PROJECT PLANNING FOR WINDOWS
Quick Gantt Chart
Plan clearly. Keep costs in view.
Plan projects with color-coded tasks. Calculate costs from resource rates and compare schedule changes with a saved baseline.
PLAN THE WORK AND THE COST
Build a budget from the resources you assign.
Enable Auto Budget Calculation to estimate task costs from your resources and their rates. Keep the detail close to the schedule, from the first estimate to a task-specific adjustment.
People, materials and fixed costs.
Define your resources once, choose a cost type and enter a rate. Use hourly rates for people or equipment, unit prices for items, and fixed amounts where a single cost makes sense.
- Per HourAssigned time × hourly rate
- Per ItemQuantity × unit price
- CostA fixed amount
See exactly what makes up the estimate.
Open the dropdown in a task’s Budget cell to review its resource breakdown. Adjust assigned hours, item quantities or fixed cost amounts for that task, then confirm the total.
In this example, 24 designer hours, six project lead hours and one stock asset add up to 2,530.
KEEP YOUR ORIGINAL PLAN IN SIGHT
See what changed.
Keep the comparison.
Save a baseline, then compare its original dates with the current schedule. In this example, the gray baseline markers show the saved plan while the colored bars show the updated work.
FROM FIRST TASK TO SHARED PLAN
The details that keep a project moving.
A schedule that responds
Use automatic scheduling when dates, durations or dependencies change. Highlight the critical path to see the tasks that determine the project finish.
Resources in context
Assign people, equipment and materials, set allocation percentages and check for potential resource conflicts. Review the plan in Gantt, Scheduler, Timeline, Agenda or List View.
Your working calendar
Set working days and days off so durations follow your business calendar. Track progress, planned budgets and actual costs as the project develops.
Import, then share
Bring task lists in from Excel or CSV. Share the chart as a PDF or PNG, and export task data to XLSX, CSV or DOCX for use in other applications.
See the workflow. Try a worked example.
From Excel to a shared schedule
Import a small task list, check the mapped fields and create a PDF for sharing.
Learn at your own pace
Explore the video tutorials, or find answers about scheduling, resources, exporting and licensing.
YOUR NEXT PROJECT, CLEARLY PLANNED
Put the schedule and the budget together.
Plan with an interactive Gantt chart built for Windows.
Windows 10 & Windows 11
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