Low cost MS Project viewer
A couple of months ago I discussed a method of distributing your project plans using a free PDF converter. This is great if your colleagues just need a static view. However, there will always be a number of people who need to actively look at your project plan – drill down into detail, change views etc. Giving them MS Project could be expensive, especially if you work for a large organisation.
I have recently been investigating an MS Project viewer as a low cost alternative to buying and distributing MS Project for those team members who need interactive views.
Seavus Project Viewer is an application that reads native Project files (.mpp) and supports all the possible project views available within MS Project with printing functionality and a powerful zoom feature
Supported views are Bar Rollup, Detail Gantt, Gantt Chart, Tracking Gantt, User Defined Gantts, Relationship Diagram, Task Usage, Network Diagram, Milestone Date Rollup, Milestone Rollup, Resource Graph, Resource Sheet, Resource Usage.
Savings can be up to 90% compared to MS Project and this application is well proven and used widely within large organisations worldwide.
There has been great interest on my current project as it means more members of the team can have dynamic views of plans and updates
There is a 15 day free trial so that you can evaluate its potential in your organisation.
Graham Perry