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ASTA Powerproject Microsoft Project Primavera P6 Project Commanader Artemis Open Plan
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Create Project GANTT Chart  10  9  4  6  5  7

Time to Baseline GANTT Chart < 10s 8 < 10s 9 > 1min 4 < 30s 6 >30s 4 < 30s 6

Report against Baseline GANTT Cha  9  7  4  8  0  4

Produce S‐Curves  8  3  1  0  0  5

Time to Resource Load a TASK < 5s 8 >20s 5 > 1min 4 >30s 5 > 1 min 1 >20s 5

Produce Forecast S‐Curves  8   2  0  0  5

Forecast Resource Demand  8   2  0  0  5

Progress Reporting & Forecasts  9  8  2  5  5  7

Cost Loading  8  6  1  2  0  5

Compatibility .pp, .XER, .mpp 10 .mpp, .XER 4 .XER 2 .mpp, xls 4 ‐ 0 ‐ 0

Cost to Buy  £                         1,260.00 £                         950.00 £                   2,090.00 £                              450.00 ‐ ‐

Basic Training Course Cost  £                             750.00 £                         630.00 £                   1,890.00 ‐ ‐ ‐

One Button reporting   10  0  0  0  0  0

Drag & Drop Function  10  8  6  0  0  0

Time to link TASK < 5s 9 < 5s 8 >10 s 3 < 10s 7 > 30s 1 >10 s 3

Time to link 10 TASK's FS <10 s 9 < 1min 8 > 1min 1 < 1min 6 > 1min 1 > 1min 1

BIM Intergration  8  0  0  0  0  0

Client Preferability    ‐ ‐ ‐

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