Comments on: Projec.to: it’s magic!

By: jerryjacobson06

jerryjacobson06 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:08:45 +0000

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By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:39:25 +0000

Hmm, it sounds as if you guys didn’t like it as much as I did! Valid points raised though. Josh, you are completely right that stakeholders switch off when Gantt charts are on the horizon.

I think it is fair to say that Projec.to is very simple and in that respect it isn’t much use for project management professionals who expect more from their Gantt charts – like Kareem and Tiberiu. If you just look at it as a Gantt viewer for people who don’t need more info than that, but who won’t freak out looking at a Gantt chart then it has validity.

I will take a look at the other chart viewers later in the year; thanks for pointing them out.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:43:08 +0000

Nifty, but I wish it generated high-level status reports based on analysis of the critical path and major milestones for sponsors and customers too.

Many sponsors and customers get glazed eyes as soon as a gantt chart hits their vision…

By: Tiberiu

Tiberiu — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:43:15 +0000

Elizabeth,

This so called MS Project viewer is way to simplistic. Just a very simple Gantt chart and nothing else. As Kareem says you can not do anything with it so it is not very helpful. There are other viewers way better… but generally not freeware. Still I would like to mention MOOS Project Viewer. Give it a try and then make a comparison. Ok it is not web-based but still…

By: Denis

Denis — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:17:52 +0000

http://www.amiproject.com is another tool to view MS Project files in browser. It display Gantt Chart view only, but it is in beta and more features will come. You can also share your project with other people who does not have Microsoft Project installed on their PC. Just open your project on website and click File/Share to get a short link on your project like this http://www.amiproject.com/open/b6q6fx73