RationalPlan 5.3 – Improved Web Interface and Support for Opening Microsoft Project 2019 Files

RationalPlan 5.3 comes with new features for the
web-based interface and adds support for opening Microsoft Project 2019
files. It adds more columns to Portfolio and Resources views, filters
for tasks to Gantt view and more settings for the chart. It also adds
calendars and special working days for tasks and resources.

RationalPlan is a project management software suite
that is available either as stand alone products or as a cloud service.
It is used by individuals and by companies that need a solution to
manage their work in an efficient way.

Features added for RationalPlan 5.3 version

• Calendars and special working days for resources and tasks
• The possibility for resources to use the assigned task calendar
• Filters for tasks on Gantt view
• More columns for Portfolio view
• Custom columns for Resources view
• More settings for Gantt chart
• Display the list of projects for the current project combo in alphabetical order
• Support for opening MS Project 2019 files

Current version puts the accent on the development of the web
interface. The Resources view added custom columns. These are needed to
enter data that is not available within the predefined columns. Users
can define working calendars and even special working days for a
resource. Plus, resources can be forced to use the working calendar of
the task on which they are assigned. This feature is useful when the
project is late and certain tasks get a higher priority.

Portfolio view added new columns: project status, custom data columns
and Earned Value Analysis related columns (CV, SV, CPI, SPI, ACWP,
BCWP, BCWS). The latter columns are used by experienced project managers
when dealing with earned value management techniques. For those that
are more interested on this subject, the team behind RationalPlan
prepared some short articles on Earned Value Management.

Gantt chart just got new visual features. Users can now display
orientation lines for the project start date, end date, estimated start
date, reschedule date and current date. Depending on the preferences
they can show or hide horizontal or vertical grid lines, the task
selection from the table or even task dependencies.

As for resources, you can also define for tasks custom working
calendars and even special working days. At users request RationalPlan
also added filtering options. As a result, this eases the management of
tasks because you can focus only on certain task categories.

The current project select item presents the list of projects from
the company in alphabetical order. Hence, it offers an easier
identification of projects when working with a large portfolio.

Starting with version 5.3 RationalPlan is also capable to open Microsoft Project 2019 files.

RationalPlan is offered in two flavors:

RationalPlan Cloud
– a monthly payment project management solution offering  a centralized
place to manage the company’s projects while offering collaboration
through concurrent access for multiple users; a Free tier is also
available

RationalPlan On-Premise – a suite of products for those that prefer to have the software installed on their machines

• RationalPlan Single Project – an alternative to Microsoft Project and the perfect solution for novice or accidental project managers
• RationalPlan Multi Project – project management software
  for multiple projects, projects that are interconnected through
  dependencies and share common resource
• RationalPlan Project Server – the On-Premise version of RationalPlan Cloud that can be installed on users hardware
• RationalPlan Project Viewer – a free project viewer, the solution for anyone to view projects details

About Stand By Soft

Stand By Soft was founded in 1997 as a software company specialized in building desktop applications and components. RationalPlan is a project management solution that follows the general recommended guidelines from project management domain. MOOS Project viewer is a Microsoft Project viewer that allows users to open, view in a dynamic way and print any Microsoft Project file.

Contact name: Crina Popescu

Address: Aleea Parului, Nr.4A, Craiova, Dolj, 200346, Romania

Email: marketing@rationalplan.com

Phone: +40771610710

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