TurboProject v4
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Managing Your Complex Projects -- Simply

In today's business environment, project management plays a critical role. Successful achievement of business goals requires good management to identify and correct problems before they impact your budget or schedule. It requires  good communication to keep your team focused on the right objectives at the right time. In short, it requires TurboProject.

TurboProject is easy to learn and use. Tutorials and templates get you up and  running in minutes, while a unique combination of Top-Down and Loose Layout planning, coupled with unlimited undo and redo capability allow project managers  greater flexibility when it comes to planning and tracking. NEW TurboProject v4 combines power and versatility with a truly comprehensive set of new scheduling, activities, and resource management features for both single and multiple  projects. Sharing information is made simple with TurboProject's ability to work  with Microsoft Project ® .MPD files and the new Publish to the Web feature, while  presentation-quality output features allow you to present your project with  professional flair. With TurboProject, all your complex projects will be on  time, on budget and in control.

Practical Planning Software that Delivers Unbeatable Power

TurboProject takes into account that you may not have all of the information you need up  front -- and allows you to lay out your project anyway. Now that's real power! This incredible software "thinks" the way you do, letting you create detailed  plans that reflect real-world projects. You can view the details you know, and place them in countless "what if" scenarios. TurboProjects unique Top-Down  planning methodology lets you start with what you know, while the Loose Layout capability allows you to organize activities and events independent of one another for a realistic project plan. Then, TurboProject's practical design  background structure lets you fill in the details later, giving you maximum flexibility.

Communicating Project Plans Has Never Been Easier

(NEW) SUPPORT FOR SAVING AND OPENING PROJECT FILES IN  THE MICROSOFT PROJECT DATABASE FORMAT .MPD
TurboProject offers unrivalled compatibility for sharing project information with users of Microsoft Project  98. Many users and surprisingly many vendors are not aware that Microsoft no longer offers file compatibility using the .MPX format. In addition, due to  significant enhancements in the way resource usage information is handled in Microsoft Project 98, saving to .MPX will result in the loss of this type of information. For example, accurate distribution of resource work hours (both actual and planned) and splits in activities will all be lost when an .MPX file  is opened in Microsoft Project or another Project Management application with  which a user is attempting to share data.

However, with TurboProject 4.0, all this detailed information can be viewed  directly, by saving the file to Microsoft Project .MPD format.

(Note* - This version of TurboProject allows you to open files from .MPD. Only TurboProject Professional allows you to save to and open from .MPD.)

(NEW) PUBLISH TO THE WEB
Now with TurboProject v4, any table can be instantly published to the  Web in HTML format by simply choosing from one of a number of preformatted templates. You can even publish tabular reports, export them in HTML, and then view them in a browser. For example, a weekly to-do list could be exported as an  HTML file and sent directly to team members assigned to the project. This would enable a larger organization to publish tabular reports on a corporate Intranet.

Superior Functions Reduce the Time You Spend Creating and Maintaining  Project Plans

(NEW) RESOURCE USAGE SPREADSHEET VIEW
The  Resource Usage View is an excellent tool for resolving overallocation problems. This feature summarizes, by resource, all activities the resource is assigned to  on a given project. When an activity is selected in the Gantt or table pane, the  spreadsheet pane will refresh to display a list of the resources assigned to that activity, as well as details for each activity to which the resources have  been assigned. This allows users to review the allocation of a resource to see  if they are overallocated or underallocated. Values displayed in the spreadsheet pane can be selected from a list of 51 curves, offering the user a multitude of  ways to display resource and expense information. In comparison, Microsoft  Project 98 and 2000 offer only offer 24 curves. This means that TurboProject v4 provides the user with more tailored information suited to their individual  needs. To make management and selection of these curves easy, curve templates can be defined and selected from a dropdown list in the Property Templates  toolbar. This flexible and intuitive feature will save users a lot of time, unlike any other product in this segment of the market.

NEW) ACTIVITY USAGE SPREADSHEET VIEW
This view shows a list of all resources assigned to any activity chosen in the Gantt table pane of the view. In the above example, the timescale has been adjusted to days, and the daily assignment values for each resource assigned to this activity are displayed. The daily values can be modified to create a profile allowing a resource's work to be distributed in a way that reflects the manner in which the resources will carry out the work. For example, the resource "Labor" might need to work for a longer period than the standard  working day for the first two days of the activity. Because the spreadsheet is interactive, the user can enter the value for the "Original Resource" hours  directly into the spreadsheet pane.
Plus, you'll have the ability to instantly change the scale of display of data in the spreadsheet pane from Days  to Weeks, Months, Quarters or Years by clicking on the scale buttons above the spreadsheet grid.

NEW) SPLIT AND RECURRING  ACTIVITIES You now have more power than before with regard to these types of activities. With TurboProject 4, you can divide an activity that must occur in segments and you can schedule activities that happen on a recurring basis (such as that Monday morning weekly meeting). Presentation-Quality Output and Ability to Define Views, Shapes and Formats  of All You See (NEW ) PROPERTY TEMPLATES With version 4.0 the user is now able to customize any aspect  of the view including the contents of each pane of the active window. The aim  has been to provide users at any level with a feature set normally only found in  products that are designed with presentations in mind. Having created plans, how does a user get their message across if they can't set up views in a way that they feel works for the intended audience? To answer this question, TurboProject v 4.0 now includes charting-like features to allow unlimited possibilities for tailoring of tables (row and cell  colors, highlights, font sizes and colors), bars (shapes, colors, end points, labels), profiles and spreadsheets (curve styles, row styles, fonts, backgrounds and shading). Formatting like this can be done globally, or for specific objects. For example, users may display a special bar shape, color, or shading  for the activities assigned to a particular team member. Users can create templates and add special "Accessories and Period" bars that are conveniently  accessible from a special "Property Templates" toolbar. Thus, with a few clicks, the user can select the table and bar styles that work for an upper management presentation or instead use styles that are more suitable for a project team. Additional New Features In TurboProject v4 * Information Column * AutoFit to Size Columns in Tables * Export Directly to Microsoft Excel * Import/Export Enhancements * Copy Picture (Insert in  Word/Excel/PowerPoint) * Display of Connections When Subprojects are  Collapsed Recommended System Requirements Standard: Windows ® 95/98/ME or NT/XP ®  3.51 or higher, 2000 Pentium II 266 MHz (166 Min), 64MB of RAM (32 Min), 21 MB free hard disk space, CD-ROM, mouse;