Project Planner PE 4.9 provides a range of views, including Gantt, Network, and Resource, to help you manage and monitor your projects. You can easily track progress, estimate risks and expenses, and keep an eye on project objectives.
One of the remarkable features of this software is the Project Creation Wizard, which helps users to create projects quickly and easily. It enables users to plan a project by splitting it into well-defined tasks with a printable spreadsheet-like interface. Additionally, it has a summary view that indicates the project's health based on the number of tasks and the project duration.
Another noteworthy feature of Project Planner-PE 4.9 is its ability to add multiple resources and assign task owners to projects. Users can also monitor the progress of a project by changing the task status in terms of percentage completion. This feature is crucial in checking if the project is still on track or not.
Moreover, Project Planner-PE 4.9 has a printable Gantt chart that enables users to analyze progress with respect to time, resources, or status. It also has a critical path in the Gantt chart, which best suits users who need in-depth project analysis and dynamic calculation of critical path and task slack. The software also has a calendar to set the working days and the number of working hours in a day.
In addition, Project Planner-PE 4.9 has several filters for easy viewing of tasks, Network Diagram to see the project flow, and an automatically generated reminder for lagging tasks. The Estimation view helps project managers predict when their project will be completed based on the current status. Furthermore, customizable warning mail configuration is available for lagging tasks and tasks about to slip.
Project Planner-PE 4.9 also comes with inbuilt risk management with mitigation and contingency plans and risk-related graphs. Users can save, update, baseline, and retrieve a project plan easily. This software also enables users to share their projects in different formats such as MS Excel, XML, HTML, and Project Planner Reader formats. It can also read MS-Project MPP file format.
To help users analyze project performance in terms of time and schedule, Project Planner-PE 4.9 has cost graph and resource usage graphs, which are plotted dynamically. Lastly, this software has earned value management to show the project performance. It also has a global risk management feature by admin and a global/company calendar.
In conclusion, Project Planner-PE 4.9 software has various features that make it an exceptional project management tool. It is easy to use and offers different ways to view project progress, which can be helpful to project managers.
Version 4.9: Export projects to MPX, Gantt chart in quarterly resolution, Support for Network disgrams, PERT analysis, Project summary and other reports
Version 4.8: Support for Network disgrams, PERT analysis, Project summary and other reports
Version 4.7: Support for Network disgrams, PERT analysis, Project summary and other reports