Management Tools by ruth sutton https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6 en-us 2017-06-21 07:18:53 UTC 2019-11-19 18:04:23 UTC hello@padlet.com Adam Crowson https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073361 Microsoft Project
Includes built in templates that use industry best practices to help get you started.
Project planning feature which includes features such as Gantt charts and also prepopulated pull down menus to simplify the planning process.
Allow multiple timelines to quickly view all project activities and upcoming milestones.
The cost for Project standard is £559.99 and for the Project Professional which include extra features such as online and server sync as well as collaborating with skype and this costs £949.99
Asana
Asana's work tracking and project management has many features:
Can check progress at a glance without needing to set up a meeting.
Chat function between people involved on the project and ideas in this chat can be turned into actionable tasks.
An inbox that will only give you the updates you need based on what you are involved with in the project.
Can easily assign tasks to people to make it clear so every knows exactly what the need to be doing and can see what stage everyone is at.
Can set tasks as dependencies and state which task its waiting on before it can be started and will be notified when it can be started.
Costs: Free version allows 15 members with unlimited tasks, projects and conversations but only a basic dashboard.
Premium:$9.99 per month per member with no team member limit, unlimited dashboards and advanced search and reporting.
Enterprise:
The cost will be decided when you contact the company and organised everything that you want and any additional features that you'd like to see integrated if possible
Zoho Projects
Plan projects with ease, milestones, task lists and task to organise the complex project into manageable units.
In depth insights with charts and reports, gantt cahrts to provide a visual representation on the progress of the tasks and also charts that allow you to see who is free and who is overloaded to manage peoples workload.
Collaboration tools allow all employees, clients and vendors to work together wherever they are.
Keep track of time, people working on it can use time sheets to log their time working there is also a feature for invoice generation from time sheets.
Track and fix issues and can track code changes made in github and bitbucket.
Cost:
Free, with only one project and only 10MB of storage
Express €25 per month with 20 projects and 10GB of storage.
Premium: €50 per month with 50 projects and 100 GB storage with pages and chat inclusive
Enterprise:€80 with unlimited projects and 100GB storage







Microsoft Project:
https://products.office.com/en-gb/project/compare-microsoft-project-management-software?tab=tabs-2
Asana:
https://asana.com/product
Zoho Projects:
https://www.zoho.eu/projects/features.html

]]> 2017-06-21 08:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073361 Lewis Franzen https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073529 Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is a project management software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.

PERT Chart
PERT is a method for analysing the tasks involved in completing a given project, especially the time needed to complete each task and identifying the minimum time required to complete the total project.

WBS
A Work Breakdown Structure is a hierarchical decomposition of the deliverables needed to complete a project. It breaks the deliverables down into manageable work packages that can be scheduled, costed and have people assigned to them.]]> 2017-06-21 08:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073529 Sam https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073552 Microsoft Office Project, also referred to as Microsoft Project, is a suite of tools for more efficient project and portfolio management. Project is used in a variety of industries including construction, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, government, retail, financial services and health care.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Microsoft-Project-Microsoft-Office-Project

WBS or a work breakdown structure is a hierarchical decomposition of the deliverables needed to complete a target. it breaks them down into manageable work packages that can be scheduled, costed and have people assigned to them.
http://2020projectmanagement.com/2013/10/the-work-breakdown-structure-wbs/

A Gantt Chart shows the activities of a project mapped against a certain timescale and helps plan projects, sequencing activities and setting them out in order.
https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_03.htm

