OpenProj for Windows

User Reviews

• Using a pen and paper is more useful

  CrashDawg12/15/2012

  Pros

  Free and open source.

  Cons

  I cannot begin to list them... 1) The program is unstable and buggy, to say the least. 2) The interface is unusable. 3) Export options are severely limited. 4) Does not do what it is meant to do.

  Summary

  I tried to use this program to figure out where we were wasting the most time. The answer? Using this program. I would rather beat my head against a brick wall than use this program. The basic theory is good, but the implementation is terrible. Some errors are simply annoying: the first character that you type into each line is deleted, for instance. Some errors are flabbergasting: when I tell it a task is 2 hours long it may store any value from 2 hours to 2.125 days as the length. Most importantly, some errors make it useless: events do not like up in the correct fashion, so that the only way to get it to produce the correct chart is to manually enter all the start and stop times for each item. Don't waste your time.

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• OK personal use but not much else

  TheRedi2/11/2011

  Pros

  - Easy to download & install - Similar to Microsoft Project interface - The indent and outdent buttons work

  Cons

  - The output of the gantt chart for distribution to others is useless - PDF output requires additional sign up - Changing the working times is not possible

  Summary

  Essentially this is an advertising tool to try and get you to buy a subscription to another project management product "Projects On Demand". To took the free trial offer to try and print a PDF but it is the most convoluted bit of management software I have had the misfortune to use, it was very slow despite (my connection is fast) and the original OpenProj file did not have all the data imported. I gave up after two hours.... If you want to make a gantt chart for personal use it's OK but taking it any further than that you will be wasting your time.

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• Worst program ever tried, unreliable, dangerous

  luaph10/20/2010

  Pros

  easy to instal

  Cons

  Erratic behavior, inputing data in one place changes totally unrelated data in another place. Terrible experience

  Summary

  waste of time

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• Basics OK, print options inadequate

  ReviewsByDave8/4/2010

  Pros

  It has the core functions that you need to build a project plan.

  Cons

  The only person that gets to view the plan is the plan author: it's impossible to print the whole project or sub projects on a single page or in a format that is easy for others to read.

  Summary

  It's hard to hold people accountable when they can't see their bit of the project plan in an easy-to-read format. It's pretty but it's not very useful.

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• works as i'd hoped (more than i can say for others)

  phillihp6/18/2010

  Pros

  gantt charting allowed complexity and moving things around without any weirdness. other freewares i've tried were not as forgiving.

  Cons

  you have to upgrade before you can output reports to PDF, which is silly because it's a restriction that's so easily worked around...

  Summary

  free and useful for very important projects. i haven't used all of the features, but if they all work as well as the Gantt charts, i'd recommend this over any other project management tool.

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• Excellent. Does the job. Installed first time.

  Howzy642/11/2010

  Pros

  Simple interface. Easy to learn. Fine for basic to moderately complex projects.

  Cons

  Financial elements are weak. GUI is a bit bland.

  Summary

  Good tool. Does the job. For freeware this is highly recommended. Great alternative to MS Project if you don't really need all the bells and whistles. Who uses more than the core functionality of MSP anyway?

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• Good program from my college students to use

  majdavids1312/17/2009

  Pros

  Intuitive. Mimics MS Project well enough that my students can learn Gantt, PERT, and CPM

  Cons

  Some parts are for use with premium members

  Summary

  Like it ... easy to use. I will allow my students to use this ILO MS Project on their assignments.

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• Looking good but complicated

  Kuti11/16/2009

  Pros

  loads of features compared to other freeware in this field

  Cons

  Many options that make it confusing and would require some time to get used to

  Summary

  It is hard to find the balance between complexity and simplicity. In this case I feel that the UI is not capeable of making complex features simple to use. Some features not even that advanced you know are there, but you just don't know how to get there: I was trying to plan a 3 Week period within which a workload of 10 hours should be accomplished... didn't get it working propperly. Manualy changing one Property lead to unexpected automatic change of another Property...<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on Nov 16, 2009<p/>Think I remember also having problems printing

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• A beginner's version of MS Project.

  Cantabcop10/11/2009

  Pros

  Works well and it's free! The next best thing to the real MS Project.

  Cons

  User-friendliness can be improved. Can't expect too much from a freeware.

  Summary

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• Good functionality, but bad functioning

  nioski10/7/2009

  Pros

  Good functionality

  Cons

  Bad functioning

  Summary

  Good functionality, but bad functioning

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