Can anyone recommend project management software to create Gantt charts, I have been informed it cosst £33 per student for MS project which is out of my budget (I have 60 A-level students)

Thanks

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 If your school gets its MS software through "Schools Agreement" then you can sign up for the Academic Alliance for free (otherwise I think its about £250 ish per year).  This give you access to a whole load of MS software including MS Project, obviously terms and conditions apply but it works for us.

 MS Project - yes it's actually expensive. That's what people complain about it. There are a lot of alternatives which can be better and cheaper than MS Project.

autismuk:

There are several free ones ; you can also do it on a spreadsheet or even just as a to-do list.

Let's be honest ; the project management is a joke.

And you think spreadsheet can be comfortable to use? I don't think so. That's why people look for project management software because they want some features for them to easily handle projects.

You guys can check project management software alternatives to see various software packages that will meet your criterias.

portnoy90:

And you think spreadsheet can be comfortable to use? I don't think so. That's why people look for project management software because they want some features for them to easily handle projects.

The point of programs like MS project is to handle projects where multiple interlocking parts come together. So if you are (say) building a house, it can be dependent on half a dozen different professionals who have to synchronise their work.

Most work in schools is utterly trivial and is just a to do list of activities that you might as well do by simply adding constants to a start date.

I would agree that there are a lot of good project management tools and spending extra money on MS Project is daft.