LiquidPlanner Reviews
Overall rating
Filter by
Company size
Time used
670 Reviews
- Industry: Biotechnology
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Liquid Planner is a Very Effective Tool for Project Planning and Management.
Reviewed on 26/04/2019
Our team is fairly small (~50 users across the company) so we do not have dedicated resources to...
Our team is fairly small (~50 users across the company) so we do not have dedicated resources to just maintain the information in Liquid Planer. However, Liquid planner is accessible and intuitive so we can have several team members contribute to the maintenance of project schedules as part of their duties.
We use Liquid Planner to manage the temporal aspects of project management. The tool is very good for what it is designed to do. There are a rich set of reporting tools that allow for customization to meet our needs. It has done this job for us very well. The support provided has been timely and effective.
Pros
The product is well designed so that it is a relatively low bar to learn how to use it effectively. It is easy for team members to interact with the software and to enter the information according to each users project role. When used as intended, the software does an excellent job providing the necessary views into project status. The software definitely lives up to its name as modifying project plans and priorities is easy and the impacts of such changes are essentially instantly available. The numerous but intuitive ways to manage project subtleties such as available time, delays, etc. make it straightforward to create realistic project schedules.
Cons
I do not have any specific negatives with respect to Liquid Planner. Like any software of this class, It does take some training and experience to get the most out of it. My best advice is to spend some time to understand how the designers intended the product to be used use it accordingly. LP has a rich set of features and if used properly will contribute positively to project management.
- Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Liquid Planner stands apart
Reviewed on 14/10/2020
I have used LiquidPlanner for managing R&D labs, New Product Development programs, and smaller...
I have used LiquidPlanner for managing R&D labs, New Product Development programs, and smaller project management efforts. It is easy to train others on and is great for tracking project progress and actual effort.
Pros
Liquid Planner provides a real-to-life approach to project management. I love the way that they use a 3-point estimate for likely remaining effort for each task. This rolls up into a very useful, and dynamic estimate of project completion.
Cons
Though there are work-arounds, it is sometimes frustrating that task dependencies are tedious to enter.
- Industry: Fund-Raising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Good communication but enough features to be awkward
Reviewed on 06/12/2019
Like many project management software solutions, LiquidPlanner wants to be everything to everybody....
Like many project management software solutions, LiquidPlanner wants to be everything to everybody. That's great in the robust features it offers but than can come with a learning curve.
What is nice about the software is that it allows us to maintain project information and progression even when the project is delayed--perhaps by several months--which is frequent for us. The ability to consolidate progress reports, working files and samples in one place allows us to pick up easily where we left off.
Pros
It allows for multi-platform communication between teams that are separated by distance and also time. Since project statuses are sent to email, I can respond through my email back to the software to offer updates and answers when I am away from my desk.
The drag and drop capability of including word, spreadsheeet and pdf files allows for information to be posted to the project entry allowing us to maintain project oversight at all times.
Cons
It can be complicated to new users. The interface isn't immediately clear for helping a new user understand what the product can offer. While I can respond to a email sent to me from the software, I cannot email the project directly for status updates.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Loaded with features and very intuitive
Reviewed on 12/12/2019
We are able to track all pieces of a project and report on status very easily.
We are able to track all pieces of a project and report on status very easily.
Pros
Very feature rich, accessibility via web and mobile and analytics reporting are some of the big pros.
Cons
It is a bit pricy compared to some of the other options, but the value is there if you are using it regularly.
Reasons for Switching to LiquidPlanner
Great customer support and constantly adding new features to make the software more flexible and easy to use.- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Project Tracking Evolved,Time and Expenses Management Simplified
Reviewed on 06/05/2024
Harnessing an excellent and robust cloud project management and related activities.
Task scheduling...
Harnessing an excellent and robust cloud project management and related activities.
Task scheduling and rescheduling.
Team collaboration and productivity optimisation.
Pros
Ease of tracking project's progress,time and expense.
Multi-project management and monitoring.
Online project budgeting and planning.
Tasks scheduling, planning, editing and updating.
Online proofing and file sharing.
Internal team communication via BIM persistent thread chats.
Cons
LiquidPlanner software over delivers all in its performance, I crown it.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10
Cumbersome & More Expensive Than Most
Reviewed on 20/12/2019
- Like the Flexibility
- Swifted Away from LiquidPlanner to a More Time-Efficent Application, But...
