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SEAVUS PROJECT VIEWER – BENCHMARK TEST RESULTS

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PROJECT VIEWER

Benchmark Analysis Summary

This document was prepared by Seavus on September 12, 2007 for the expressed purpose of testing all known viewers of Microsoft® Project plans (.mpp files) currently available in the marketplace. The goal of this testing was to compare each viewer’s viewing/printing functionality to Microsoft® Project to determine whether or not a manufacturer’s viewer contained that functionality. It is our mission to fairly test all viewers and to accurately display the information in an unbiased way - we let the products speak for themselves. We encourage all users of this benchmark to check the veracity of the report by spot checking items in the report. Over time, this report will degrade in accuracy as some manufacturers release new versions of their viewer and make improvements/fixes to their product(s). This report is updated approximately every 12 weeks. Our testers purchased the latest published versions of each viewer (as of three weeks prior to the date of this document) and did a thorough comparison of all features available in each of these viewers. See page 15 for a list of the exact project viewer version levels tested. For a copy of the Project files used in this testing, please contact us at [email protected]


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Table 1 GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION

Seavus

Project Viewer

Adept Tracker

Afinion Project Viewer

K-SOL Project Reader

Project Planner Reader

Solo/PC Housatonic Project Viewer

Steelray Project Viewer

Twiddlebit Plan

Requires MS Project Installed on the machine No Yes No No

No No No No

"MS Project-like" user interface

1 10 4 4 4

3 10 5 5

Application Help Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Live update Yes No No No No No Yes No

Task Import/Export from/to Outlook

Yes No

No/Yes No No No No No/Yes

Export entire project plan to Outlook (As Attachment)

Yes No

No No No No No No

Import project plan from Excel

Yes No

No No No No No No

Export to Microsoft Power Point

Yes No

No No No No No No

Open with ODBC Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No

Import from Easy Project Plan

Yes No

No No

No No No No

Open more files instances simultaneously

Yes No

No No

No No No No

Copy/Paste feature Yes No No Limited No Yes Yes Yes

Vista compatibility Yes Yes* No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Save User Profile option Yes No No Yes** No No No No

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"MS Project-like" user interface – gradation is from 1 to 10. This is a subjective analysis for this feature.

• *Adept Tracker viewer needs installation of MS Project 2000 in the Vista platform

• **K-SOL has a “Save Preferences” option which allows users to specify some view preferences (work units, date format, duration units, bar text)


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Table 2 SPEED OF FILE OPENING

Speed of file opening

Seavus Project Viewer

Adept tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

500Kb 0.93 8.8 2.4 2.2 8.7 1.33 2.63 0.89 1MB 0.95 9 2.2 1.5 3.7 1.75 3.74 0.63 3MB 2.8 26.3 6.4 4.1 18.5 2.69 8.74 8.63 5MB 2.0 54.3 16.3 17.4 freeze 3.76 13.08 51.48 10MB 3.3 freeze 32 43.33 freeze 7.54 28.40 freeze

15MB 5.0 freeze 53.8 01:03.08 freeze 12.47 40.75 freeze

20MB 6.6 freeze 01:19:7 01:30:06 freeze 17.79 54.18 freeze

35MB 13.36 freeze 01:03:8 freeze freeze 33.67 01:48:79 freeze

45MB 11.52 freeze freeze freeze freeze freeze freeze freeze

Table 3 SPEED OF SWITCHING BETWEEN VIEWS

Speed of switching between

views


Adept tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

500Kb 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.73 0.74 0.75 1MB 0.63 0.51 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.86 0.76 0.39 3MB 0.8 0.60 1.8 1.4 3.2 0.86 1.0 0.49 5MB 0.8 4.2 8.7 7.3 freeze 1.03* 0.95 0.49 10MB 1 freeze 26.9 16.49 freeze 2.21 1.49 freeze

15MB 4.6 freeze 51 21.8 freeze 3.14 3.2 freeze

20MB 8.2 freeze 01:30:2 30.8 freeze 5.02 4.02 freeze

35MB 10.66 freeze freeze freeze freeze 09.05 7.81 freeze

45MB 12.1 freeze freeze freeze freeze freeze freeze freeze

• Time in seconds

• * HPV Viewer does not switch to Task Usage and Resource Usage views


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Table 4 SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS (IMPORTING)


