Build Custom Project Management Applications for Less

Rapidly create and deploy custom project management applications. ILOG Gantt for .NET Project Management Option lets you build full-featured applications specifically designed for your enterprise and your partners. But extensive personalization doesn’t mean higher costs. With Project Management, you can deliver custom applications for much less than the cost of off-the-shelf project management solutions.

Build a great application with a great interface
Create applications that are both functional and easy to use. Project Management includes comprehensive visualization tools that help you design an intuitive front-end. An advanced scheduling engine features powerful project-management algorithms.

Start faster and finish smarter
You don't have to start your application from scratch. Project Management includes a prebuilt project management application that gives you a headstart on development.

The prebuilt application can be deployed as-is, or customized to your own specifications in Visual Basic or C#. Using a comprehensive SDK, you can modify data connection, scheduling algorithms, user interface and interaction. Server-side and client-side capabilities let you deploy your application for Web or desktop.

Features

• Prebuilt project management application
  Get a headstart on your application. Project Management comes with a prebuilt project management application. Deploy the desktop application as-is, or customize it in Visual Basic or C#. You cut development time, and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Front-end tools
  Provide a compelling, useful interface. Project Management includes a variety of views for editing and for reporting project information. Views include Gantt charts, schedule charts, calendars, dialogs and load charts. Easily customize views using powerful styling tools.
  
  

  Define styles to reveal specific information in the Detail Gantt. Click to enlarge (opens a new window).

  
  
• Project scheduling service
  Advanced scheduling features keep your team on track. Project Management includes algorithms for project scheduling, resource leveling and critical-path computation. Resources have capacity a work-calendar capabilities for finely modeling the organization.
  
  

  Detail Gantt displays critical activities, and slack time for noncritical activities. Click to enlarge (opens a new window).

  
  
• Multiple deployment options
  Deploy your application where it makes the most sense for users. Project managers can access a desktop application that makes editing easier. Users who only need to view project schedules can access a convenient Web application that doesn’t require client-side installation.
  
  

  Leveling Gantt displays activities before and after leveling. A bar shows delays. Click to enlarge (opens a new window).

  
  
• Fully customizable
  Build the application that’s right for you. Project Management includes a comprehensive, documented SDK for Visual Basic and C#. Provided as a set of .NET components, this SDK is fully integrated within Visual Studio .NET. Drag-and-drop components make developers more productive. The prebuilt project management application includes source code for easy customization.
• Interoperable and flexible
  Connect your project management application to any type of database, XML files or application objects. Project managers can read and write MS Project XML files, and use XML format for reading and writing projects. ADO.NET can be used to connect to databases. The component’s data model (an interface) can be adapted to any application data model.
• Affordable solution
  Spend less and get more. Project Management’s total cost is far less than most project management solutions.