- Like the Flexibility
- Swifted Away from LiquidPlanner to a More Time-Efficent Application, But Gave Up Several Advance Features in the Trade-Off
- Too Expensive for Multiple Users on the Same Team
- Adoption Process for New Team Members Extremely Time Consuming
Pros
- Customizable (To a Degree)
- Reporting Capabilities
- Excellent Interface with Our Client Invoicing Application
Cons
- Extremely Time Consuming to Set Up & Deploy
- Frequent Software Changes Requires Extra Time to Maintain & Reconfigure
- Expensive Relative to Similar Application Alternatives
Alternatives Considered
Teamwork.comReasons for Switching to LiquidPlanner
Eventurally Returned to Teamwork, but Maintained a Single LiquidPlanner Account to Access Historical Archive Data- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for Free Trial
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
LIquidplanner task manager of online cooperations
Reviewed on 22/02/2024
Very educational in every way i did not think possible
Very educational in every way i did not think possible
Pros
liked that LiquidPlanner was a cloud-based project management solution that adapted to change and uncertainty. It offered advanced features such as dynamic scheduling, resource management, real-time data, business process automation, and calendar management.
Cons
There is not much that I dislike about LiquidPlanner, but if I had to choose something, I would say that it can be a bit complex and overwhelming at first. Some users might find it hard to learn how to use all the features and functionalities of the software, especially if they are new to project management.
- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Overall: A pretty good experience.
Reviewed on 19/11/2018
Just the planning and overview for everybody.
Just the planning and overview for everybody.
Pros
Well designed, good overview, and nice to have different ways of showing the tasks and progress .
Cons
Some overviews have grown beyond usefulness. Like the task overview, which contains 7 subsections (People, Planning, Checklist, Comments, Notes, Documents, Links) . On a standard screen you always have to scroll way down to see it all, so I usually miss any comments or items on the checklist.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
One of the best toold for managing your projects online
Reviewed on 13/12/2018
All our clients are happy and we could deliver the best to them with the help of LiquidPlanner
All our clients are happy and we could deliver the best to them with the help of LiquidPlanner
Pros
LiquidPlanner is a great tool to manage the projects irrespective of its size. We use it to manage our small to large projects. The main advantage is that the time tracker is available on it which helps the project leads to calculate and assign resources accordingly. LiquidPlanner also helps us to update the status to our clients regularly.
Cons
If there could be an option to send automated status mails to the client about the things/tasks done then it will be super on LiquidPlanner.
- Industry: Medical Devices
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great Tool
Reviewed on 14/08/2018
Pros
Definitely easy to use. Excellent way to track information, due dates, projects, etc.
Cons
The dashboard feature can be a bit difficult at first, to get exactly what you want, but refining is easy to do.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
I am a fan, though our use is just scratching the surface
Reviewed on 12/10/2018
Because of the lack of integrations, I have been looking for something to replace Liquid Planner...
Because of the lack of integrations, I have been looking for something to replace Liquid Planner with, and after seeing them, I could not stand to stop using Liquid Planner. I think that alone speaks volumes.
I think you would be foolish to not look at their product. And there you have it.
Pros
As a web development agency, I can tell you the one feature that has prevented me from using another product, that is their task estimating feature. Why nobody else does this is beyond me (full disclosure: a lot of things are beyond me) :)
When setting up a task you can actually estimate the time it will take the same way real people estimate tasks, with a time range. Who in the world ever hits their single estimate time targets all the time? NOBODY. With Liquid Planner you enter a range, 3 - 6 hours, 1-2 hours, etc. THAT IS A LIFESAVER FOR US.
Another concept of theirs called "packages" is also brilliant. There you can take tasks and bundle them up into "folders" that make sense to you, so you can look at your projects
Cons
The thing that I dislike the most is there are not many integrations with third party time keepers for tasks and billing programs. Harvest would be an example, as would many others. They have their own time tracker, but to use it you ahve to have the app open. Lose internet, forget about it. Working in a car or on the train without internet? Forget about it.
Also, their mobile app is not really of much value.
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Outstanding innovation in project management, while ensuring best visual representation of...
Reviewed on 15/02/2022
LiquidPlanner enabled us to create more exact project plans and executable work plans, allowing us...
LiquidPlanner enabled us to create more exact project plans and executable work plans, allowing us to better track the implementation process and make changes as needed. Its collaboration features and adaptability are outstanding. The software streamlined the team's work schedules and guaranteed that everyone used it and took timely notes, which helped keep the project on track.
