Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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I'll shortly be moving into a role that looks after and manages a large number of projects, all of which 3 stages, Design, Build and Installation.
Most projects will take a number of months to continue.
Im looking for some software to help me track the project dates and plan ahead accordingly.
Ideally, looking for something simple.
Before I go ahead and install Microsoft project, is there anything else that might be suitable / easier to use?
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Primavera is the shiz, but not something simple like you're after.
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evilrob
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Registered: 16th Mar 12
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Roll your own solution in Excel?
Or some new fangled web-based service like this?
http://www.smartsheet.com/solutions/project-management
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Bissmire
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Registered: 30th Sep 08
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Microsoft Project is about as simple to use as you'll find, but it lacks a lot of features. Primavera isn't too hard to use if you're just looking to track milestones... You'll also come across issues if your Project Controls team are using primavera and you're using MSP.
Excel Spreadsheet would be the best choice as Rob said. I rarely use anything other than excel for tracking resources/milestones
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Mad Moe
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Registered: 14th Jun 01
Location: Northumberland
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MS Project would be more than adequate for what you need.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I use Basecamp - find it pretty useful 
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Freedcamp
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Aaron
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Registered: 9th Aug 04
Location: Cottingham, East Riding
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Notepad
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Russ
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Registered: 14th Mar 04
Location: Armchair
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project in a box is free
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AndyKent
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Registered: 3rd Sep 05
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Excel for me.
Simplicity being the way forward, rather than me having to learn it all over every time I want to make changes.
Perhaps if I was planning projects day in day out I'd find a better solution but otherwise happy to sit in Excel colouring in boxes 
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bwbw
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Registered: 14th Feb 05
Location: Glasgow
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Asta Powerproject
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Whittie
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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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Been using project for a month, its a little overkill.
Freedcamp suits me perfectly.
I use Basecamp in another work environment and starting to get used to that one.
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