Plan

Every organization, irrespective of its size of operations aims to expand its scope and market reach and wishes to rise up the market curve and consumer base. In order to achieve these goals, it takes up different projects and ideas and collectively utilizes resources and manages them to undertake a temporary endeavor designed to have a definite beginning and end. Such projects are especially assumed to add value to the existing processes and bring about successful changes in the business. Computer applications have proved to be hugely constructive in assisting in such procedures and projects according to operating system types and its flexibility. Plan for Windows 3.02 is one such program which works perfectly on a Windows system for project strategizing.

Plan for Windows opens with a vivid looking interface with the chief options placed at the top panel. Further the left pane consists of diverse processes and stages involved in the project and listed neatly. The right side of the screen illustrates the various stages of the project with the help of colorful graphics. The user can effectually create a project plan by inserting details pertaining to tasks and resources and add information regarding holidays and further create dependencies amongst the stored tasks. It also has the provision of displaying Gantt charts and critical path calculation. Moreover, the user can also be used as an economical Microsoft Project file viewer and also recalculates projects and in case it’s required posts it back in Microsoft format. This application can be used with the computer system and even with a hand held portable Communicator.

To conclude, Plan for Windows 3.02 comes across as an efficient utility which comprises of diverse set of tools to organize and control projects and gets a rating score of four points for its impressive performance and functionalities.

Project planning application for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Win7. A separate version is also available for a range of PDAs.

Create a project plan by entering tasks and resources, add holiday information and create dependencies between tasks. Plan will calculate the entire project schedule taking into consideration dependencies and holiday information.

Includes display of Gantt chart and critical path calculation.

The program also can be used as an inexpensive Microsoft Project file viewer, since it can read MPP, MPD, MPX and XML files. Note, however, that Plan isn't simply a Microsoft Project viewer, since it also can update and recalculate projects and if necessary write them back in Microsoft format.

Use Plan for Windows stand-alone or use it in conjunction with Pocket Plan on a Pocket/Handheld PC/Nokia Communicator. This option allows you to create project plans on your PC and then transfer the data to your PDA where you can continue to work on your plan.