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www.Aprelion.com 1 LiquidPlanner LiquidPlanner is one of the more robust solutions we have looked at, with an enterprise level set of features. The user interface is slick and modern, with lots of dragdrop and rightclick menu features. At a task level, LiquidPlanner is capable of tracking more detail than most comparable solutions. Tasks allow for multiple resources, and separate work estimates for each resource. You can set daily hour limits, to spread work across multiple days for parttime resources. Tasks can also track notes, comments, links, documents, links, dependencies, and lists of subtasks. The user interface uses a split screen, listing projects and tasks on the left, with details in the right pane. The project pane displays tasks using a traditional work breakdown and gnat chart. This interface operates similar to Microsoft Project, allowing users to add, delete, modify, reorganize, and assign project tasks. With the filters above the view, you can look at all projects, or just a subset of projects. LiquidPlanner will automatically schedule tasks and estimate completion dates based on best/worst case estimates. It also generates status reports with helpful information like remaining hours, percent complete, resource workload, and schedule summary. Project baselines are available to help understand how project schedules has changed over time. LiquidPlanner has some resource management capabilities. First, you can easily add people to your project; people with LiquidPlanner licensed accounts or virtual resources. After adding resources and assigning tasks, there is a workload view which displays team members and their workload within an upcoming time period. Over allocated resources are clearly indicated. This report can display all resources, or filter by project. LiquidPlanner also has a work remaining report, hour trend report, and date drift report – all designed to help monitor project status and deviation from plan. Other features include a customizable dashboard, reporting, time tracking, and basic mobile app. Within LiquidPlanner, you can create multiple custom dashboards, choosing from a list of 10 customizable widgets. This is great for creating project specific dashboards. Reporting and analytics are solid, with dozens of customizable project and resource reports. LiquidPlanner has terrific enterprise level features, but is priced on the highside when compared to similar products. Furthermore, it does not have a free or less expensive license for people only needing to view and update tasks. Although the feature set is terrific, its pricing model might put it out of reach for smaller teams and companies. Pros Work effort tracking Interactive gantt chart Cons Limited resource planning All users require a license Pricing $29/user/month standard $39/user/month professional

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LiquidPlanner LiquidPlanner  is  one  of  the  more  robust  solutions  we  have  looked  at,  with  an  enterprise  level  set  of  features.    The  user  interface  is  slick  and  modern,  with  lots  of  drag-­‐drop  and  right-­‐click  menu  features.  At  a  task  level,  LiquidPlanner  is  capable  of  tracking  more  detail  than  most  comparable  solutions.    Tasks  allow  for  multiple  resources,  and  separate  work  estimates  for  each  resource.    You  can  set  daily  hour  limits,  to  spread  work  across  multiple  days  for  part-­‐time  resources.    Tasks  can  also  track  notes,  comments,  links,  documents,  links,  dependencies,  and  lists  of  sub-­‐tasks.    The  user  interface  uses  a  split  screen,  listing  projects  and  tasks  on  the  left,  with  details  in  the  right  pane.    The  project  pane  displays  tasks  using  a  traditional  work  breakdown  and  gnat  chart.    This  interface  operates  similar  to  Microsoft  Project,  allowing  users  to  add,  delete,  modify,  reorganize,  and  assign  project  tasks.    With  the  filters  above  the  view,  you  can  look  at  all  projects,  or  just  a  subset  of  projects.  LiquidPlanner  will  automatically  schedule  tasks  and  estimate  completion  dates  based  on  best/worst  case  estimates.    It  also  generates  status  reports  with  helpful  information  like  remaining  hours,  percent  complete,  resource  workload,  and  schedule  summary.    Project  baselines  are  available  to  help  understand  how  project  schedules  has  changed  over  time.      LiquidPlanner  has  some  resource  management  capabilities.    First,  you  can  easily  add  people  to  your  project;  people  with  LiquidPlanner  licensed  accounts  or  virtual  resources.    After  adding  resources  and  assigning  tasks,  there  is  a  workload  view  which  displays  team  members  and  their  workload  within  an  upcoming  time  period.    Over  allocated  resources  are  clearly  indicated.    This  report  can  display  all  resources,  or  filter  by  project.    LiquidPlanner  also  has  a  work  remaining  report,  hour  trend  report,  and  date  drift  report  –  all  designed  to  help  monitor  project  status  and  deviation  from  plan.  Other  features  include  a  customizable  dashboard,  reporting,  time  tracking,  and  basic  mobile  app.    Within  LiquidPlanner,  you  can  create  multiple  custom  dashboards,  choosing  from  a  list  of  10  customizable  widgets.    This  is  great  for  creating  project  specific  dashboards.    Reporting  and  analytics  are  solid,  with  dozens  of  customizable  project  and  resource  reports.      LiquidPlanner  has  terrific  enterprise  level  features,  but  is  priced  on  the  high-­‐side  when  compared  to  similar  products.  Furthermore,  it  does  not  have  a  free  or  less  expensive  license  for  people  only  needing  to  view  and  update  tasks.    Although  the  feature  set  is  terrific,  its  pricing  model  might  put  it  out  of  reach  for  smaller  teams  and  companies.    Pros  

• Work  effort  tracking  • Interactive  gantt  chart  

Cons  

• Limited  resource  planning  • All  users  require  a  license  

Pricing  • $29/user/month  standard  • $39/user/month  professional  

     

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