Adept Tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

MPP file format Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes1

Yes Yes Yes

Others formats mpt, xls, mdb, xml

lzc (native file), xml

mpd, mdb mpt,

mdb/mpd, xml

ppr (native

format of Project

Planner)

No xml, xls pln, mpx,

mpd

Support for MPP MS Project 98 files Yes No Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

2 Yes

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Support for MPP MS Project 2000-2003 files

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Support for MPP MS Project 2007

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No Yes Yes

No

• .MPP file format is a native Microsoft® Project file format

• 1 This software is relatively unstable and does not open many .mpp files

• 2 MS Project 98 .mpp files are not fully supported by any viewer (there are errors in certain views and functions).


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Table 5 SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS (EXPORTING)


Adept Tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

CSV file format Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No

XML file format Yes No No No No No Yes No

HTML file format Yes Yes No No No No Yes No

Table 6 PRINT FUNCTIONALITY


Adept Tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

Printing of the project

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Print preview Yes Yes1 Yes

1 Yes

1 Yes

1 Yes Yes

1 Yes

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Printing Original Header and Footer

Yes No No No

No

Yes No No

Printing Custom Header and Footer

Yes No No Yes2 No Yes No No

Printing legend Yes No No No No Yes No No

Printing with timescale range

Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Yes3

Contextual Printing

Yes No No No No No No

No

• 1 The shown information is not as in MS Project

• 2

The available options for custom header and footer are different than those in MS Project

• 3

The timescale range is not shown on every page; it is not as in MS Project


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TABLE 7 SUPPORTED VIEWS


Adept Tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

Bar Rollup Yes No Yes1

No No Yes2

No No

Calendar Yes No No No Yes3

Yes4

Yes5

No

Descriptive Network Diagram

Yes7

No

No No

No No No No

Detail Gantt Yes No Yes8

No No Yes9

No No

Gantt Chart Yes Yes 1

Yes1

Yes1

Yes10

Yes1

Yes1

Yes10

Leveling Gantt Yes No Yes12

No No Yes13

No No

Milestone Date Rollup

Yes

No Yes

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No No Yes2 No No

Milestone Rollup Yes No Yes15

No No Yes2 No No

Multiple Baselines Gantt

Yes

No Bug16

No No Bug17

No No

Network Diagram Yes7

Yes18

No No Yes19

Yes

Yes7

No

Relationship Diagram

Yes No No No No No No No

Resource Graph Yes No No No Yes20

Yes21

Yes22

Yes23

Resource Sheet Yes Yes25

No Yes26

Yes27

Yes28

Yes29

Yes27

Resource Usage Yes31

Yes32 No Yes33 No Yes34

Yes35

No

Task Sheet (standard view)

Yes No

No No Yes37

Yes Yes38

Yes27

Task Usage (standard view)

Yes No

No Yes 40 No Yes41 Yes41 No

Tracking Gantt Yes Bug Yes42

No No Yes42

Bug49 No

User-defined “Descriptive Network Diagram” views

Yes No No No

No No No No

User-defined “Detail Gantt” views

Yes No

No

No

No Yes9

No No


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User-defined “Gantt Chart” views

Yes No

No

No Crashes Yes

1 No

No

User-defined “Milestone Date Rollup” views

Yes

No No

No

No Yes1 No No

User-defined “Milestone Rollup” views

Yes

No No

No

No Yes1 No No

User-defined “Network Diagram” views

Yes No No No Crashes No No No

User-defined “Resource Graph” views

Yes

No

No No

No No

No

No

User-defined “Resource Sheet” views

Yes

No

No No Crashes Yes

No

No

User-defined “Resource Usage” views

Yes

No

No No

No Yes 34

No

No

User-defined “Task Sheet” views Yes No

No No

Crashes Yes

No

No

User-defined “Task Usage” views Yes No

No No

No Yes34

No

No

• 1 Split tasks are not shown; incorrect task progress is presented

• 2 Split tasks are not shown or wrong information is presented; task progress is incorrect

• 3 Shown information is not as in MS Project and the interface is not like MS Project

