At 06:21 AM 2/17/2010, you wrote:
>I am wondering if anyone use any type of project management software,
>especially if that is freeware. I have googled on these terms, but not
>sure which one is useful, so I would need you personal experience
>instead of just links :-)

Microsoft Project is the standard one that many of us use to make Gantt
charts and such like. It will work in conjunction with MS
Visio to create your Work Breakdown Structure as well as just creating
activity lists and the ubiquitous network diagrams.

For freebies, no experience with them, but you could try three:

http://www.osalt.com/projecthttp://www.osalt.com/project

For a "professional" view, here is a survey covering dozens of packages,
published by the PMI:

http://www.pmi.org/PDF/Lockwood%20-%20PMI%20Survey%20Report.pdf

There is a huge range in project sizes and required sophistication, of
course, and the software is just a tool. The knowledge, tools and techniques
used are far more important to success than any particular software package.

I have found the Harvard Business School project management manual quite
useful-- it's only 40 or 50 pages, IIRC. Depressingly often, the WBS is
created without team buy-in, for example, and the manual will help prevent
that sort of error.

>Best regards,

Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..."            "The Journey is the reward"
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