Let’s imagine a scenario. You’re on the road (or perhaps the train, use your own imagination here), working on your laptop. Your nice Linux based laptop. Or maybe it’s a Mac. Maybe it runs OS/2 or eComStation… Or maybe it runs Windows, but you don’t have Microsoft Project. It is quite expensive, after all.

And then – wouldn’t you know it – someone sends you an MS project file. You need to respond to it – and respond right now. Otherwise your conservatory doesn’t get built… or something. (You know, this whole scenario thing might not have been such a clever idea after all…)

Anyhow, Gantt Project to the rescue! It can import and export MS Project files, its own .gan files, and even export as HTML and PDF. Which is really quite nifty.

I’ve been using this quite a bit lately – it really does do almost everything you need to manage a project. And unlike some other open source project management tools, it works fine on Vista. In fact, it should work on any platform that supports Java. Result!

And before I forget, have a screenshot:

Oh, one last note – if you download version with the Windows installer, you will need to select “open Microsoft Project files” when you install, as it’s not selected by default.

Tags: Gantt charts, open source, project management

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