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primavera and msp

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Sun, 2005-06-05 03:01
Francis Moyalan, ...
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hello all,

1)can any one help me in getting rid of my ambiquity on the difference between primavera and microsoft project planner...

2) and what are the new features of msp enterprise version and desk top versions-with their differences

3) is multiple project planning possible in msp as in P3

it will be highly appreciable if anybody replies to my queries in detail.....
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Tue, 2005-06-07 09:49
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Girish Raghuraman
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The basic difference between Primavera and MS Projects is that Primavera uses a database while MS Project is more like a spreadsheet. Thats why in cases where one really wants to use, filter and sort data to a great extent PM is superior. Ofcourse this would be dependent on the inputs one has fed into the database. Hence for smaller schedules involving lower level of complexities MPP is fine but when complexity is higher then one necessarily needs to use PM
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Tue, 2005-06-07 12:15
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Bernard Ertl
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Previous MS Project vs Primavera discussion

You may also want to review this discussion:

What do you expect?

Bernard Ertl
eTaskMaker Project Planning Software
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Sun, 2005-06-05 06:00
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MK TSE
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1) Please do a search in the forum and all previous discussions on this subject will be prompted.

2) Either contact Microsoft or compare the software brochure. My experience is Microsoft always claim the function is available subject to additional solutions and systems

3) It can be achieved but not like Primavera product. Depend what MSP version you have installed.
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