Designed for use on less complex projects or for use as a high level planning and communication tool on the more complex, Swiftlight might just be the MS Project alternative you’ve been looking for.
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See the “Big Picture” in Swiftlight’s Timeline View – A More Visual Alternative to Microsoft Project Gantt Charts

Our customers love Swiftlight’s simplicity, flexibility and, in particular, its visually appealing Timeline View (see examples below). For the projects and situations where you don’t need all the detail and complexity of traditional project management software, Swiftlight is a great Microsoft Project alternative, helping you develop and communicate great-looking, high level plans with ease and speed!

Example 1: Swiftlight as an alternative to MS Project: a Swiftlight Timeline showing high level project goals, meetings, milestones and activities for 3 months

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Example 2: Swiftlight as an alternative to MS Project: a Swiftlight Timeline for a 15 week, three phase process and systems improvement project

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Example 3: Swiftlight as an alternative to MS Project: a Swiftlight Timeline for a product launch showing key activities and milestones over 3 years

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Exceptionally Easy-to-Use = Get Going Quickly

One of the first things our customers talk about is ease of use. With Swiftlight’s intuitive drag-and-drop interface and simple navigation, getting going is incredibly easy. Combine this with our free “3 minute” video tutorials and other support resources, and you’ll find there is no need for in-depth training. To see for yourself, why not get a free 30 day trial?

Is Swiftlight For You?

Swiftlight is not intended to be a replacement for, but rather an alternative to MS Project for those users and situations which don’t require as much detail and complexity. So in terms of project type, you will find that Swiftlight is particularly well suited to smaller, simpler projects (where it is an alternative to MS Project), whilst for large IT / engineering projects it has value as an additional high level planning and communication tool (alongside other software), as illustrated in the graphic below:
Where does Swiftlight fit in the Project Pyramid?

• “Selected fit” for Swiftlight = valuable utility as a high level planning and communication / reporting tool alongside other project management software;
• “Strong fit” for Swiftlight = as a core planning and communication / reporting tool (instead of MS Project or Excel / PowerPoint).

As a result, how Swiftlight can help you will depends on who you are and the projects you are involved with:

• “General managers” (e.g. marketing or brand managers, senior executives, operations or planning managers, management consultants etc), for whom traditional project management software is often too complex and who may be looking for an alternative to Microsoft Project, find that Swiftlight is straight-forward, well suited to their needs, and a lot faster than their existing tools – saving hours of precious time.
• Specialist project managers find that Swiftlight can save them time and help them plan and communicate in a number of situations:
  • For high level planning / communication alongside their more complex project management software (e.g. for developing a “big picture” perspective on a complex project plan, perhaps using Swiftlight’s links to/from MS Project);
  • For smaller projects;
  • For fast development of high level timelines (e.g. for communication to senior executives);
  • For providing a “big picture” view of a portfolio of projects.

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Next Steps?

• Watch a video overview of Swiftlight
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