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Terry Lawson is not a fan of Open Workbench. In this article Terry explains why, in his opinion, this open source offering cannot seriously compete with MS Project.

Yet a number of organisations in the UK - and not just small ones - have rolled-out Workbench. But why?

In his article Terry Lawson goes to the heart of the matter, giving Open Workbench a close examination. He argues that free Workbench is keeping the company’s Financial Director happy while Project Managers are left struggling with a demonstrably sub-standard and inflexible scheduling engine...
Result: the balance sheet looks better, but the less visible cost of project management inefficiencies and wasted time go unnoticed.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 27 January 2010 )
 

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