Project Management Tools

While going through the switch from PC to Mac I realized that there were some obvious shortcoming of using an OS that only ~5% (as of January 24, 2010) market share, currently I have been in search of a good project management software.

Current OS Statistics:

Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Operating System Market Share

After being indoctrinated for years in the aerospace industry to only use Microsoft Project, mostly for the purpose of making Gantt charts (seriously $1k to make a dang chart), I have been in search for alternatives to the old standby.  Here is a working list of some project management software for Windows, OS X, Linux and some cloud based solutions plus you can read about quickbook differences here.

PC:

• MS Project Pro ($1000): http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/default.aspx
• Painless Schedule (Shareware: $35, no Gantt): http://www.uil.net/uProducts/PainlessSchedule.html

Mac:

• Merlin ($210): http://www.projectwizards.net/en/products/merlin/
• Omniplan ($150): http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniplan/

Linux:

• Planner (Free): http://live.gnome.org/Planner
• GnoTime (Free): Project Time Tracking Tool, no Gantt: http://gttr.sourceforge.net/

PC/Mac:

• SharedPlan ($100): http://www.sharedplan.com/
• FastTrack Schedule ($349): http://www.aecsoftware.com/
• MindJet’s ($399): http://www.mindjet.com/products/mindmanager/gantt/default.aspx
• ConceptDraw Project ($499): http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/project/main.php

Cross Platform (PC/Mac/Linux):

• Rational Plan Multi, Java ($98): http://www.rationalplan.com/multi-project-management-software.php
• GanttProject (Free): http://ganttproject.biz/index.php
• OpenProj | Projity Open Source and Hosted Project Management Software (Free): http://openproj.org/openproj
• GanttPV (Free): http://www.pureviolet.net/ganttpv/
• AnyChart’s AnyGantt ($799): http://anychart.com/home/

Cloud Based:

• Intervals (monthly fee, free for individual project: 1 project, 4 users, unlimited tasks, unlimited time tracking): Project tracking tool, no Gantt:http://www.myintervals.com/
• Zoho (monthly or Free: 1 Project, 100 MB Space): http://projects.zoho.com/jsp/home.jsp

People who sent me info for Project Software:

• Ed: Planner and Zoho, http://twitter.com/deNON
• John Reeve: Intervals , http://twitter.com/jjriv
• John Kranz: Merlin, http://twitter.com/orgpublisher
• Philip Vanp: GanttProject, http://twitter.com/philvp