• 4 In Calendar View, the split tasks are not shown

• 5 Information is not shown as in MS Project; split tasks are not shown

• 6Task split is not shown; bars order is not as in MS Project and milestones are not shown

• 7 The boxes are not located as in MS Project


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• 8 Split task is not shown, slack is incorrect, timescale is not as in MS Project

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Incorrect slack info, task progress is incorrect and all split tasks are not shown

• 10 Complex files can not be opened, in simple files the view is different and the timescale is not as in MS project

• 11 Timescale is not as in MS Project, so the user is not able to view the information as it is in the original project plan; task progress is incorrect; split tasks

are not shown as split

• 12 Leveling Delay column is not supported, split tasks are not shown; incorrect task progress

• 13 Split tasks are not shown or incorrect split is presented; incorrect task progress is shown

• 14Incorrect task progress

• 15 Incorrect task progress; Afinion Project Viewer does not support Layout option which is the most important for this view. Actually, the milestones

couldn’t be rolled up

• 16 Start Variance and Finish Variance columns are not supported; incorrect information is shown in right pane; split tasks are not shown as split

• 17 Not as in MS Project; totally wrong information is shown

• 18 Not as found in MS Project; some task information is not shown

• 19 This view is not as in MS Project. It doesn’t show all information and critical tasks are not in red boxes.

• 20There is Resource Usage graph and it shows wrong information; this view is not as in MS Project

• 21 There is no information about the peak units of the material resources; In MS Project Resource Graph view is not available for cost resources but HPV

shows some incorrect information about them

• 22 Wrong information in the graph is shown

• 23 This view is not as in MS Project and the wrong information is shown

• 24 This view is not as in MS Project; wrong information is shown; over-allocated bars are not red colored

• 252 Many columns are not supported. The user is not able to see the type of the appropriate resource because Type column is not shown

• 26 Base Calendar column is not shown; Cost resources are shown as material and Std Rate, Ovt Rate and Cost/Use values are presented in € (€/h)

instead in $ ($/h)

• 27 This view is not the appropriate one in MS Project. It does not contain the same information as in MS Project

• 28 Std. Rate and Cost/Use columns in MS Project are not available for cost resources but HPV shows information about them. If 2007 .mpp file is opened

the Cost resources are presented as Material type instead of Cost type.

• 29 The Type column is missed, therefore the user is not able to see the type of resource; over-allocated resources are not red colored


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• 30 Max Units, Ovt Rate and Base Calendar columns shouldn’t be available for material resources as it is in MS Project but I-LOG shows some information

about them

• 31 SPV shows some information about cost resources even though it is not displayed in MS Project

• 32 Shown information is not correct and the interface is totally different as that of MS Project

• 33 This view is not as in MS Project (right and left panes are totally different then the appropriate in MS Project); wrong information is shown about cost

resources

• 34 In MS Project, in the right pane there are no information about the cost resources (2007 .mpp files) but HPV shows some incorrect values

• 35 Wrong information is shown; over-allocated resources are not red colored; Actual Work column is not shown; there is shown information about cost

resources even in MS Project there is not

• 36 The information is incorrect. Actually the right pane is not shown as table (it is chart) and the Work column shows wrong information.

• 37 The information is not as in MS Project; there are some columns that doesn’t exist in MS Project

• 38 Scrolling is enabled and user is not able to see the information; Date format is different as in MS Project

• 40 The information is correct, but the both panes (right and left) are not as in MS project. They contain different information as that one in MS Project

• 41 The Work Details column is missed; there is information about cost resources even though it is not in MS Project

• 42 Task progress is incorrect; split tasks are not shown as split


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Table 8 READING PROJECT PLANS AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION


Adept Tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

Password protected files


Layout settings (Link types, rollups, date formatting)

Yes No No Limited No Yes

No No

Bar Styles (Shapes, Colors and Bar Texts)

Yes No No Limited No Yes Limited Limited

Text Styles Yes No No No No Yes Limited No

Fonts and colors (on tasks, on columns, on cells)

Yes No No Limited No Yes

Yes No

Gridline settings Yes2

No Limited No No3

Yes4 No No

Recurring Tasks Yes Yes5 Yes Yes

6 No

3 Yes

7 Yes

8 Yes

Critical Tasks Yes Yes9

No No Yes Yes Yes

Yes10

Expanded/Collapsed Tasks (as they are originally saved)

Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No No

Task calendar Yes No No No No Yes No No

Task notes Yes No No Yes11

Yes Yes11

Yes11

Crashes

Task Information Yes Yes12

No Yes13

Yes12

Yes14

Yes12

Yes12

Resource notes Yes No No Yes11

No Yes11

No No

Resource Information

Yes Yes12

No Yes12

Yes12

No Yes12

No

Task links Yes No Yes16

Yes16

Yes17

Yes Yes16

Yes17

Deadlines Yes18

No Yes No No Yes19

No No

Estimated duration Yes No Yes

Yes

No

Yes Yes No

Duration units Yes Yes21

Yes21

Yes21

Yes21

Yes Yes No


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Summary duration units

Yes Yes22

Yes22

Yes22

Yes22

Yes Yes22

No

Work Yes No Yes Yes No

Yes Yes Yes23

Work units Yes No Yes24

Yes24

No Yes Yes24

No

External tasks Yes Yes25

Yes25

Yes25

No Yes No

Crashes

Links Between Projects

Yes No No No No Yes No No

Inserted projects Yes No No Yes26

No Yes27

Yes28

No

Empty rows Yes30

No No Yes No Yes

Yes30

No

Row height Yes No No No No Yes No No

Project Properties Yes No No Yes31 Yes

32 Yes

31 No Yes

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• 2 Some gridlines are not the same color as MS Project (the others are shown correctly)

• 3 Any file can not be opened

• 4 HPV supports Gridlines option inside the application only for Gantt views. Gridlines that are set in MS Project are not supported

• 5

The task progress is not shown

• 6 Recurring indicator is not shown

• 7 Task progress is incorrect; recurring indicator is not shown

• 8 Task progress is incorrect

• 9 Does not show all critical tasks (some critical tasks are shown colored in red, others are not

• 10 It shows critical tasks not same as in MS Project ; incorrect information is shown

• 11 If there are links in the Notes tab, the user is unable to open them

• 12 The information dialog does not contain the same type of information compared with the appropriate window in MS Project

• 13 The task window does not contain Advanced tab with its information as it is in MS Project

• 14 Predecessors and Resources tabs are not supported

• 15 Costs’ tab is not supported

• 16 It shows the links, but not as chosen in MS Project

• 17 Any file cannot be opened and the tasks are linked but not as in MS Project

• 18 In some .mpp files deadlines are not shown in the chart pane of the Gantt view


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• 19 Deadlines are not shown in some .mpp files or when shown, the alternative text does not appear (when you go on with the mouse over the deadline in

the gantogram)

• 20 The Estimated Durations aren’t shown on the summary tasks

• 21Not as in MS Project

• 22 Not as in MS Project.

It shows the summary duration units by default in days. If you set the duration units in hours/weeks/months it will show it in days

(by default).

• 23 Not as in MS Project; Work values are presented in days instead in hours

• 24 It shows the work units by default in hours. If you set the work units in days for example, it will show it in hours (by default).

• 25 Information is not shown as in MS Project: Task is in the table but it is not gray

• 26 There is a limitation (if inserted project contains many tasks, K-SOL doesn’t show all of them);task progress is incorrect; Split tasks are not shown

• 27 Task progress is incorrect; split tasks are not shown or incorrect information is presented

• 28 Wrong information is shown; there is a limitation (if inserted project contains a lot tasks, Steelray Project Viewer doesn’t show all of them)

• 29 The Timescale is not as in MS Project, so the user is unable to view the information as displayed in the original project plan

• 30 The empty rows are not shown but the Task ID is changed as in MS Project

• 31 General and Statistics tabs are not supported

• 32 Not as in MS Project


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Table 9 ENHANCED APPLICATION FEATURES


Adept Tracker






Twiddlebit Plan

Mouse scrolling Yes Limited Yes Yes Limited Yes Limited Yes

Task follow Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes1

Yes

Yes2 Yes

Task filters Yes Limited Limited No Limited Yes Limited Limited

Indicators Yes No No Yes

3

No Yes4

Yes5

Only “Notes”

icons

Customizing tables Yes No No Yes No Yes

Yes

No

Double click to auto-fit column width

Yes Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes No Bug

• 1 Not as in MS Project

• 2In some views (Resource Usage or Task Usage) the task order is not as in MS Project

• 3 Hyperlink , recurring and task calendar indicators are not shown

• 4 Generally it shows indicators, but recurring indicator is not shown.

