Construction projects are more likely to succeed with online project management software. But not all construction projects are the same and not all firms in the construction industry are the same. Why should general contractor software be the same? They’re…
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Project-based businesses have many options for software products that claim to help them do their work more efficiently. Many of those are Microsoft products, such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Project Operations. They could have come up with a more efficient…
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In the world of planning, no shortage of software offerings allows you to plan and execute your project. Microsoft Planner in particular, which is included in the Microsoft 365 platform, is a major player in the project planning and task…
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Microsoft Project has its critics. The project management software is expensive, complicated and not collaborative. No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. For one thing, it’s (mostly) free. But these products also give Microsoft products a run…
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GanttProject is an open-source project management software that offers a free version of the popular Gantt chart tool for scheduling and managing projects. Visit the GanttProject website and you might be skeptical; it looks like a fake site set up…
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ProjectLibre is open-source project management software attractive to IT professionals due to its cost-effective solution. It’s an alternative to commercial project management software, but is it better? That depends. The only way to find out the value of ProjectLibre is…
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A Microsoft Project plan file, or an MPP file, is a file format that’s exclusive to Microsoft Project. This means users need to purchase Microsoft Project to open them. Otherwise, using and more importantly, sharing MS Project files, will cause…
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Project management professionals are looking for the best way to deliver their projects. That leads them to products like OpenProject. It’s a Microsoft Project alternative that’s free, less complicated and fosters collaboration. It’s especially popular in the IT community. Why?…
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Microsoft has multiple project management tools and deciding which is the right one can be hard. They’re all similar, expensive and complicated to use. Microsoft Project for the web bills itself as the more collaborative version of Microsoft’s project management…
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If you’ve worked with Microsoft Project before, then you are familiar with its powerful project planning capabilities but also its many, well… frustrations. For one thing, it’s hard to share MPP files, which are too large for email and only…
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Project management professionals know the good, bad and ugly of Microsoft Project Server. On the one hand, it has powerful project management capabilities, but on the other hand, Microsoft Server can be expensive, difficult to use and not collaborative. However,…
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Microsoft understands that project management is a critical function of many organizations. That’s why there are so many Microsoft project management software. But what is the right Microsoft project management tool for your organization? The question may make you feel…
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Projects are constantly changing. Whether you’re a developer, general contractor, manufacturer, professional services provider or IT director, keeping track of those changes is essential to managing project assets. Version control in project management is the process that manages and tracks…
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