Project Management Tools

These are third-party utilities, add-ons, and other resources to help you make the most of Project 2002.

Critical Tools Software You will find add-ons for earlier versions of MS Project, including PERT and WBS charts.

 www.criticaltools.com 

Journyx Journyx is the creator of web-based software tools that integrate with MS Project, including those for tracking employee time, employee productivity, and billable hours. These tools run on NT and most Unix systems, and the real plus is that they integrate with MS Project.

 www.journyx.com 

Planning Templates Westford Consulting’s free document templates for project planning.

 www.westfordconsulting.com/Tools/templates.htm 

Project Control Panel Provides a graphical interface (it looks like a car’s dashboard) that interprets project data held in Excel. You can import MS Project Earned Value data into Excel for display on the control panel. Download is free.

 www.spmn.com/pcpanel.html 

Project Smart More project management templates, along with other online resources.

 www.projectsmart.fsnet.co.uk 

xenis.planner This software adds another layer to MS Project, providing decision support and knowledge management.

 www.etpint.com/silverbullet.htm