• 5 Does not show deadline indicator, or the indicator saying that a calendar is assigned to a task

• 6 Notes indicators are shown but calendar indicators are also shown even though there are not shown in MS Project


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Table 10 IMPLEMENTED MICROSOFT PROJECT FEATURES


Adept Tracker Viewer






Twiddlebit Plan

3-D Gantt bars Yes No No No No No No No

Visual Reports No No No No No No No No

Background Cell Highlighting


Task Drivers No No No No No No No No

Cost Resources Yes No No No No No No No

Budget resources No No No No No No No No

Report templates No No No No No No No No

Resource Working Time (Exceptions)

No No No No No No No No

Resource Working Time(Work weeks)

No No No No No No No No

Combined view Yes Yes2 No No Yes2 Yes No No

Progress lines Yes No No No No Yes No No

Timescale formatting Yes Yes2 Yes

2 Yes

2 No Yes No No

Details Yes No No No No No No No

Detail Styles Yes No No No No No Yes2 No

Filters Yes Yes1 No No Yes1 Yes Limited No

Custom (user-defined) filters


Groups Yes No No No No Yes No No

Custom (user-defined) groups


Tables Yes No No Yes2 No Yes No No

Custom (user-defined) tables


Collaborate option No No No No No Yes No No

• 1The number of available filters is limited and they are not the standard filters as found in Microsoft Project

• 2 Not as found in Microsoft Project


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VERSION LEVELS TESTED:

The version level of each Viewer tested is as follows:

• ADEPT TRACKER VIEWER 3.0.1 (BUILD 5609)

• AFINION PROJECT VIEWER 4.1 (BUILD 0092)

• K-SOL PROJECT READER 3.4.1 (SETUP FOR W2000/W2003/WXP/VISTA),

• PROJECT PLANNER READER 3.0*

• SEAVUS PROJECT VIEWER 3.0.0 (BUILD 6262)

• SOLO PC/HOUSATONIC PROJECT VIEWER (9.8.2.20801)

• STEELRAY PROJECT VIEWER 3.2.3.0 AND TWIDDLEBIT PLAN 3.0 (BUILD 62)


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1 APENDIX

1.1 FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION

Table 2 GENERAL APPLICATION INFORMATION

Feature Description

Requires MS Project Installed on the machine User should have installed MS Project on the machine

"MS Project-like" user interface1 The application has the same interface as MS project

Speed of application start Needed time to start the application Speed of opening mpp files (500 KB)

2 Needed time to open the .mpp file

Speed of opening mpp files (5 MB)3 Needed time to open the .mpp file

Application Help There is help file included in the application Live update There is live update available in the application Task Import/Export from/to Outlook Ability for importing/exporting tasks from/to MS Outlook Export entire project plan to Outlook (As Attachment)

Ability for exporting entire project plan to MS Outlook

Import project plan from Excel Ability for importing project plan from MS Excel Export to Microsoft Power Point Ability for exporting plans to MS Power Point Open with ODBC Ability for opening files using ODBC connection Import from Easy Project Plan Ability for importing project plan from Easy Project Plan Open more files instances simultaneously Ability for opening more files instances simultaneously

Copy/Paste feature User is able to Copy the hyperlink (e.g. the URL it points to) associated with the selected task or resource in the current view to the clipboard, so it can be pasted in other applications

Save User Profile option ‘Save My Settings’ User Profile functionality will remember the ‘view’ preferences that user wishes to see when displaying project plan information so he/she will no longer need to adjust his/her views when he/she open a new .mpp file. Additionally, it will allow him/her to standardize his/her Seavus Project Viewer interface to see only the information he/she wants, in a format that he/she prefers.


