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ms project vs open plan

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Mon, 2007-11-12 21:49
James Jones
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If I was limited to these to pieces of software...can someone provide an example of a specific project ms project would be good for, as well as a specific example open plan would be good for?

So I can determine which one I want for my particular project. I don’t want to explain my project because i’d like to know what each are better for. THANKS!

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Wed, 2007-11-14 04:42
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Brad Lord
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maybe your not qualified enough to do the job you are doing, cheeky twat, bet you understood that

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Tue, 2007-11-13 23:30
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Jerome Atkin
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James,

By reading the replies I thought it was quite clear that either could be use for “Any” projects.
Planning software in not just for one industry or another, it is a planning tool.
You would have to adapt it to fit the results you are looking for.
People were giving their views which one has better tools to help you do this. As MSP and Open Plan have strong and weak functions. Which one can be used a project ANY of them. It is the planner who inputs the data to ensure he gets the results the project is aiming for.

“Did anyone read what I wrote? I didn’t ask which one to chose if I had to chose between them, I asked if someone could provide a specific example of when each would be good to use..”
Was it just me or did this come across Rude ??

Hope this helps !

Gerome
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Tue, 2007-11-13 23:26
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Scott Sando
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You are correct. I do apologise. I will never attempt to help you again.
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Tue, 2007-11-13 23:02
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James Jones
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Did anyone read what I wrote? I didnt ask which one to chose if i had to chose between them, i asked if someone could provide a specific example of when each would be good to use..
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Tue, 2007-11-13 17:57
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Scott Sando
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I would choose Open Plan. It has more advanced EV capabilities, it calculates EV numbers properly and its resource leveling abilities are incomparably better than MSP.
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Tue, 2007-11-13 05:32
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Brad Lord
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one produces pretty pictures and is crap at resource planning, the other I have not used for 10yrs (Openplan) but was an excellent tool then, hope that helps (by the way i had MSP)

regards

brad
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