AceProject vs. RationalPlan

It is well suited if you have a specific work force or are working in a production or an assembly line style environment. It is also well suited if you have small teams that have to get out a certain amount of product in set periods of time. AceProjects is great for monitoring how long each individual spent on their specific task and subsequently how long the team took to complete their work.

Incentivized

It's got its shortcomings but is still the best PM tool in my opinion

• Time Tracking
• Resource allocation
• Easy to implement, small adoption curve.

Incentivized

• Runs on Linux and Windows.
• It Can read Microsoft Project files.
• Contains all functions needed for easy to use project planning

• Expand on data tracking
• Improve report generation
• Break out from just being a time clock manager.

Incentivized

• Duration at top level only in days (no options to change). Not so fun when running multi-year projects and trying to convert to weeks months on the fly in meetings
• Ability to customize built in reports (even if it was done outside and you had to use fields provided)
• Printing flexibility for reporting

I had to ask for support once and got a response immediately.

Incentivized

RationalPlan is cost-effective and allows most users to prepare and manage their schedule. The software lacks comprehensive reporting and duration changes at the top level of a project.

• We were able to track our production teams work and refine our methods to improve deliverable dates.
• Once our staff reached a certain size the capability of the software began to lag. Diminishing returns.
• The lack of reporting features made data regression and extrapolation difficult.

Incentivized

• Helps explain the target schedule and resource estimates for cost of the project

Incentivized