RationalPlan Reviews & Product Details

I have over the last 4years, have used RationalPlan software successfully as a teaching aid for Project Management at James Cook Univeristy. I find it is well supported, intuitive to use and the students are confident and competent in its use in less than one hours tuition, which allows teaching and learning to be a more rewarding process for all. Students have been able to successfully develop highly detailed and well constructed plans with the use of this tool.

The steps take away anxiety with the software's inbuilt guides and hints and its ability to quickly transform schedules into budget costs which non-accounting students are very pleased with. At the end of the subject they are very proficient with this project tool and have found it easy to translate into other industry compliant project software.

I would highly recommend this as a great tool for teaching project management & planning. This tool delivers at a fraction of the cost what other much more expensive software does. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have none and find this latest version smoother to use than previous and have found that each upgrade is delivering a better finished product and very good value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As a project manager we use GANTT charts to understand where we are. We run RationalPan our own server and it is fantastic value for money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is nothing really to say here, if you know and like Microsoft Project then this fits the bill and exceeds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I need a project planning/mgmt tool that is simple to use, fast to learn, and has the basics. Something that allows me to create project timelines, with lag times and other standard constraints and interdependencies. I do not have time to learn the more complex tools, and rationalplan has filled the void for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It looks like it's built in Java. Does not use the OS X interface elements, such as the Save dialog box. It works though and it is usable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

An easy-to-use project management tool with dependencies and a gantt chart for a tiny fraction of the MS project price, and it doesn't slow down my poor bloated laptop. It generates pdfs and it's file can be viewed by anyone with a free viewer Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Filters on the different columns could be easier to use, and so could levelling resources; however, they are just a thing to learn and they work fine once you do so Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This tool, unlike many others my organization investigated, is based on sound project management principles. the sidebar "Project Guide" walks the user through the basis process of setting up, planning, and controlling the project. We were especially impressed that the WBS view keeps the focus on the tasks, before moving on to identification of predecessors and dates. It also offers the functionality of assigning and leveling resources at the correct stage of the project scheduling process.

Once you have experienced the right-click functionality to indent/outdent tasks, add predecessors, etc., you might not want to ever go back to MS Project.

The email support is reliable, fast, and friendly, regardless of the time of day.

The free Viewer allowing users to open MS Project files is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the language used to describe Fixed Units vs Fixed Work tasks is somewhat awkward.

we have also found that it does not play well with WebEx, which we use to train remote users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fully featured. Easy to learn. Does a full import of mpp files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As far as I can tell, I cannot export to mpp files. I guess it is doable through a xml file, but this is implies an extra step I don´t want my colleagues to have to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is the best alternative to Microsoft Project I have seen. It is much easier to use for either a very simple project or to expand as much as you wish for more complexity. I have used many planning software products going back many years to when these programs were only on mainframes. I have a small business now and use it for keeping things on track and also to estimate projects. I would recommend this to anyone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not much. I have a little trouble printing portions of a project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

RationalPlan is a lightweight and fully featured alternative to Microsoft Project at a fraction of the costs. For our company it was important to get a system which fits into the existing IT budget and allows collaboration throughout the company. Therefore we choose to use RatioinalPlan server which fulfills all our current requirements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

A few years back we had some issues with the upload of projects to the server. However all these issues could be solved after we reported them to the very friendly development team.

Sometimes we find a missing feature but there is often a way around it - or we suggest it to the RationalPlan developers (some of them then find their way into the an upcoming release). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It works as a very competent project management tool, and is free on Ubuntu for single-use. It will open and save MS Project files - which helps with sharing plans. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Could do with additional analytics (unless these are on more expensive version)

No full open-source edition (esp for Windows) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Value! MS Project is a hugely expensive piece of software. I needed something better than a spreadsheet but couldn't justify Microsoft's juggernaut. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The learning curve. This is the same with whatever software I chose but the documentation was a little lacking (MS Project is well documented with books etc to supplement the manual). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.