Projects 2 vs Project Express Usage & Stats

Projects 2 is a powerful project management application for planning, updating and reporting project progress. It provides Task List, Gantt and Calendar views that make is easy to visualize a project. Projects 2 has been designed for ease of use in the office using an iPad and when mobile using an iPhone. It is easy to update during a meeting and report progress to team members. It has many features that simplify and help manage a project: • Working & Non-Working Time : The duration of a task can be scheduled as ‘Elapsed’ for continuous activity or ‘Working Time’ for activity that occurs during working hours. Working and non-working days can be specified, including the start and end time for the working day. • Batch Editing : Allows multiple tasks to be modified at once to update status, start date, end date, duration, flag and percent complete. • Linked Tasks : Establish parent-child relationships and have the child tasks update automatically when a parent task changes. • Filter : Filter the Task, Gantt and Calendar views to show tasks of interest. Filter by Flag, Milestone, Status, Phase, Resource. • Sort : Tasks can be sorted manually or automatically by name, start date and end date and grouped by status. • Resources : Create and assign resources to tasks. Filter and search by resource in Task, Calendar and Gantt views. • Search : Find tasks easily with keyword search for tasks and notes. This will filter Task and Gantt views to show the tasks which meet the search criteria. • Dashboard : A Dashboard gives a quick overview of your project showing key dates, task counts, status, task duration and completion. • To Do List : Add a checklist of To Do items to task to keep track of key deliverables and tick them off as they are completed. The task’s percent complete will update automatically. — TASK VIEW — • The Task view is great for listing the tasks within a project. • Customize the appearance to simply/expand the information displayed. • Show/hide notes and completed tasks. • Color code a task to identify it’s status. • Identify tasks as milestones. • Single tap on a task to edit it’s properties: - Description, notes, dates, duration, status, flag, percent complete and resource. - Edit to do items. - Establish parent/child relationships. — GANTT VIEW — • The Gantt view is great for viewing project timescales. • Adjust the time scale to show days/weeks/months/quarters. • Zoom, Pan and Scroll the view to see all tasks in a Project. • Tap on the task name to scroll the task into view. • Long press on a task to establish parent/child relationships. • Customize the information displayed next to the Gantt bar. — CALENDAR — • View tasks on a Month and Day Calendar. • Scroll/Swipe to change the displayed date. • Select a date on the month calendar to view a specific date. • Adjust task time and duration on the day calendar with interactive touch controls. • Customize the appearance of the calendars to show/hide notes and completed tasks. • View tasks in a Gantt format or time based format. — REPORTS — • There are 3 templates for reporting project status: - Gantt Report showing the Gantt chart. - Task & Notes Report showing tasks, notes, date and duration. - To Do List Report showing tasks with to do items. • Customize what is included in the report and preview before sending • Send report by Email in PDF format • Print a hardcopy using a wireless printer with AirPrint. — OTHER — • Use iCloud to store project files and keep up to date on all your devices • Export in PJ2 format to backup or share a project with other Projects 2 users • Import a project file created in Projects PJ1 format • Set the project time zone For more information, visit our website