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.

Swiftlight Project Management Software - An Overview

Swiftlight is a project management tool and a communication tool in one.

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

An Example Timeline Output from Swiftlight

Swiftlight Project Management Software Example Timeline Output

Who is Swiftlight for?

Swiftlight is designed to meet the needs of "general managers" (e.g. marketing or brand managers, senior executives, operations or planning managers, management consultants etc), as well as specialist project managers. In terms of project type, Swiftlight is particularly well suited to smaller, simpler “management” projects, rather than large IT / engineering projects, as illustrated in the graphic below:

Where does Swiftlight fit in the Project Pyramid?

Swiftlight Project Pyramid

"General managers", for whom traditional project management software is often too complex and who may be using MS Excel and PowerPoint instead, find that Swiftlight is straight-forward and well suited to their needs. It provides a practical structure that is focused on the fundamentals, clear presentation-ready outputs, and it is 3 times faster than their existing tools - saving hours of precious time.

For specialist project managers, Swiftlight is not intended to be a direct replacement for MS Project (or similar tools) on larger, more complex projects. However, these specialist project managers and other users of MS Project will find that Swiftlight is great in a number of situations:

For their smaller projects;
For fast development of high level timelines;
For providing a "big picture" view of a portfolio of projects;
As an additional communication tool alongside their more complex project management software (e.g. for laying out and communicating a high level perspective on a complex project plan).

Click here to watch an overview video about Swiftlight

Swiftlight's Design and Features

Swiftlight's overall design is based on a practical planning philosophy, best practice project management principles and a belief in keeping things simple. We believe in:

Being clear about objectives, deliverables and measures of success;
Laying out a high level plan of activities, using milestones to highlight key deliverables and checkpoints;
Managing the plan, and people, to specific deliverables and deadlines;
Communicating, communicating, communicating - to maximize the chances of project success.

Swiftlight's features include:

A powerful Timeline View with different display options and intelligent auto-formatting features which allows you to build a great looking timeline very quickly;
The ability to articulate objectives, deliverables and measures of success as well as activities, giving you a more holistic definition of the project plan;
Eight different views – some of which are more “big picture” oriented, and others more detail oriented:
- “Big picture” views: Timeline, Objectives and Scope, Activity Group Summary;
- More detail oriented views: Action List, Action List over Time, Activity Group Detail, Contacts, Issue Log;
Flexibility: you can use one, some or all of the views – as fits your needs and working style;
Outstanding ease of use. Swiftlight has an intuitive graphical user interface that is easy to use and easy to learn;
Clear graphics which make the timeline and other outputs very easy to read, and great for communication;
WYSIWYG: Each view in Swiftlight is formatted like a page so that what you see on the screen is what you will get when you print out or export the page to PowerPoint or PDF;
One click export of outputs directly to MS PowerPoint or PDF;
Review and reporting features that help you keep the plan up-to-date easily and quickly.
Links¹ to / from MS Project allowing easier and clearer communication of detailed project plans, or high level planning in Swiftlight followed by detailed planning in MS Project. Find out more

¹ Beta functionality. Email sales@torridonsolutions.com for more information

When can you use Swiftlight?

As a project management tool	To create a timeline for anything	For the “big picture” view of a portfolio of projects	As a management tool	As an additional planning and communication tool
... for projects that are smaller and less complex than big IT / engineering projects.	– be it a project, a proposal, your annual plan …	e.g. in a Program Office.	... to visualize and track all of your activities and "to-dos".	... alongside more complex project management software.

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.