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With OmniPlan, you can create logical, manageable project plans with Gantt charts, schedules, summaries, milestones, and critical paths. Break down the tasks needed to make your project a success, optimize resources, and streamline budgets. It's project management made painless.
How to get your project done on time and under budget:
How to get your project done on time and under budget:
- Translate strategy into tactics everyone can understand
- Create summaries of work broken into lists of activities
- Distribute workloads fairly and efficiently
- Manage costs as you go
What's New
Version 2.1 sneaky peek:
- This is an Omni Group Sneaky Peek. Our Sneaky Peeks are not for the faint of heart. There will be bugs. We want to know them.
- Our Microsoft Project import/export functionality has been rewritten, so we’d love it if you relayed any and all bugs back to us; if you can send us the Project file as well, that’d be even better. We really want to make sure this new process works well.
- We're getting started on multi-project support.
- If you select an Address Book entry (with an email address) for a resource and then publish your plan files to our Sync Server, we’ll determine just how much that person can do for each project they’re participating in. All other Sync Repository projects are leveled as you update them.
- Speaking of leveling: we now automatically level resources on the fly. It can be turned off, though, by visiting the Project menu.
- It’s now also possible to resize Gantt chart bars; they’re now equivalent to the "Whole Document" font size.
- Bug fixes.
Version 2.1 sneaky peek:
- This is an Omni Group Sneaky Peek. Our Sneaky Peeks are not for the faint of heart. There will be bugs. We want to know them.
- Our Microsoft Project import/export functionality has been rewritten, so we’d love it if you relayed any and all bugs back to us; if you can send us the Project file as well, that’d be even better. We really want to make sure this new more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
OmniPlan User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:56,078 |
| Version Downloads:736 |
| Type:Business : Project Mangement |
| License:Demo |
| Date:03 Feb 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $199.99 |
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With OmniPlan, you can create logical, manageable project plans with Gantt charts, schedules, summaries, milestones, and critical paths. Break down the tasks needed to make your project a success, optimize resources, and streamline budgets. It's project management made painless.
How to get your project done on time and under budget:
How to get your project done on time and under budget:
- Translate strategy into tactics everyone can understand
- Create summaries of work broken into lists of activities
- Distribute workloads fairly and efficiently
- Manage costs as you go
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Espiridion reviewed on 03 Feb 2012
"Also new and notable! We’re getting started on multi-project support."
This had been requested since 2006.
Version 2.0.3 was unable to open a MS Project MPX file, both using File>Open and dragging the file to OmniPlan. I had to Force Quit OP both times. Merlin opened the file in about 2 seconds.
It did open the MPP file of the same project, and that was a bit quicker than Merlin.
Merlin had a much cleaner view of the project, and this applies to Tasks or Activities, Resources, and Calendar. Merlin offers an additional view (Net Plan).
I tried the "Scale to Fit Project" option only to discover there's no Undo for this.
No problems with ease of use or stability. 4 stars for each of these categories. In terms of features and value I can't rate this higher that 2 stars.
I'll give it another try in version 3. For now, FastTrack Schedule and Merlin are clearly a better choice, and Merlin costs the same as OmniPlan 2.
People with simple PM needs will probably enjoy OmniPlan, but for the same price there are better, more robust alternatives out there.
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I would say top marks for the innovative option of English only (12.2 MB) versus all languages 41.7 MB) Clever.
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Pzs reviewed on 13 May 2011
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As I am new to Project managment and this program, I can't answer your question yet. If I find this out, I'll let you know.
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I might as well buy MS Project and pretend I just got $150 off! I think this is a fine project management tool for an individual with modest requirements but close to 1/2 the price of MS Project? I just can't justify not just recommending project when the price delta is so small.
I'd take a chance for less, not sure what the sweet spot is, but for sure I can't justify it at this price much like so many other Omni products.
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Unfortunately they're no longer "best in it's class" applications. OmniPlan in particular has never been adequate for anything but very simple project management.
In contrast there's FastTrack Schedule now at version 10, or Merlin 2. Both are much better for project management, and Merlin is priced quite reasonably.
Omni applications offer great user interfaces and are intuitive and easy to use. That being said, these days I seldom use any of my eight Omni applications. The latest casualty was OmniOutliner Pro, which I replaced with the $10 NeO/Tao. The alternatives I now use offer better features. Omni is now lagging behind.
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Maruko Drinking Team reviewed on 15 Dec 2008
Also, there is a glaring design flaw: resources (people, rooms, equipment) cannot be shared among projects. This means that you either have to only use one project file (very unwieldy if you actually have a dozen real-life projects going on), or you have to guesstimate the availability of each person or resource as some smaller percentage for each project, an then hope it works out (which it does not, at all).
I really hope Omni gets this in shape someday. But they have not yet, and it feels more like a pre-1.0 beta than a shipping product, when you try to actually use it to plan projects in a real business.
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I guess that 2 years later they still have not added that functionality. I would not be surprised if that is added for version 2, along with a plethora of other requests from users, and with a significant upgrade fee.
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Espiridion reviewed on 12 Dec 2008
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniplan/releasenotes/
I have a lot of respect for AMBERV, and highly recommend reading her comments below. To me they make more sense than comments such as "OmniPlan is the best PM solution for Mac" or "This program is a friggin masterpiece."
Fortunately for Omni, there are people who will pay $150 for OmniPlan. I would not be surprised if version 2 comes out in 2009 with a new price and an upgrade fee for current users. I'm pretty sure that version 2 is going to be a huge improvement over version 1, which is the one I'm rating (1.6.1).
My overall impressions of OmniPlan have not changed. For simple projects OmniPlan may be more than sufficient. Having said this, I've never chosen OmniPlan for any of my projects. It's evident that Omni's strength resides in superb visual design and ease of use, but for this first version Omni lacked the focus of a true Project Management company. Merlin 2 and FastTrack Schedule show a different level of maturity in that regard. (These are 2 programs that I've used more frequently, but there are at least a dozen other Project Management programs for the Mac.)
It's nice to see a pretty interface, but for my needs that's not enough. Compared to other "Project Management" software I have, I would choose OmniPlan over Jumsoft's Operation, but in 2 years I have not chosen it over Merlin 2 or FastTrack Schedule.
These 2 programs are more expensive than OmniPlan, and to me they've been worth it.
My Omni licenses include:
OmniWeb
OmniGraffle Pro
OmniOutliner Pro
OmniPlan
OmniFocus
Out of these, now I only use OmniGraffle Pro (4) from time to time and have no plans of upgrading their software anymore.
To their credit, Omni has some amazing people offering customer support.
Like AMBERV, "I used to recommend them [OMNI] to everyone...Lately, I never recommend, and I haven't bought a license in years."
Sebastian-K rated on 28 Jun 2011
Jmlt rated on 09 May 2011