Most of the people in software industry use Gantt charts to manage the projects. Recently with help of my friend Nishanth I found this wonderful tool named GanttProject.
Sample screenshot of GanttProject
The most amazing things about this GanttProject are
- Available for major operating system Windows, Linux and OSX.
- Free – No need to pay any $$$
- Open source
- Task hierarchy and dependencies
- Gantt chart
- Resource load chart
- Generation of PERT chart
- PDF and HTML reports
- MS Project import/export
- WebDAV based groupwork
I wonder what their business model is if they’re not charging money.
If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:
http://www.Gtdagenda.com
You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version and iCal are available too.
Gantt charts of course are still important, but lately i think more and more managers understand the project success lies in team and knowledge, that is why we see project management tools that concentrates on collaboration and knowledge management. http://www.comindwork.com is one of those tools.
another good alternative for those who do no need a focus on gantt charts is SantexQ http://www.santexq.com. It’s a free tool like this one. Worth a gander I think.
It is a cute little tool, and does make it easy if you just want to do up a quick gantt chart.
Great tool. However I would still favour Collabtive over this
It includes complete set of features for web-based creation, editing, viewing, discussing, versioning, secured sharing and publishing of project plans.
If you need a tool to manage your software development projects,
I can reccommend
http://www.ganttzilla.com
It’s free!
I find the tool to be quiet impressive. But also have a look at PlanningForge available at http://www.planningforce.com. Its free and good too.
This very much useful for work planner , and suitable a lot for person whom work as Project Manager. Thank you for the great site.
Wonderful., Do u know I like this template or spreadsheet style a lot. It s look good and look professional.