do you like best? This tool, unlike many others my organization investigated, is based on sound project management principles. the sidebar "Project Guide" walks the user through the basis process of setting up, planning, and controlling the project. We were especially impressed that the WBS view keeps the focus on the tasks, before moving on to identification of predecessors and dates. It also offers the functionality of assigning and leveling resources at the correct stage of the ...