Pros
LiquidPlanner is easy to use and automates my routines, which saves me time. LiquidPlanner's use of Gantt charts to manage tasks and project progress provides a unique representation of the realities of a project's business, eliminating the need to manually update, recalculating deadlines and completion dates. I was also able to communicate more efficiently and effectively with my team members because I have a list of tasks to complete on a priority basis. Apart from that, it offers task management capabilities to store project documents, tables, and data in one place for all team members, making it easy to have everyone on the same page in terms of conversations and planning, and makes integrations straightforward.
Cons
Positives outnumber negatives in LiquidPlanner. It is a low-cost, easy-to-use project management application. The LiquidPlanner user interface is appealing, adaptable, and easy to understand. The notification system is excellent.
- Industry: Philanthropy
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
LiquidPlanner - expensive, but with PM software, you get what you pay for.
Reviewed on 14/12/2017
Over the course of my career I have used a lot of PM software. I have used Project, Jira, Basecamp,...
Over the course of my career I have used a lot of PM software. I have used Project, Jira, Basecamp, Asana, and Trello in addition to LiquidPlanner. Out of all of them, LiquidPlanner is my PM software of choice.
Pros
LiquidPlanner is a powerful project management tool. It can be used to track tasks, projects, employee capacity, schedules, deliverables, and hours. I find that the most important and helpful feature of LiquidPlanner is its ability to track employee capacity and move estimated completion dates back if someone is overloaded. This is crucial if you are working in an environment with multiple projects going on at the same time who are obliged to share certain resources (2D artists, programmers, video editors, etc.)
Cons
At most I can think of only two cons related to LiquidPlanner
1. Setting up a project in LiquidPlanner is definitely time-consuming. Project managers will need to dedicate several hours to transforming their WBS information to something that works in LP. However, this is just a drain on PMs and not project team members.
2. In some environments it can be difficult to get employees to "buy-in" to LiquidPlanner and consistently update their hours and tasks. It's a behavior change and culture shift that must be encouraged and re-enforced regularly.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Awesome project management tool with time tracking and more
Reviewed on 24/08/2017
Full PM tool, time tracking, billing.
Full PM tool, time tracking, billing.
Pros
We've been using Liquid Planner for the last 5 years now and I can say that we are now managing 100% of our projects with it.
Building a platform like Potion is a lot of work in product design, marketing, development and customer support but Liquid Planner has been a huge help when it comes to managing our projects.
Whether it's dealing with our internal or customer projects, Liquid Planner (my guys call it LP) has been a huge help. We're using only part of the tools provided by LP, such as packages, tasks, attributions, deadlines, time tracking, resource planning and scheduling, but it's already bringing a huge providing us with both flexibility and structure.
The help resources are really thorough also and help us get the information we need to use it in an even better way.
Finally, and I think it's certainly one of the biggest strength of Liquid Planner, its support team is tremendous. All of our requests are always answered with concise and clear replies that push us forward.
Cons
As any PM tool, there is a learning curve and you need to get the team using it in the good way. Thankfully, the help resources are great.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Extremely Robust Project Management Software
Reviewed on 12/12/2019
We use LiquidPlanner for managing virtually everything within our business. From internal tasks to...
We use LiquidPlanner for managing virtually everything within our business. From internal tasks to external client tasks. We even manage volunteer hours and PTO scheduling within LiquidPlanner, and we export all of our LP data into our accounting software for billing and invoicing. It's basically the backbone of our organization.
Pros
LiquidPlanner makes tracking multiple large, complex projects possible and easy (after the initial learning curve).
It provides fully customizable dashboards that can be set up per project or per user (or both) and robust reporting. It also allows you to get a good view of what's coming up in relation to how much bandwidth each user has to manage it, as well as how the team's bandwidth affects the project/task expected completion date.
It just has SO MUCH!!!
Cons
It has a fairly steep learning curve. Our team has been using LiquidPlanner for over 4 years and we are still learning various nuances of the platform or better implementations. Also, the UI could use a serious update and it's not at all mobile-friendly (the mobile app is also a joke). But none of that would deter us from using it because it provides so much value that we haven't been able to find in any other system.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The Perfect Project Management Tool
Reviewed on 14/02/2019
LiquidPlanner (or LP) is our time tracking and project management solution that allows us to plan...
