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Have I Got A Project For You: Page 2 of 3

Well, Microsoft Office Project 2003 has it all. It has Gantt charts, resource leveling, graphs, statistics, interoperability with all things Office, screens upon screens, pop-ups, instructions, just about everything you could want in a project management software package except one small trifle thing.

It's just not easy to use. Oy!

I would have to take a class on how to use the software, or invest mucho hours in figuring out how the software works, before I would have software that could run my project. Then, after all is done, I probably have an elephant gun to take down a chipmunk. Reminds me of a Monty Python bit, but I digress (and show my age).

Project is just difficult to use. When you install the world into a system, with every bell and whistle turned on, then you have to understand them all, and need to use them all, and ultimately, you spend a great deal of time playing with the software, instead of using the software.

Here's a brilliant idea " Sell the entire package modulized so that you install or activate little itty bitty granules. This way, Project (and for that matter, any Microsoft product) would and could be used by a larger audience with a faster return on investment for the user-base.