This way I can use colours to differentiate between aspects of the business or planning processes, which makes it easy to see where I’m up to.Īnother option now available is project planning software such as Asana, Trello, Monday, or Microsoft Planner. I use Excel to map my Communications Plans, map out my subjects for my university degree, and workshop delivery plans. If you’re familiar with this software and don’t want to try anything new, I would suggest having a play with one or both of these to see if they suit your needs.
Both these options enable me to see a full picture of tasks and potential timelines in a big picture. In the past, I’ve worked with Microsoft Office Outlook using the task list to manage ongoing events and to populate my Microsoft Outlook Calendar, and Excel to map tasks against a timeline, using the columns and rows to make a grid. When it comes to planning steps and timelines for a specific project, I like to work with software. I can plan on a monthly, weekly, or daily basis all the things I have and where I need to be! So for me, a diary of action items where I’ve allocated time works a treat. I also like to see the schedule laid out in front of me so I can plan around potentially competing priorities. I like writing things out because I seem to remember things better. You can use post-its, index cards, or pieces of paper to do the initial planning and then transfer your final list to a notebook and schedule project time into your diary. Thankfully there are paper-based and some simple software options (with handy apps) available that you can use instead.Īt a really simple level, a notebook or diary can help you track your project. These tools don’t have to be complicated software. There are a number of tools you can use to plan your project and keep track of where you’re up to, and cross off tasks as you get them done. I like creating lists, scheduling it, and then crossing it off my list – done! PlanBee project management planning tool has not been rated by our users yet.When I’m planning a project, I like to see it all laid out in front of me. PlanBee project management planning tool runs on the following operating systems: Windows. It was initially added to our database on. The latest version of PlanBee project management planning tool is 2.0, released on. PlanBee project management planning tool is a Shareware software in the category Business developed by Guy Software.
Pro version ($69.98 USD) adds features for use with larger plans and in a corporate environment, including resource levelling, costing, administrative detail and enhanced export facilities including the generation of HTML (web page) reports. On a network other users may have read-only access while one user has a file open for exclusive update. Activities may be grouped into up to three levels, with resource cost summaries available at each level. Each project may have its own resources list, or master resource lists may be maintained for use across projects. Reports, PERT charts and Gantt charts may be either printed, or copied to the clipboard for pasting into other programs. Activity durations and lags may be specified as either "working days" or "calendar days" - both types may be used in the same plan.~Scale of PERT and Gantt charts are adjustable both on-screen and for printing (to make best use of pages). Pop up "working day" calendar with 200 year range. Individual activities may have their dates "fixed". Links may have minimum time lags specified.
Links may be Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start or Finish-to-Finish to handle overlapping activities. No limit on links per activity (within total of 1,000 links). Activities and links may be set up and edited in either spreadsheet or PERT views or both at once, since all views are kept synchronized.
Independent re-sizeable and hideable windows show PERT views and Gantt (bar chart) views of the project in addition to the "spreadsheet" view. Data may be manually entered or imported from a file or the clipboard. Shows all project data in a "spreadsheet" pattern for ease of understanding. Calculates and summarizes resource costs. Calculates Early Start, Late Start, Early Finish, Late Finish, Float (Slack) and identifies Critical Path activities. Critical Path project management planning tool, an inexpensive alternative to Microsoft Project.