LiquidPlanner (or LP) is our time tracking and project management solution that allows us to plan and forecast, as well as look back at tracked data to become better. Overall, we are not looking to change any time soon as this tool is so embedded in the way we run our business.
Pros
This software helps our agency thrive and manage a lot of work with ease. We have out entire in house team as well as select contractors set up in this tool for our time tracking and project management of tasks and projects. It offers tons of flexibility and allows us to follow a hybrid waterfall/agile approach to managing work. Schedules are easy to create and export on the fly, reassigning team members and forecasting are easy, etc. It's also very easy to prioritize project work and escalate accordingly and look out and plan months in advance.
Cons
Might be a little outdated feeling in that there isn't a Trello-style board to drag and drop projects/tasks/people, though there is a similar functionality still built in to the tool. It's also not really designed to allow external project teams (your clients) into the system, but there are workarounds.
- Industry: Internet
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
There are cheaper and more full-featured solutions, but
Reviewed on 23/05/2017
Liquid Planner is offering our business both a more consolidated approach to project management, as...
Liquid Planner is offering our business both a more consolidated approach to project management, as well as some features and functionality we didn't have before. Overall, I think it is helping our productivity.
Pros
It does a lot of things well. It offers a lot of advanced scheduling functionality for project managers. The Projects tab is incredibly powerful. Time tracking works well. Tagging people in comments is a useful feature.
Cons
Liquid Planner's interface is kind of slow for us (we have a lot of projects). The Home and My Work tabs aren't very useful to me--they never seem to show me the right subset of tasks, which is possibly due to the way we're organizing projects and tasks, which causes most people to use the Projects tab, which is powerful, but advanced and cluttered. API integrations work well enough, but the Zapier integration, in particular, is lacking much useful functionality in my opinion. For example, what if someone wanted to send a Slack notification to a particular person every time a task was assigned to them? Currently, either not possible or at least much more difficult than it could be.
- Industry: Computer Software
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Awesome Project Planning Tool
Reviewed on 06/09/2018
In my organization, we have a shared pool of resources and several project managers. Using Liquid...
In my organization, we have a shared pool of resources and several project managers. Using Liquid Planner lets all the PMs see the whole picture in a very interactive way. No secrets here! This tool really helps us to schedule in a collaborative way which is much more productive than arm wrestling for resources.
Pros
Very easy to use, but also robust project planner. The priority-driven schedule makes getting a snapshot of your overall project a breeze. Not making your dates? Rearranging the priorities of tasks simply by drag and drop to see the outcome. Reporting is easy and offers many options and the dashboards are very helpful.
Cons
I do wish there were more reporting options to allow greater customization. I know they have an API for this sort of thing, but I don't want to dig into that. Just a few more fields, options and customization opportunities would be nice. I do have to say that their support team is always very interested in hearing about customer wants and needs, so to be fair, I have not actually requested any of these reporting wish list items yet.
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Great project management software even though it doesn't fit our needs 100% of the time.
Reviewed on 17/08/2017
I couldn't do my work every day without Liquid Planner. I am constantly referencing it and using...
I couldn't do my work every day without Liquid Planner. I am constantly referencing it and using it throughout the day.
Pros
I like the way we can use this as a project management, time tracking, and a scheduling platform. So many other tools I've used only address one of these vital areas.
The timers on each task are one of my favorite features of Liquid Planner. It makes it so easy to track time and see how accurate estimates really are on a given task or set of tasks. You can easily view progress, see overruns and areas of concern (there's a red fire icon), and put as many details in the actual task as you need. You can link tasks together, create dependencies, and perform other actions to get a realistic view of a project.
Cons
Sometimes it is difficult to set up scheduling the way our company needs it to be represented. However Liquid Planner always seems to be putting out new features and their support team is very helpful in trying to help their clients find solutions.
- Industry: Financial Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Addison LiquidPlanner Experience
Reviewed on 04/12/2023
Pros
Ease of deployment and utilization. Task and project management automation is another great aspect.
Cons
The only issue is lack of iOS mobile application.
- Industry: Pharmaceuticals
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
More visibility into shared resources
Reviewed on 08/03/2017
We use LP to manage multiple concurrent client projects. With several project managers sharing...
