Date: October 24, 2016
To: Rick Anderson Chief Executive Officer
Allied Marine Services
From: Katia Matuzova Project Manager
Allied Marine Services
Subject: Proposal for Project Management Software Trial
The purpose of this proposal is to evaluate three project management software products, with the goal of decreasing cost and increasing efficiency, find the best suitable product that utilizes Gantt charts, and make recommendations for a free trial demo download.
Summary
Rick Anderson, Allied Marine Services Chief Executive Officer, authorized me to spend three working hours conducting online research of presently available on the market project management software, select three best products, compare specifications for the best fitting …show more content…
The charts create project timeline, which shows project’s current status and makes it easy to compare to what was originally planned, it allows adding and editing tasks as well as setting the order and dependencies between tasks. After charts are created, it automatically shared with the team, allowing each member of the team later edit and update information. The project information can be saved, printed end exported in a variety of formats, such as excel and pdf.
The Gantt charts distinctions in three products are: Wrike’s Gantt charts interface is interactive and very easy to navigate. Zoho Projects has clearly distinguished project details and dependencies accomplished through different color coding, creating very definitive, easy to read interface. Smartsheet has pre-built Gantt chart templates, which make it easy to create a project timeline. In addition software allows changing dates, duration and automatically updates table by easy dragging and dropping the Gantt bars.
Comparing other important features of three products revealed some favorable and unfavorable software
To: Rick Anderson Chief Executive Officer
Allied Marine Services
From: Katia Matuzova Project Manager
Allied Marine Services
Subject: Proposal for Project Management Software Trial
The purpose of this proposal is to evaluate three project management software products, with the goal of decreasing cost and increasing efficiency, find the best suitable product that utilizes Gantt charts, and make recommendations for a free trial demo download.
Summary
Rick Anderson, Allied Marine Services Chief Executive Officer, authorized me to spend three working hours conducting online research of presently available on the market project management software, select three best products, compare specifications for the best fitting …show more content…
The charts create project timeline, which shows project’s current status and makes it easy to compare to what was originally planned, it allows adding and editing tasks as well as setting the order and dependencies between tasks. After charts are created, it automatically shared with the team, allowing each member of the team later edit and update information. The project information can be saved, printed end exported in a variety of formats, such as excel and pdf.
The Gantt charts distinctions in three products are: Wrike’s Gantt charts interface is interactive and very easy to navigate. Zoho Projects has clearly distinguished project details and dependencies accomplished through different color coding, creating very definitive, easy to read interface. Smartsheet has pre-built Gantt chart templates, which make it easy to create a project timeline. In addition software allows changing dates, duration and automatically updates table by easy dragging and dropping the Gantt bars.
Comparing other important features of three products revealed some favorable and unfavorable software