# Does anyone know of a good scheduling program?

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**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-a-good-scheduling-program/465715 "2008-09-29T15:03:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-a-good-scheduling-program/465715/1 "2008-09-29T15:03:29Z")

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I need a program that will create a weekly schedule that allows for creates schedules for multiple people. Does anyone recommend an easy to use program for something like this?

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**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-a-good-scheduling-program/465715/2 "2008-09-29T15:32:50Z")

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I have used When2Work before and it has worked pretty well for me in the past.

see [http://whentowork.com/](http://whentowork.com/)

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-of-a-good-scheduling-program/465715/3 "2008-09-29T15:53:10Z")

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If your talented with Excel, that will work just fine. Otherwise, MS Project works well. Although most use it for construction, it really wasn’t designed for the construction industry.