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Table 3 SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS (IMPORTING)

Feature Description

MPP file format User can open .mpp file format

Others formats

Support for MPP MS Project 98 files User can open .mpp file format created in MS Project 98 Support for MPP MS Project 2000-2003 files User can open .mpp file format created in MS Project 2000-2003

Support for MPP MS Project 2007 User can open .mpp file format created in MS Project 2007

Table 4 SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS (EXPORTING)

Feature Description

CSV file format User can open .csv file format XML file format User can open .xml file format HTML file format User can open .html file format


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Table 5 PRINT FUNCTIONALITY

Feature Description

Printing of the project User can see the Print dialog where he/she can choose a printer to print the currently active view

Print preview User can see the Print Preview window for the currently active view

Printing Original Header and Footer User can print original Header and Footer

Printing Custom Header and Footer User can print custom Header and Footer

Printing legend In the Legend section user can choose where to print the legend by selecting Every page, Legend page or None.

Printing with timescale range Allows exact printing of selected parts of the project

Contextual Printing Allows user to print the project plan faster (directly from the Windows explorer) that in the usual way. User has to select the .mpp file, right click on the mouse button and select the Print with Seavus Project Viewer feature.


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Table 6 SUPPORTED VIEWS

Feature Description Bar Rollup Displays subtasks rolled up and overlaid as bars on top of their respective

summary tasks.

Calendar A monthly calendar showing tasks and durations. Use this task view to show the tasks scheduled in a specific week or range of weeks

Descriptive Network Diagram A list of tasks and related information, and a chart showing tasks and durations over time. Use this task view to the list of tasks and their schedule

Detail Gantt Variation of the Gantt Chart view, and it depicts slack and slippage in the project

Gantt Chart Displays project information in two ways: The left side displays information as a sheet and the right side displays information as a chart.

Levelling Gantt

Variation of the Gantt Chart view, where the left side of the view displays project information as a sheet and the right side displays project information as a chart. The sheet portion displays a list of tasks and information about task delays

Milestone Date Rollup Displays subtasks rolled up as milestones that are marked with each task's name and start date and overlaid on top of their respective summary tasks.

Milestone Rollup Displays subtasks rolled up as milestones that are marked with each task's name and overlaid on top of their respective summary tasks.

Multiple Baselines Gantt The Multiple Baselines Gantt view displays different colored task bars for the first three baselines (Baseline, Baseline1, and Baseline2) on summary tasks and subtasks in the chart portion of this view.

Network Diagram A diagram showing all tasks and task dependencies. Use this task view to view your schedule in a flowchart format

Relationship Diagram Specialized version of the Network Diagram view and displays the current task in the center of the pane, with the task's immediate predecessors to its left and immediate successors to its right.

Resource Graph A graph showing resource allocation, cost, or work over time. Use this resource view to display information about a single resource or group of resources over time.

Resource Sheet A list of resources and related information. Use this resource view to review resource information in a spreadsheet-like format.

Resource Usage A list of resources showing allocation, cost, or work information for each resource over time. Use this resource view to show cost or work allocation information for each resource


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Task Sheet (standard view) The Task Sheet view displays information about each task (such as task duration, start and finish dates, and cost in a sheet format.

Task Usage (standard view) A list of tasks showing assigned resources grouped under each task. Use this task view to see which resources are assigned to specific tasks

Tracking Gantt A list of tasks and related information, and a chart showing baseline and scheduled Gantt bars for each task. Use this task view to compare the baseline schedule with the actual schedule.

User-defined “Descriptive Network Diagram” views

User can see user defined view created in MS Project

User-defined “Detail Gantt” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Gantt Chart” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Milestone Date Rollup” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Milestone Rollup” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Network Diagram” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Resource Graph” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Resource Sheet” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Resource Usage” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Task Sheet” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project User-defined “Task Usage” views User can see user defined view created in MS Project


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Table 7 READING PROJECT PLANS AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION

Feature Description

Password protected files User is able to open the password protected files that are protected with password by the Project manager, if he/she knows the appropriate password

Layout settings (Link types, rollups, date formatting)

User can change the layout options for the active view by using the Layout dialog for the corresponding view, by clicking on the Layout command on the Format menu

Bar Styles (Shapes, Colors and Bar Texts) The styles for drawing the bars and displaying information about bars in the particular view

Text Styles The font styles for the various texts in the view

Fonts and colors (on tasks, on columns, on cells)

