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MS Project: 3 good Alternatives

  • Mar 23, 2024
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Alternatives to the Microsoft Office applications are very popular. Many programs are available free of charge and offer a similar range of functions. We will show you three good Freeware solutions that you can use instead of MS Project.

That is MS Project - and are the Alternatives

If you want to plan complex projects, for many years MS Project is the tool of choice. You can't use it to plan individual work processes in advance. The individual tasks can also be used with attachments provided. This is useful if you are working alone on the project. MS Project is a professional application whose license is expensive. Especially for small companies or private users of the investment can be very high, so the search for Alternative programs is obvious. The following software, we introduce briefly in the following:

  • Project Libre
  • Gantt Project
  • Rillsoft Project

This is why you should use a project management Software

At seemingly easy tasks such as the Planning of a move, careful planning is useful. With the right Software, you can proceed in a structured way and to avoid to forget important aspects, or to make other mistakes. The more complex a project is and the more people that are involved in it, the more important the planning is. The easiest way is on the PC. With the programs, you can distribute Work to the Parties concerned, to keep an eye on what tasks need to be fulfilled to be able to the next time you start, and available buffer times schedule.

For these reasons, a good project management is useful:

  • You do the project in a more structured and thus more efficient.
  • Keep track of tasks and project stakeholders.
  • You have to control cost.
  • You can always check the Status quo and with the schedule to match.

Project Libre began as an Open Proj

2007 was brought in with Open Proj is a free MS Project Alternative on the market. The development of the Open Proj was set already after a short period of time. The programmers have put a different Software on the Basis of out. It's called Project Libre and it is constantly being further developed. In projectlibre, you can create in the same way as in MS Project project operations as a tabular Plan, and as a GANT chart. The basic functions are easy to learn. The deeper you are in the planning get in and the more functions you want to use, the more costly it is to learn this. With projectlibre you can open MS Project files. It has integrated many of the features of MS Project, so the free Alternative is a good replacement for the Software from Microsoft.

Projectlibre - a free Alternative to MS Project
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GanttProject is a simplified Alternative

Another free Tool is the Gantt project. It is a Java application that can be easily and intuitively operated. The function scope is restricted compared to other project management programs, however. There are ways of time recording, and a memory function are missing for example. Thus, the program is more suitable for projects where only a few participants are involved. For the private use of the functions should be sufficient but all.

Simple Functions: Gantt Project
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Rillsoft Project comes MS Project very close to

Who is already using MS Project worked, it is fast to Rillsoft Project to get used to can. The Software has a user interface similar to that of MS Project. The Logo should be familiar to MS Office users. Also, when the function scope and the Support this program differs from the other MS Project Alternatives. This also has its price, however. Rillsoft Project is not a free Tool. You can purchase different licenses with different features. Only in the commercial area of the application of Rillsoft Project is useful.

A paid Alternative for professional users: Rillsoft Project
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You want to also use the other Microsoft Office program to work around, there are also free Alternatives. What the are, you will learn in the next post.

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