Important changes of this version:
- Added code for internationalization
- Outlook integration for .ics file
(only VEvent) when sending email with assignments to resources
- Added
deadline column and graphical representation
- Possibility to directly open
Single Project files into Multi Project files
- Possibility to disable
"check for updates"
- Increased execution speed
- Store/load settings for
risks view
- Improved look and feel for Mac OS X
- Improved file locking
mechanism
- Bug fix: Related to importing MS Project files
- Bug fix: When
changing a calendar make a reschedule
- Bug fix: Compute the
actual/remaining duration of phases correctly
- Other enhancements and minor
bug fixes
RationalPlan started it's way to become an international product.
Although for now only English language is supported soon enough there will
be added other languages (Italian, French, German). This means that users
from all around the world will be able to use the set of project management
tools that RationalPlan offers in their own language.
Current version added Outlook integration for iCalendar .ics files when
sending emails with assignments to resources. Now users can add Outlook to
Apple iCal and Google Calendar list of clients that can open .ics files
generated with RationalPlan. Still this feature is available only for VEVENT
generated items and not for VTODO ones. This lack of functionality is the
result of the fact that Outlook does not fully support the iCalendar
protocol. More exactly Outlook does not support VTODO and VJOURNAL elements.
This Outlook lack of compatibility with the iCalendar standard is a problem
for many project management software packages available on the market but
Microsoft seems to refuse to implement it even in Outlook 2007.
Task deadlines are easier to be managed starting with this version. Users
can display them as columns in tasks table and view them also on Gantt
chart. Hence delayed tasks are easier to detect and the project manager has
more time available to solve them.
One other issue that was treated in this version is the file locking
mechanism. RationalPlan uses a file lock system to avoid concurrent access
conflicts from different users. But on certain network sharing protocols
like Samba file locking mechanism is not supported. On these networks
RationalPlan will still open files but without locking and is the users
responsibility to manage concurrency.
The interface settings are now also kept for the "Risks" view. In
addition to this the manager has the possibility to print the list of risks
for a project.
The execution speed of the application was increased substantially on
certain views like the "Resource Sheet" and "Task Sheet". More changes were
made for a better integration of RationalPlan with the Mac OS X platform.
Also some important bug fixes are related to the import of MS Project files.
RationalPlan suite includes: RationalPlan Single Project - project
management software for single projects RationalPlan Multi Project - project
management software for multiple projects, projects that are interconnected
through dependencies and share common resource RationalPlan Project Viewer -
free project management software viewer, the perfect solution for anyone
(from project stakeholders to team workers) to view projects details
RationalPlan is designed as an affordable alternative to Microsoft
Project with some extra-features like multiproject management and it is
covering project management area from WBS construction, project planning and
scheduling to critical path management, over allocated resources detection,
progress tracking, cost estimation, etc. Gantt chart support as well as
various time line reports are also provided. It offers the most important
capabilities of a good project management software while being able to
operate on various platforms starting with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and all
other Java enabled platforms.
RationalPlan Project Management Software is available at
http://www.rationalplan.com . It
can be download from
http://www.rationalplan.com/download.php .
About Stand By Soft
Stand By Soft was founded in 1997 as a software company specialized in
building desktop applications and components.
Aleea Parului, Nr.4A, Craiova, Dolj, 200346, Romania
