I am not a PM, however, we need to provide the "higher ups" with some PM type information. (Gantt charts, project projections etc.). I need your help. What Project Management software should we use/buy.
The software should create gantt charts, and schedule projects by resource. That way we can move resources around from project to project and it will automatically scale the timeline for project completion. We don't need to track hours, but I don't mind multiplying hours by 8 to get days. Users will not be entering their personal time, its all projection based. Differences over time (shown in gantt chart) would be great.
More information (if needed):
I have looked at several open source solutions, but they seem to be lacking in a couple of points. Our needs are mostly simple so MS Project/Primevera are out. Can you recommend a software that can do the following:
1. Nice looking Gantt charts. (Primarily what we need it for).
2. Resource scheduling including minor resource leveling and automatic scheduling.
My favorites so far and what is wrong with them:
All of the ones I have tried so far have allowed project decencies, (like Finish - Start) but not resource dependencies. I would like to see the project start time "wait" till a resource is free. All the software I have seen doesn't really seem to care if there is a resource available.
1. GanttProject - does not provide enough resource management.
2. KPlato (KDE for windows app) - I cannot for the life of me figure out how to schedule the work.... Guess thats why I am not a PM.
3. OpenProj - Gantt chart does not look as nice, overbooks resources.
The software should create gantt charts, and schedule projects by resource. That way we can move resources around from project to project and it will automatically scale the timeline for project completion. We don't need to track hours, but I don't mind multiplying hours by 8 to get days. Users will not be entering their personal time, its all projection based. Differences over time (shown in gantt chart) would be great.
More information (if needed):
I have looked at several open source solutions, but they seem to be lacking in a couple of points. Our needs are mostly simple so MS Project/Primevera are out. Can you recommend a software that can do the following:
1. Nice looking Gantt charts. (Primarily what we need it for).
2. Resource scheduling including minor resource leveling and automatic scheduling.
My favorites so far and what is wrong with them:
All of the ones I have tried so far have allowed project decencies, (like Finish - Start) but not resource dependencies. I would like to see the project start time "wait" till a resource is free. All the software I have seen doesn't really seem to care if there is a resource available.
1. GanttProject - does not provide enough resource management.
2. KPlato (KDE for windows app) - I cannot for the life of me figure out how to schedule the work.... Guess thats why I am not a PM.
3. OpenProj - Gantt chart does not look as nice, overbooks resources.