Resource management with OmniPlan (click to enlarge) For people working with text documents you will also be happy to see the option to export as a TIFF, JPEG or PDF file which means gantt charts can be easily embedded within all sorts of documents. A note of caution though, I did not have any files to test the real-world compatibility of the formats and from past experience your mileage may vary when it comes to swapping complex data between different platforms. OmniPlan by default saves to its own proprietary format but for those working with Microsoft Project users you will be happy to hear that OmniPlan reads and writes Project XML and Project Exchange files. In fact if you have experience with other Omni Group applications like OmniGraffle or OmniOutliner you will feel right at home as the same user-interface conventions and keyboard shortcuts are carried across into OmniPlan. people) and plot critical paths if you have a little knowledge of Microsoft Project (or similar tool). Without consulting the manual it is easy to add tasks, dependencies, resources (i.e. However if you are like me and only need to use project management tools every so often to create the odd overly ambitious gantt chart you will find OmniPlan meets your needs well. Being a 1.0 release the depth of functionality is not there just yet and for mid to hard-core Microsoft Project users they will soon become aware of missing, essential functionality. Microsoft Project) functional idioms when managing your projects. When it comes to functionality OmniPlan covers all the bases and applies the standard (i.e. I have been playing with OmniPlan and at this early stage it looks like the Omni Group have managed to maintain their high standards when it comes to functionality, usability and aesthetics. As their software is not simply a port of a Windows version or designed from the outset to run on multiple platforms the applications always look fantastic, integrate extensively with other OSX services and run as smooth as silk. The reason why the Omni Group make excellent OSX software is because their products are designed specifically for the graphical and interface conventions of OSX. Omni Group software consistently gets even die hard Windows users drooling because of its ease of use, looks and depth of functionality. Without their OmniGraffle diagram/vector drawing package my life would be a whole lot harder.
The Omni Group have a long history of making great OSX software, in fact they started out developing software for the NEXTSTEP operating system - the forerunner of OSX. The OmniPlan workspace (click to enlarge)
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