We use LP to manage multiple concurrent client projects. With several project managers sharing resources, it is vital to have visibility into resource availability and potential schedule conflicts. Because of the extremely long duration of our projects (with heavy work in the beginning, then intermittently for months to years afterwards), it took us some time to develop a workflow that would allow for prioritization of individual tasks rather than projects as a whole. But we've come a long way from using stand alone MS project files! Time tracking directly on the task has also been very beneficial for more accurate tracking and billing of work.
Pros
Flexibility, ability to manage multiple concurrent projects
Cons
Our need for prioritization by task (rather than project) can make it challenging to get tentative timelines in front of a client that are still reasonably accurate. Would love to see a 'timekeeper only' user license option, would like to be able to track time against checklist item
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Value for Money
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Heavy on features
Reviewed on 03/05/2019
LP sits at the center of our workflow, for better or for worse. On the whole it's a very helpful...
LP sits at the center of our workflow, for better or for worse. On the whole it's a very helpful and robust work planning solution. It's actively updated and they listen to their customers.
Pros
- Manage nearly every aspect of work planning
- Decent interface
- Tons of options to visualize data
- Frequent updates
- Great support
If you want to plan your work, LiquidPlanner can accommodate almost any workflow
Cons
Because it has so many options, it can be overwhelming. The best thing you can do for yourself when using this software is to determine what works for you early on. There are many different ways to implement different workflows in LP so take the time to define yours.
There are some UI quirks that are really difficult to get around. The "my work" tab should be much more customizable in my opinion. The UI itself takes some getting used to as well.
- Industry: Events Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Liquid Planner Review
Reviewed on 09/12/2019
I have a hard time inputting my time to accurately track my time, but I feel like it does a great...
I have a hard time inputting my time to accurately track my time, but I feel like it does a great job to assign tasks and make sure they get completed.
Pros
Ease of timetracking, closing out tasks, assigning tasks. I haven't created an entire folder yet, but making tasks within the folder is easy.
Cons
Time Sheet page, sometimes doesn't bring things to the next page without pinning it. Or if you're tracking time for previous weeks you have to go searching for a task.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
Very Helpful Product
Reviewed on 18/10/2022
LiquidPlanner has been very helpful for me to understand everything that my team is working on,...
LiquidPlanner has been very helpful for me to understand everything that my team is working on, help me prioritize their work so it is clear, and also understand when projects will be completed.
Pros
I like 2 things most about this software: 1. The top-down scheduling engine2. The ability to use a "package" to pull tasks from different projects and prioritize them amongst themselves for any given week. This helps our resources who work on multiple small projects understand the priority of the tasks against everything they are working on.
Cons
Understanding what pushes a resource load color coding to red. Sometimes it's obvious why a resource is overloaded. Other times, not so much.
-
Review Source
Overall rating
- Ease of Use
- Customer Support
From An Interesting Idea To An Essential Tool
Reviewed on 10/02/2016
I am the principal of a medium sized engineering design consultancy, working mostly in the...
I am the principal of a medium sized engineering design consultancy, working mostly in the construction and design worlds. We work on some very challenging and innovative projects, where team work and complexity are everyday issues. We had struggled for many years trying to manage our design work with spreadsheets, project management software, time sheets, etc and so on. We always started off with a great plan, but then found it impossible to keep that plan up to date as projects progressed, and then ended up making do.
When we found Liquid Planner we were intrigued by the on-line accessibility and by it allowing multiple simultaneous users; everything could be centralised off site, and could be accessed out of hours from anywhere. We took the plunge in January 2014 and switched everyone over to Liquid Planner overnight. We developed a simple easy to use system for organising all of our projects in one single space, and it worked straightaway. We developed packages for each person, what we call Now Boxes, in which they shuffle their own priorities whenever they want. We incorporate dependencies to tasks, and so warnings pop up when staff move things that adversely affect task sequences. Time sheets are entered accurately in real time, and everything worked well from the off.
We then moved on to another level and, with some simple customising of the fields relating to tasks, we used Liquid Planner to re-invent our quality assurance system. As structural engineers checking and quality is an essential part of our work, and with some simple tweaks Liquid Planner become our quality assurance system, and has been approved as such by our British Standard Institution ISO 9001 inspectors. In fact they were amazed at how easy and immediate our system was.
Clicking and dragging on the gant chart would be nice. Also the space devoted to obscure things like date shift windows would be better spent on making diary views more accessible.
We love it and are always singing its praises; it is like a member of our team.