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Re: [LUG] Well off topic, but any thoughts ? training on MS Project

 

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:28:40 +0100, Henry Bremridge <henry.bremridge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If MS Project is a pre-requisite then that is what has to be supplied.
Having said that: for small projects, I would have thought that a
spreadsheet could do 80% of the work for at least 80% less headache..

Not sure I agree with you there. MS project has resource balancing and can shunt tasks around based on prerequisites and deadlines. I wouldn't want to try that in a spreadsheet. Even if you just want to draw a gant chart, it's much quicker than using a spreadsheet. Although MS project is a product I don't wish to use, I do see value in what it can do.

If the headache is that you want columns that aren't there then I can understand that, though I have a vague recollection of custom fields.

A linux alternative is Planner ( http://www.simpleprojectmanagement.com/planner/home.html ) which I use on occasion. It's not compatible with or as featureful as MS project but serves my purposes well.

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