Planner

3.4 (1)

Vendor

Vendor	The GNOME Project
Homepage	http://live.gnome.org/Planner
Adress	n/a
Country	n/a

Software

Category	Desktop Scheduling
Architecture	Desktop-Client (filebased) • Client-Server (DB)
Client OS	•
Language	English • German • Spanish • French • Others
Licence	Freeware • Open-Source
Domain	No

Description

GNOME is an abbreviation of GNU Network Object Model Environment, which is a user interface that runs on top of any computer’s operating system. It is free and open-sourced. Planner is the GNOME tool for project management. It is written in C and, being an open source application, may be used by everyone. Planner can store its files in XML or as a database. Projects can easily be printed in portable document format (PDF). It allows calendar management, resource management, linking of tasks, exporting to different formats and following up on the advances in a project. GNOME Planner has a mature and well-established code base that was first sourced in 2003. This is a good sign for an open source project and the fact that it is still being kept alive indicates its acceptance by international users and planners. It obviously is interesting enough to hold the interest of contributors and further points to its relative freedom from bugs and a development team that is dedicated. The original source code may be even older, as most new projects begin with source codes that have already been used in existing projects.

Highlights	Gantt chart
	Open-Source

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Overall rating:		3.4
Time Management:		3.0 (1)
Resource Management:		3.0 (1)
Controlling:		1.0 (1)
Usability:		5.0 (1)
Price/Performance ratio :		5.0 (1)

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Reviewed by Thomas Brandstetter
March 12, 2010
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Pros	Freeware, easy to use, effort or duration can be allocated to a task. Our personal favorite among the features, automatic priority-controlled resource leveling, is currently in development. The “resource usage view” shows availability and capacity for all resources in a very convenient way. For a freeware tool, Planner offers a surprisingly functional Help system.
Cons	only simple html reports available,
Conclusion	Compared to other freeware planning tools, Planner can be considered an insider tip. In addition to the easy, clear, and always comprehensible date planning, the tool offers everything that is necessary for simple planning scenarios. Tools that are available for a fee, especially Microsoft Project, which is the market leader, offer considerably more functions. Added functionality, however, makes using the software more difficult, especially for users who do not work with the tool on a daily basis. If you can do without certain features like base lining, earned value analysis, or more complex analyses, you should definitely consider this tool.