Programs Similar to Microsoft Project 1. Open Workbench is the open source project management tool.

It is tool for project scheduling and management with the following key features: - Define project and create associated work breakdown structures with activities, phases, tasks and milestones - Define resources as people, equipment, materials or expense - Assign resources to tasks - Create dependencies as finish-start, start-start, finish-finish of start-finish - Schedule tasks manually or automatically using Auto Schedule - Automatically schedule tasks forwards or backwards (the latter allowing tasks to be started as late as possible) and with or without resource constraints - Configure resources on tasks with uniform, fixed, contour, front or back loadng - Create subprojects and link them to master projects - Create and manage inter-project dependencies - Associate guideline with tasks - Manage advanced task properties such as fixed duration, dependency lag, imposed start/end dates and charge codes - Define, compare and reset project setting settings - Create, edit and delete calendars - Schedule to general or individualized calendars - Schedule across linked master and subprojects - View Gantt charts (both detail and roll-up), PERT charts and the critical path - Track status, percent complete and estimates to complete - Conduct earned value analysis - Customize project views including column layouts, filters, sorts and rule-based formatting - Seamlessly integrate with the Clarity system from Niku Source: http://www.moonhart.com/Papers/Open_Workbench_datasheet.pdf 2. GanttProject is open source project management software which is excellent for making Gantt charts. It is great for making logical and easy to understand development plans. The followings are the key features of GanttProject: - Create task and subtask - Assign relationship between two tasks - Put in a percentage complete bar inside the timeline of particular stage - Edit the properties of the tasks - Assign resources to each task - Create resource chart - Capable to save in XML format and export in JPG/PNG, PDF/HMTL format - Load/save from/on a web server Source: ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/disk1/sourceforge/g/project/ga/ganttproject/OldFiles/ganttprojectmanual.pdf