Ability to choose font and color

Gridline settings Formatting of the different gridlines for the view

Recurring Tasks Presents detailed information about the selected recurring task like name, duration, recurrence pattern, task calendar, etc

Critical Tasks Shows all tasks that are on the critical path

Expanded/Collapsed Tasks (as they are originally saved)

Ability to view tasks as it is saved

Task calendar Ability to assign Calendar to task Task notes Ability to create Task notes Task Information This dialog contains common information about the appropriate task

Resource notes Ability for showing resources that have objects attached or a note in the Notes box

Resource Information This dialog contains common information about the appropriate resource Task links Ability to show linked tasks Deadlines Ability to show all tasks that have a specified deadline Estimated duration Show the tasks that have estimated durations

Duration units Specifies the unit of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months) used when displaying the Duration field in the current project. The default setting is Days.

Summary duration units Specifies the unit of time for the summary task


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Work Specifies the default unit of time (minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months) used when displaying the Work field in the current project. The default setting is Hours.

Work units Defines unit of time

External tasks

Tasks from different subprojects can be linked together, forming a predecessor/successor dependency. When you open one of the subprojects in Seavus Project Viewer, all of the predecessor tasks from other subprojects will be shown next to the local tasks in the project being opened. They appear with different bar/box style and font in the different task views, e.g. in grey color, so they can be visually distinguished from the local tasks. These tasks are called External tasks.

Links Between Projects Provides review information about tasks linked to and from other projects.

Inserted projects When opening a master project file in Seavus Project Viewer, all of its inserted subprojects are loaded as well.

Empty rows Ability to show empty rows Row height Ability to change the row height

Project Properties Ability to open File Properties dialog for the currently opened file, where user can find information like document title, author and company name, file name, location and size


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Table 8 ENHANCED APPLICATION FEATURES

Feature Description

Mouse scrolling Ability to scroll the mouse Task follow Ability to show correct task sequence Task filters Shows list of standard task filters, available by default in Microsoft® Project

Indicators Small icons representing information for a task or resource that are displayed in the Indicators field. The Indicators field is located to the right of the ID field and appears in a number of tables

Customizing tables Ability to custom tables Double click to auto-fit column width Ability to double click to auto fit column width Bar tool-tips Ability for bar manipulation Cell tool-tips Ability for cell manipulation


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Table 9 IMPLEMENTED MICROSOFT PROJECT FEATURES

Feature Description

3-D Gantt bars Ability to show 3-D Gantt Bars Visual Reports Ability to show Visual Reports created in Excel and Visio

Background Cell Highlighting Ability to show shading cells

Task Drivers Shows prerequisites and resource constraints that drive the start date of the selected task.

Cost Resources Ability to show the Cost resources (used for assigning actual costs to task )

Budget resources Ability to allocate funds and track costs, work and materials against budget.

Report templates Ability to show the reports created using report templates

Resource Working Time (Exceptions) Ability to show Resource Working Time(Exceptions)

Resource Working Time(Work weeks) Ability to show Resource Working Time(Work weeks)

Combined view Combination views are views that contain two views

Progress lines To create a visual representation of the progress of the project, user can display progress lines on his/her Gantt Chart

Timescale formatting

Ability to customize showing up to three tiers: a top tier, a middle tier, and a bottom tier. User can adjust all timescale tiers independently to view the project at the level of detail he/she needs. User can also hide any or all timescale tiers.

Details Ability to show Details

Detail Styles User can change the detail styles for the active view by using the Detail Styles dialog for the corresponding view, by clicking on the Detail Styles command on the Format menu

Filters Filters allow the user to display only the information he/she is interested in and hide the rest. Selecting a filter does not delete information from the project; it only filters it from the view.

Custom (user-defined) filters Ability to show user-defined filters

Groups

This section of menu items contains a list of groups that are selected to be accessible through the menu (as a quick access list). Usually, i.e. by default, this section contains the same groups as in Microsoft® Project when started for the first time. Clicking on one of the groups activates the particular group for the currently active view

Custom (user-defined) groups Ability to show user-defined groups


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Tables This menu provides options to change the table associated with a view and switch to some of the other available tables or create a completely new table of your own.

Custom (user-defined) tables Ability to show user-defined tables

Collaborate option Ability to use Collaborate option

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