]]> 2017-06-21 08:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073552 Chris Harding https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073553 Libreplan - A free open source piece of software which is designed to assist with managing projects. Its designed to control the planning, monitor and control the project. It works to share data, between projects removing the need to readd the data for separate projects. http://www.libreplan.org/info/what-is-libreplan-2/
Microsoft Office Project- 
The main modules of Microsoft Project include project work and project teams, schedules and finances. Microsoft Project is designed to help users set realistic goals for project teams and customers by creating schedules, distributing resources and managing budgets. 
The Project Guide helps users create projects, track tasks, and report results. The software helps contractors gain control over their resources and finances by simplifying the assignment of resources to tasks and budgets to projects.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Microsoft-Project-Microsoft-Office-Project
Doolphy-  Doolphy is an online project management software solution for planning, managing, and controlling projects. The app makes it easy for users to collaborate and communicate with their team.
Doolphy offers many useful features, a mobile web app, and a smart planning assistant named Smart Planner. The tool is used by thousands of customers around the world. Since it is a SaaS (Software as a Service) product, you only require an internet connection to access it anywhere.
key features- 
  • Activity notifications
  • Collaborative environment (activity notifications, comments)
  • Comments on tasks
  • English, Portuguese, and Spanish languages available
  • Excel export
  • File sharing
  • Financial and time reports, tasks, and user statistics
  • Gantt charts
https://reviews.financesonline.com/p/doolphy/
Gantt chart-
A Gantt chart, commonly used in project management, is one of the most popular and useful ways of showing activities (tasks or events) displayed against time. On the left of the chart is a list of the activities and along the top is a suitable time scale. Each activity is represented by a bar; the position and length of the bar reflects the start date, duration and end date of the activity. This allows you to see at a glance:
http://www.gantt.com/

]]> 2017-06-21 08:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073553 Charlie https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073580
Mavenlink
A powerful software and servers that help organisations conduct business online. Includes tick tracking, resource planning and project financials in one place.

Clarizen
A project management tool for enterprise. Secure and scalable platform. Clarizen brings together project management, configurable workflow automation and in context collaboration from an intuitive interface that everyone can use and track tasks.

Webdam
Creative project management tool that helps structure creative developments. Designed for creative and marketing teams. Supports adaptable processes to help align a team and helps increase productivity adding function for visible work flows. Also helps organise asset requests, creative briefs, reviews and approvals.

http://www.capterra.com/project-management-software/]]> 2017-06-21 08:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073580 Keaton Bayliss https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073618 Gantt Chart- A Gantt Chart shows the activities of a project mapped against a timescale and is used to plan a project, sequencing activities and setting them out in the order in which they must be completed 
Gantt Charts are best use as a tool, along with other project management tools.

Microsoft Project - Microsoft Project is a software application sold by Microsoft that provides project management tools to manage projects. The program, which has many different versions, allows users to:
  • Understand and control project schedules and finances.
  • Communicate and present project information.
  • Organize work and people to make sure that projects are completed on schedule.

Logic Network - 
A Logic Network indicates the sequence of activities in a project over time. It shows which activity logically precedes or follows another activity. It can be used to identify the milestones and critical path of a project. It will help you understand the dependencies in your project, timescale, and its workflow. Valuable information that you may otherwise overlook can be revealed using this technique.


References:
https://www.projectsmart.co.uk/project-management-tools.php

https://www.mpug.com/education/what-is-microsoft-project/





]]> 2017-06-21 08:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177073618 Thomas Mcswiggan https://padlet.com/GBSLtd/vkpnsjy42nd6/wish/177077740 Zoho Projects/Reports

Plan projects with ease, milestones, task lists and task to organise the complex project into manageable units.
In-depth insights with charts and reports, Gantt charts to provide a visual representation of the progress of the tasks and also charts that allow you to see who is free and who is overloaded to manage people's workload.
Collaboration tools allow all employees, clients and vendors to work together wherever they are.
Keep track of time, people working on it can use time sheets to log their time working there is also a feature for invoice generation from time sheets.

Cost:
Free, with only one project and only 10MB of storage
Express €25 per month with 20 projects and 10GB of storage.
Premium: €50 per month with 50 projects and 100 GB storage with pages and chat inclusive
Enterprise:€80 with unlimited projects and 100GB storage

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