Project Viewer Lite

Since careful planning of complex projects usually entails organizing them in small and easy to understand tasks, it is very likely that you are looking for a tool that can help you plan and then minutely track the execution of each step as you progress.

Project Viewer Lite is a lightweight piece of software designed to help you keep up to date with the numerous aspects that relate to the planning and execution of large-scale projects.

While the installation is fast, forthright and does not require any special attention from your part or extra configuration, it is advisable that you run it with administrator rights. The program comes with an intuitive interface that is split into two panels, one that allows you to view the steps of the projects and another that features the progression via Gantt charts.

You should know that the application allows you to customize the graphs according to the needs and specifications of your project. Consequentially, you can alter the overall layout, grid lines, time links, progress lines. Gantt tiers as well as the formatting from the Display Options menu.

As previously mentioned, the tool allows you to keep a close eye on various aspects of your projects. Depending on the stage and requirements, you can switch to a new view that solely displays completed, incomplete, in progress and normal tasks, milestones set for the project or the steps that are created after the beginning of the execution phase.

A further noteworthy feature is the RBS view, a function that can come in handy for projects that also entail keeping track of the resources. In other words, if you are on a strict budget, then perhaps it would be useful to review the hierarchical display of resources according to their structure.

On the downside, the application works with only a handful of file formats, namely MPP, XML and CSV files.

In case you are required to administer multi-task projects, few tools are as clear and can facilitate status monitor as Gantt charts. Project Viewer Lite is an application that can assist you in analyzing, planning and controlling the tasks and sub-tasks to be undertaken.