Any favorite easy to use project plan tools you like other than MS Project and excel?

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SC1, ThinkCell for PPT Gantt charts

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Task lists in email 😂

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Trello

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LucidCharts... visio on steroids.
Monday... for team status tracking

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Smartsheet

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Clarizen is cool for the big mega projects.
ThinkCell does nice high level plans with Gantt charts in ppt. Clean view for presenting to client.
Can be useful for high level stuff with internal team however I like a simple plan in excel for team stuff, and even a simple hand written plan for individual/daily work-plans.

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Nice! Thanks guys - these are helpful

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Nope, that about covers it. My team insists on making Gantt charts (in status updates, kickoff decks, etc) in PowerPoint but personally I hate it because they’re a bitch to create and update

Anything with a Kaban board template.
- Agile Nerd 🤓

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