MS Project or Similar 29 June 2020 at 6:17PM edited 29 June 2020 at 6:31PM in Techie Stuff 4 replies 42 views

Paully28

Hi, 
Thanks in advance. 
I used to use MS project and found it perfect for basic timeline charts. Is there anything similar for timeline management that does a similar job, but would ideally be free, as looking at MS project it is quite expensive. 
I just want to be able to add information to the project such as start/finish dates and have an automotic timeline added as MS Project does. I am not sure how to use forumlas in excel for instance, and Project, as far as I can remember was perfect as you just added a task name, date, and it auto added a timeline, and then you could format the timeline as and when needed. 
Thanks Paul

mksysb

Paully28 said:

Hi, 
Thanks in advance. 
I used to use MS project and found it perfect for basic timeline charts. Is there anything similar for timeline management that does a similar job, but would ideally be free, as looking at MS project it is quite expensive. 
I just want to be able to add information to the project such as start/finish dates and have an automotic timeline added as MS Project does. I am not sure how to use forumlas in excel for instance, and Project, as far as I can remember was perfect as you just added a task name, date, and it auto added a timeline, and then you could format the timeline as and when needed. 
Thanks Paul

How about this.  

https://www.projectlibre.com/product/projectlibre-open-source

Paully28

Thanks, I will have a look at projectlibre. 

DoaM

I downloaded it and had a go ... it's got a similar feel to Project 2007.

Heedtheadvice

If the above meets your need, go for it.

If not and you have Excel then it is very easy to enter data in three columns, task, start date, end date and then just use the inbuilt chart facility. If you have duration rather than start or end dates it is a very simple built in formula to calculate the other.