Publisher's Description
From Projity:
OpenProj is a free, open-source project management solution. OpenProj is ideal for desktop project management and supports opening Microsoft or Primavera files. OpenProj shares its scheduling engine with Project-ON-Demand and has Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams (PERT Charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing, and more. Version beta 2.1 fixes printing and print preview features.
What's new in this version: Version beta 2.1 fixes printing and print preview features.
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All versions:
3.0 starsout of 26 votes
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Current version:
3.0 starsout of 26 votes
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"OK personal use but not much else"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
Pros
- Easy to download & install
- Similar to Microsoft Project interface
- The indent and outdent buttons workCons
- The output of the gantt chart for distribution to others is useless
- PDF output requires additional sign up
- Changing the working times is not possibleSummary
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. -
"Worst program ever tried, unreliable, dangerous"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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)"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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."
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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.
Think I remember also having problems printing
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...
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"A beginner's version of MS Project."
Version: OpenProj 1.4
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.
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"Good functionality, but bad functioning"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
Pros
Good functionality
Cons
Bad functioning
Summary
Good functionality, but bad functioning
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"Limited Printing"
Version: OpenProj 1.4
Pros
I installed the sw without any problems. Easy to add tasks, to indent/group, link, add and edit details. Great potential.
Cons
Couldn't control printing. It allows you to print a date range, but can't adjust scale so I could fit it onto say two sheets of paper. To control scaling, you have to subscribe to the commercial version ($180/yr per website).
Summary
Very usable for a single person -- without printing your gantt chart.
