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GanttPV - Effective Project Scheduling Tool - Now Open Source!

GanttPV is a project scheduling program that's ideal for creating activity schedules and managing the performance of a team or small business. This task scheduler allows you to monitor an infinite number of tasks.

It's both easy to install and use. Before you begin, you can take the guided tour at the download website. While a powerful project scheduling tool, it allows endless undo/redo options, encouraging discovery.

Using GanttPV you can basically do seven things:

  1. Set start dates and dependencies.
  2. Assign resources.
  3. Define and rearrange tasks.
  4. Set task duration.
  5. Create and modify reports.
  6. Define holidays.
  7. Run scripts.

GanttPV runs on the Microsoft Windows, Linux, or Macintosh platform. Built on the popular cross platform programming language, Python, it can be freely shared across the enterprise even if a colleague is using a different operating system.

You can even use this tool for project scheduling among various teams with entirely different tasks, whether or not they interact in a final project. Use GanttPV to ensure timely delivery, especially on overlapping tasks and tight deadlines.

GanttPV - Winning Features

GanttPV is a user-friendly task scheduler has lots of features any project manager will love. It helps you easily assign projects to your team with these features.

  • Task assignment.
  • Task capture per project, plus task estimate, duration, and dependency.
  • Time and resource allocation based on effort and duration estimates.
  • Productivity tracking via expenses and earned-value hours, judging against projected versus actual non-labor costs.
  • Resource workload calculation by week and day.
  • Script support for users who want to write their own code to import/export data, add a new function, or automate a task (just use the script directory).

GanttPV keeps you on track of on-going projects and resources.

  • Prioritization support whether you're working within or across projects.
  • Follow-up activity management.
  • Multiple project and/or shared resource assignment.
  • End date and free/total float calculation.

GanttPV is very versatile if you want specialized reports.

  • Gantt chart creation by days, weeks, months, quarters, and/or combinations.
  • Chart or report exportation as HTML.

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