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Project Commander or Microsoft Project?
Project Commander is recognised as a major competitor, especially in the UK, to Microsoft Project, as a powerful entry level project planning and management tool.
The popularity of Project Commander is based on two things:
- it is so much easier to use
- it can be so cost-effective
Cost considerations
Many organisations have saved several thousand pounds when purchasing multiple copies of Project Commander in preference to Microsoft Project.
A large number of companies have now dropped Microsoft Project or not upgraded to the 2003/7 version. This is due to the high cost of the upgrades themselves, combined with the additional cost of having to upgrade all their PCs in order to run it. Upgrading is cheaper with Project Commander.
For users who need to create files that can be read by Microsoft Project, Project Commander can save files in MPX format.
Construction
Project Commander has been adopted as a low cost standard tool for many major companies, such as Bowmer & Kirkland, McCarthy & Stone, E. Thomas, Midas, Connaught and Crispin & Borst.
It is used extensively in parts of certain large groups such as Carillion, Kier, Mowlem, Bryant, Wallis, Amec and Taylor Woodrow.
Over 100 local authorities use PMSC software.
Resource planning
The features for resource planning have been rapidly increased over the last few years. This has made Project Commander a more suitable product for organisations needing this facility than Microsoft Project, with superior graphics for resource reporting.
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