Re: A few ideas for developers (Re: My current set)

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Posted by jackcrawford
2005-08-28 18:24:13

>>For example, even though I liked Plan for Windows and Adept >Tracker, I won’t be buying any of them as they can only exchange >files with MS Project. I will be looking at BrainTool’s A-Plan >again though, as it can synchronise with Outlook.

>Yes, I was impressed by A-Plan and would look at that as well, but I think JCVGantt will do what I need for now. Bizarrely, MSProject (which I have) doesn’t sync with Outlook. Well not unless you have MSExchange installed on a server.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, if integration with other project & PIM apps is an essential criteria, don’t forget ProjectKickstart. I quote from the PKS website

“Integration with MS Office applications. Link to Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Outlook project management add-in. Seamlessly integrates into Microsoft Outlook.
Link to Microsoft Project, SureTrak, P3, FastTrack Schedule, Milestones, WBS Chart, MindManager and ACT!”
(http://www.projectkickstart.com/html/pkswin3.htm)

So in project-manager land, I think there is plenty of integration around (maybe more than in PIM land). The choice of project app for me just came down to how heavy-duty I wanted the feature set. I just needed a quick project outline and gantt chart not the sophisticated tools available in apps like MS Project, A-Plan et al.

Each to our own, I suppose.

Jack

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