Swiftlight Project Management Software

Project Management and Communication Software

With an intuitive interface and outstanding ease of use, Swiftlight project management software gives you the fundamentals of project management and stunning presentation-ready outputs to help you plan and communicate the way ahead.

Using Swiftlight Project Management Software to Communicate Progress – A Three Minute Tutorial

Swiftlight – MS Project Converter

The Swiftlight – MS Project Converter helps you do two things:

1) Quickly convert a MS Project file into Swiftlight, offering easier and clearer visualisation and communication of project timelines and other project data.

From MS Project to Swiftlight

2) Take a plan in Swiftlight and convert it into a MS Project file, allowing you to plan at a high level in Swiftlight and then export to MS Project for more detailed planning.

From MS Project to Swiftlight

To watch a video showing how the converter works, click here.

It must be remembered that Swiftlight is not a traditional Gantt chart and takes a different approach to project management communication vs MS Project. So while it is not always possible to get an exact one-to-one mapping of all data elements in MS Project to Swiftlight (or vice versa), the Swiftlight - MS Project Converter does take essential elements and transfer them in a controllable way so that you can benefit from Swiftlight's visualisation and communication capabilities. You can find out more in the User Manual.

Converting from MS Project to Swiftlight

The Swiftlight – MS Project converter works with MS Project 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2010, and is effective for creating "high level timelines and activity summaries" in Swiftlight from more detailed MS Project plans.

It works best where you are taking a relatively small number of activities from MS Project, and where there is good use of milestones in the MS Project file as these will appear as visual check points across the timeline in Swiftlight. The two views you should review in Swiftlight after conversion are the Timeline (in interlaced mode with milestones) and the Activity Group Summary.

Converting from Swiftlight to MS Project

Overall, the converter effectively translates Swiftlight files and their Activity Groups, Milestones, Meetings and Actions, start / end dates and responsibilities into MS Project (2002, 2003, 2007, 2010) provided their dates occur during the working week and provided the items are incomplete.

The best way to take advantage of this functionality is to undertake high level, "top down" planning in Swiftlight (e.g. creating a timeline of activities and milestones) and then pass the file on to MS Project for more detailed planning and refinement (if necessary).

To try the current version of the Swiftlight - MS Project Converter …

The Swiftlight - MS Project Converter is currently provided as a small, free utility that is separate from Swiftlight while we gather further feedback and continue testing various MS Project configurations. If you would like to try this version please contact us at: sales@torridonsolutions.com