# Project management software?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 5, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137 "2010-10-05T16:43:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![emmaliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emmaliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emmaliminal)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137/1 "2010-10-05T16:43:57Z")

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Anyone have any recommendations for (preferably free or cheap) project management software, the kind that helps you figure out scheduling with interdependency (i.e., he can’t finish X 'til five business days after I finish Y)? I gots me a new contract job.

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**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137/2 "2010-10-05T16:51:00Z")

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Edit: crap…forgot the name of it…

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**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137/3 "2010-10-05T18:19:20Z")

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Found this on Wiki: [Comparison of project management software - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project_management_software) (shoot - it abbreviated the link - it reads “Comparison of Project Management Software”)

I don’t have first-hand experience with these apps…

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**Author:** ![cblackhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecc23a/32.png) [@cblackhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cblackhand)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137/4 "2010-10-05T18:22:13Z")

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I played around with a couple of free ones last quarter for the project management module of my ICT degree. Since this was just for an intro class I wasn’t getting really deep into any of the programs, but the one I found easiest to use was open workbench:

[http://www.openworkbench.org/](http://www.openworkbench.org/)

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**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-management-software/556137/5 "2010-10-05T19:44:04Z")

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Free and easy-to-use program for making Gantt Charts.

> **[GanttProject: free project management tool for Windows, macOS and Linux](https://www.ganttproject.biz/)**
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> Free desktop project scheduling and management app with Gantt chart for Windows, Linux and macOS