Likewise, it exports to Microsoft Project, iCal, HTML, OmniOutliner, OmniGraffle, pdf, and a few other image formats. It imports Microsoft Project files as well as a few other formats. OmniPlan offers a variety of options to share this data. For instance if I schedule someone to make lemonade on Monday but don’t schedule anyone to purchase lemons until Tuesday, OmniPlan will let me know ahead of time. The program also checks to make sure you don’t goof anything up. You can even associate an hourly cost to these resources to keep track of your costs. Using the built in calendar you can then apportion the availability of these resources or move areas of responsibility. In addition to managing the critical path and milestones, OmniPlan also tracks the costs and resources attached to a project staff member, material, equipment, and groups. Once you get your plan in place, you can then track your actual time and costs and compare them as you move through a project.
As you go through this process, OmniPlan builds an elegant Gantt chart graphically showing each task. You can also create these dependencies with your mouse by just dragging an arrow from one task to another.
There is a lot of customization with these dependencies allowing you to set prioritization or even relating them to material supplies. During this process you can also set up dependencies where one task does not begin until another task ends. You type in to the outline all of steps for a particular project along with the time required for each task and then set them out to the planned dates. The workflow for setting up a plan is really simple. This also allows you to begin working with it in just a few hours. This allows you to keep your project as simple, or complex, as your needs require. Like all of the Omni Group programs, the user interface is very well thought out with intelligent use of inspectors. It allows you to manage project elements, staff, and resources through the use Gantt charts. OmniPlan is a project management application for the rest of us. Having been pulled in by OmniOutliner and OmniGraffle, I became curious to see if OmniPlan, Omni’s project management software, could give me that planning edge I’ve been searching for. I must admit I am a big fan of the OmniGroup. Likewise I tried to use a custom template in Microsoft Excel but that also didn’t work for me.
#Omniplan gantt Pc#
I explored this in my old PC days with Microsoft Project but it felt to me something like trying to hammer a thumbtack with a sledgehammer. Having the ability to organize these projects in a way to allow for strategic thinking and keep me honest as the weeks and months tick by would be invaluable. As a litigation and transactional attorney at any one time I have about 30 different cases and I am responsible for along with delegating work to several staff members and paralegals.
#Omniplan gantt software#
I have been intrigued with the idea of using project management software in my law practice for several years now. I recorded the below review and you can listen to it on Surfbits #110.
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