Project Management Software
An Attractive Alternative to Microsoft Project
Comparison to Microsoft Project
- Cost : $49.95 per single user, vs. approx. $500 for Microsoft Project.
- Focus: Has the basic management features most commonly needed for projects. No need to search through many un-necessary features.
- Multi-Project Management: MinuteManPlus has it built-in, MS Project doesn't.
- Easy To Learn: You can generate a schedule in a few minutes. Help File, Quick Start, and Tutorial included. No need for training classes.
- Support: Prompt replies to all email support questions.
- Compatability - Import and Export MPX and CSV files from Microsoft Project. View Details
Features
- Management of small or large projects; up to 1000 tasks
- Organize your project and track progress. Use Critical Path management with Timeline (Gantt) and Workflow (PERT) charts, and a unique "Planning View" (seen at left)
- Track Cost of Labor and Expenditures and identify overloaded workers with several useful, customizable, reports.
- Easily share information with others; Timelines, Reports, and other charts can be imported into word processor documents or email.
- Import/Export Spreadsheet Files (use to interface to MS Project)
- Develop simple schedules or use detail calendars and work shifts if needed.
- Can be used on a network
- Learn more about our Project Management Software and download a free trial version today!
Why Minute Man?
Microsoft Project is a fine product. It's widely used by many large companies, and has a rich set of features. But that's also a problem; for many people it has too many features. A large company may have individuals whose only job is to track their project, running Microsoft Project almost all day long. It makes sense to send them to training, and the cost of the program ($500) may seem small to a large company.
Most small- and mid-size companies can't afford that. Tracking schedules is just one more job, granted an important one, that must be fit-in along with all the other day-to-day responsibilities. In a small company, it may even be the owner who ends up doing the project tracking.
That's where MinuteMan is a better fit. It has been designed to only include the features needed to get a timeline created, quickly. And to a budget-conscious company $49.95 is a lot more attractive than $500.
Minute Man provides a basic timeline. This is how you track what is happening, and when. To get started you simply type a list of tasks, each with a start and end date and time. ( Microsoft Project may provide dozens of fields)
To have one task task start when another finishes, just draw a line between them (Microsoft Project uses 6 or more types of links between tasks)
A limited set of important features, such as resource/cost tracking and generating reports, can be called upon when needed.
And, oddly enough, the 'standard' Microsoft Project doesn't easily allow the management of multiple projects. A 'professional' version at $1000 is required. With the Plus version (only $99.95), you can enter schedules for up to 100 projects, switch easily between them, and track resources and costs across projects.
Try the Standard or Plus today! fully featured evaluation copies may be downloaded here.