Amazon.com Product Description

Create a first-class project plan and schedule with Project KickStart. Simple enough for novices yet detailed enough for project management pros, in as little as 30 minutes you'll have a project outline with assignments and schedule. Project KickStart's eight-step planning process focuses on the project structure--goals, resources, risks, and strategic issues--critical to the project's success.

Start by naming your project. Next, determine tasks by considering the project's phases, goals, obstacles, and resources. Quick planning aides such as Project KickStart's drag-and-drop libraries, Project Advisor, and 10 sample templates help you develop a task list fast. ... Read more

Reviews (8)

Project Kick Start VS "Others"
The program is very good at what it does, and the name correctly indicates that it is a way of getting a project started, or off the ground. I use MS Project and KS also, they compliment each other in some ways. When you need to form a quick picture of the overall project, including who will need to get involved, a Kick Start is very helpful. I have also used the program to plan vacations and trips, finding that it helped me remember the little things that seem to get left behind.

Analysis of Project KickStatty
I love this application!I really like the built in help and "mentoring" as well as the intuitive design.I also like the reports it generates and it just turned out to be perfect for what I need. I downloaded the trial version, and bought it the next day because I was so impressed with it. I've already created a project plan and schedule and generated reports and gave them to the department manager and it knocked his socks off.Verygood job!! Thanks much,

"Makes project planning easy"
As a long time consultant managing projects, I've used MS Project, Timeline, Milestones, and others. Project KickStart allows much easier ways to plan and present to teams both the overview and the details. It is simple to use when starting project, and with one click, the information generated can be transported to other software. For my Biotech/Medical clients, I can quickly show a project outline as part of my bid that becomes the project task/assignment sheet when the job starts.

You Don't Want to Waste Your Time.
The only info this product allows you to attached to a task is a set of People's Names, Start Date, End Date, and boolean Completion.This product has no notion of dependencies.You have to manually assign ALL start and finish dates... and reassign... and reassign.It can't automatically map out a timeline!Need I say more?The UI is aggravatingly not standard Windows.I'd rather use Visio Pro 5.0's sorry excuse for Gantt Charts... at least there's dependencies.I'm suspiciously dumbfounded by the apparent positive reviews of this product.The one positive thing about the hour I spent trying KickStart is that as a result, perhaps you'll be an hour richer.

---Andy

Best Project Management Software Available
I had been using MS Project and other PM software packages for many years.Just recently A consultant advised me to try out Project Kickstart.

Once I had installed it, and began playing around with it, I was amazed at how simple and easy the program was to use.I had no idea as to how quick I could develop a realistic and effective project schedule.

Also, the built in features for exporting to other programs such as MS Powerpoint, MS Word, and even MS Project was also extremely useful.

This is now my PM software of choice. ... Read more