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P2ware Planner Suite 2011 as a project management solution for single users

P2ware Planner Suite 2011 applications are intended also to be used by individual project managers, consultants, organisations or people without complex IT environment, and also by people that require effective planning and plan execution using modern project management software.

P2ware Planner 2011 is a functional project planner and management tool providing: product-based planning, resource management, risks and issues management, work packages distribution and control, cost control and reporting adjusted to organisation’s needs. Planner for desktop computers both for single users or workgroups is easily installed and does not require Planner Server.

It is important to note that Planner Suite applications for single users does not mean that the software can be used only by single people. Plans created using a ny version of P2ware Planner can be opened with P2ware Planner Viewer which is a free version of P2ware Planner that opens plans in ‘read-only’ mode. It means that plans created with any version of P2ware Planner can be opened by other users not having a full version of the software. Also Planner allows for exporting plan data to various popular data formats making it easier to share plan data with other team members.

Which applications are the most suitable

Applications that are particularly intended for single users and small teams are Planner 2011: Premium, Professional and Standard.

P2ware Planner Premium 2011 it the most featured version of project planning and execution software. With this version one can also create his/her own planning environment adjusted to specific types of projects. The software includes all available Planner features related to planning, control and reporting. What is more, it enables users to customise plan templates and user interface to specific project requirements by adding own properties and formulas computed based on other properties of the same or other plan objects, customise user interface of editors. It is also possible to hide unused plan elements such as: unused views, properties, relations and perspectives. These features allows convenient customisation of plan template which contain only data really needed. I is helpful to avoid information overload. You can find more information on the page P2ware Planner Premium 2011.

Another version of an available software is Planner Professional 2011. Planner Premium ensures all features related to planning, controlling and reporting. It allows for basic customisation limited to creation of own perspectives. The most important difference between Planner Premium and Planner Professional is that Planner Premium has far more advanced customisation features and Planner Professional users are limited to built-in properties unless someone from the organisation has Planner Premium or Planner for PSO. However, added properties and customised object editors can be used also by other Planner versions users. As in Planner Premium it has the Reports view with built-in set of reports and allows to create own report templates. You may find more information about this application on the page P2ware Planner Professional 2011.

P2ware Planner Standard 2011 is an application that can be used by single users. It is intended for project management novices and team managers who need to plan and track progress of own tasks and assignments. It has many various functionalities related to planning and project execution. Moreover, it is the most basic version of P2ware Planner software, but still it allows to export plan data to various data formats and save created tables layouts as perspectives and create plan templates. The software does not have advanced customisation options and does not have the Reports view and cannot connect to a document library. For more information, please visit the P2ware Planner Standard 2011 page.