OmniPlan is a planning and project management software product from
The Omni Group
The Omni Group is an American software company that develops software for the macOS, iOS, and watchOS platforms. The Omni Group was informally founded as a NEXTSTEP consulting company in 1989 by Wil Shipley, who immediately brought on Ken Case ...
, headquartered in
Seattle, Washington
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. The software was released as a public
beta
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on June 6, 2006.
In a June 2007 evaluation of OmniPlan 1.0,
Macworld
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, a web site and monthly
computer magazine
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dedicated to
Apple Macintosh
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products, found the customizability of OmniPlan 1.0 to be "superior", but said the software was unlikely to meet the needs of project managers with multiple, complex projects.
Version 4 of OmniPlan was released on July 15 2020 and added interval tracking, recurring tasks, auto-hiding of completed tasks, changes to scheduling abilities, a project
wizard to set up new projects in the app, updated outline and resource views, a
flat-file save format (in addition to the current
package-based format), and an optional dark-themed UI mode.
Purpose
OmniPlan is used to manage multi-resource projects using
Gantt Charts
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule, named after its popularizer, Henry Gantt (1861–1919), who designed such a chart around the years 1910–1915. Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency relationship ...
. The program acts as a dashboard, showing the status of each task and its relation to other tasks. Reports about work completed, total cost, and other metrics can be exported as well. Resources (which are either staff, equipment, or materials) can be assigned to tasks, which can be used to prevent resources from being over-utilized, and to account for time when that resource cannot work on the project in the main
Gantt Chart
A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule, named after its popularizer, Henry Gantt (1861–1919), who designed such a chart around the years 1910–1915. Modern Gantt charts also show the dependency relationship ...
view.
macOS version
OmniPlan for Mac is released as a native Mac OS application. Two versions of the application are available at different price ranges. The standard version contains only local-editing features, whereas the pro version includes support for syncing OmniPlan documents with other users among other features.
iOS version
In May 2012, OmniPlan was released for the iPad. With the release of Version 2.1 on March 12, 2015, OmniPlan became a universal app which runs on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices.
The iOS version maintains general feature parity with the desktop version, save for scripting support and an outline view.
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is a project management software product, developed and sold by Microsoft. It is designed to assist a project manager in developing a schedule, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and anal ...
import is also only available as an additional in-app purchase.
See also
*
List of project management software
The following is a comparison of project management software.
General information
Features
Monetary features
See also
* Kanban (development)
* Project management software
* Project planning
* Comparison of scrum software
* Compari ...
References
External links
Main Website
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Project management software
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