RationalPlan

Lightweight and fully featured alternative to Microsoft Project at a fraction of the costs

What do you like best? RationalPlan is a lightweight and fully featured alternative to Microsoft Project at a fraction of the costs. For our company it was important to get a system which fits into the existing IT budget and allows collaboration throughout the company. Therefore we choose to use RatioinalPlan server which fulfills all our current requirements. What do you dislike? A few years back we had some issues with the upload of projects to the server. However all these ...

Great project planner

What do you like best? Simple and straight forward project planner. The quality is in the ease of use and functionality. RationalPlan is a tool I use in every project. Helps to organize the stages of a project (I use the Multi version)/phases and all the activities. Nowadays I even use it to calculate costs and resources (hours) to plan the project portfolio. Support from RationalPlan is exceeding expectation. Prompt and correct response. The team solves issues swiftly. What do you ...

Good alternative to MS Project

What do you like best? Value! MS Project is a hugely expensive piece of software. I needed something better than a spreadsheet but couldn't justify Microsoft's juggernaut. What do you dislike? The learning curve. This is the same with whatever software I chose but the documentation was a little lacking (MS Project is well documented with books etc to supplement the manual). What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Ongoing planning and ...

Best choice I found for my small projects

What do you like best? I need a project planning/mgmt tool that is simple to use, fast to learn, and has the basics. Something that allows me to create project timelines, with lag times and other standard constraints and interdependencies. I do not have time to learn the more complex tools, and rationalplan has filled the void for me. What do you dislike? It looks like it's built in Java. Does not use the OS X interface elements, such as the Save dialog box. It works though and it ...

Gantt Charts

What do you like best? I like the simplicity of the program and ease of use while still having enough functions to create meaningful schedules. What do you dislike? At times I run across buggy issues while using the program that keeps lines highlighted. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? The ability to create clear Gantt charts with dependencies.