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A consultancy delivers fixed-scope engagements with formal sign-off. The charter and products with acceptance criteria set what each one must deliver.
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Productive.io alternative: FlexiProject compared
FlexiProject is a Productive.io alternative for companies that run projects with a baseline, a charter, risks and a portfolio view. Budgets and working time sit in the same projects.
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FlexiProject vs Productive.io
| Try for free | Productive.io | |
|---|---|---|
| Gantt chart | ||
| Kanban board | ||
| Four dependency types with a fixed lag | ||
| Critical path | ||
| Baseline | ||
| Change request for the plan | ||
| Schedule import from MS Project | ||
| Project charter with approval and versions | ||
| Risk register | ||
| Project budget with forecast | ||
| Budget versions with change approval | ||
| Project portfolios | ||
| Project scoring | ||
| Strategic goals with KPIs | ||
| Resource workload | ||
| Time tracking | ||
| Mobile app | ||
| On-premises version | ||
| Unlimited free users |
A Productive.io alternative from plan to portfolio
In FlexiProject the baseline, the risk register and the portfolio belong to every project from the start. Test it on your own account or book a demo with us.
FlexiProject key strengths
A good Productive.io alternative covers five areas of project method and portfolio.
Hold every project to its approved dates.
The baseline keeps the approved dates, and the Gantt chart shows how far each task has moved. Any new plan version begins with a change request.
Agree on goal and scope with the client up front.
The charter collects goal, scope and sponsor with data from the schedule and budget. Every approved version stays in the history for later reference.
Spot what may hurt the margin early.
Every risk gets an owner and a response plan, and you score it on a matrix with your own scales. Linked to the task it affects, it shows what it may cost.
Compare client and internal projects in one view.
A portfolio adds up costs, revenues and deviations of its projects. In a simulation you switch projects off and see the effect on the totals at once.
Show which projects move company goals.
Goals carry KPIs with a starting point, a target and a current value. Each project is linked to goals with a level of impact, so the board sees its contribution.
key strengths
A Productive.io alternative for project-driven companies
When projects grow longer and involve more parties, dates and risks matter as much as hours. In FlexiProject each project keeps an approved baseline, a risk register and products with acceptance criteria. The board sees deviations from plan before they show up in the budget.
flexible configuration
Departments, supervisors and user groups
The organisation structure holds departments and their supervisors, so workload reads per department, the way your company is organised. User groups get permissions in one step, which saves time when a new team joins. The administrator changes both in the interface, without code.
Industries where FlexiProject is a Productive.io alternative
Technology
Software houses run client projects next to their own product roadmap. A program reveals which projects slip when one of them is late.
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Engineering services
Design work runs in stages with client acceptance. The baseline and the risk register point early to the dates in danger.
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Every other industry
Construction, manufacturing and energy also run projects in FlexiProject. See the page for your sector.
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Productive.io alternative: frequently asked questions
FlexiProject as a Productive.io alternative
Is FlexiProject a good Productive.io alternative?
Yes, FlexiProject is a good Productive.io alternative when projects need a baseline, a charter, risks and a portfolio view next to budgets and time. The FlexiProject project management software covers the whole project.
How does FlexiProject differ from Productive.io?
FlexiProject as a Productive.io alternative puts project method first: baselines, approvals, risks and portfolios. The Gantt chart tool marks the critical path and the deviation from plan.
Can a new project reuse what past projects learned?
Yes. Best practices and document patterns sit next to the products in each project template. In the knowledge base module you also turn a completed project into a template, its risks included.
Schedule and planning
Which dependencies does the Productive.io alternative support?
All four types: finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish and start-to-finish, each with a fixed lag in days. When a predecessor shifts, the project scheduling software moves its successors too.
Can the Productive.io alternative import MS Project files?
Productive.io imports tasks from a CSV template. FlexiProject as a Productive.io alternative imports .mpp files with baselines when you create a project. A schedule can also come from the project template module.
Who approves a change to the plan?
The approval workflow software sends each change request to the project roles. Each decision carries its author, date and comment.
Deliverables, budget and reports
How are deliverables accepted?
A product in the project products module has an owner, acceptance criteria and a due date taken from its task.
How are budget changes approved?
In the project budget software a new budget version needs approval, and earlier versions stay for comparison.
What reports does the board get?
The project reporting tool reports budgets, risks, products and plan changes for every project at once.
Reviews, scoring and programs
How does the board review projects?
In the project review module you record the status, decisions and comments of every review meeting. Earlier reviews stay in the archive.
Can the Productive.io alternative rank new projects?
Yes. FlexiProject as a Productive.io alternative has project scoring software that rates proposals by your criteria and weights.
How are related projects planned together?
In the program management tool you link tasks from several projects and see at once what a delay in one does to the rest.
People and working time
How does FlexiProject show workload?
FlexiProject as a Productive.io alternative has resource planning software that shows load by department, person and project, with leave and working hours.
How is working time recorded?
Team members enter hours on tasks in the time tracking tool, and the planned time sits right beside them.
Where does routine work go?
The operational tasks module holds recurring duties with an owner and a repeat cycle. Their hours count against the same availability as projects.
Rollout, hosting and cost
Where does the team discuss a project?
Every project has its own chat in the team communication tool, kept in the archive with the project. Comments and mentions sit on each task.
Can the Productive.io alternative run on our own servers?
Productive.io runs in the AWS cloud in the EU. FlexiProject as a Productive.io alternative also installs on your servers with the full scope, one of the FlexiProject key strengths.
Do we pay for every team member?
No. People who only work on their own tasks use a free FlexiProject licence. The pricing page gives the rates of the remaining licences.
Contact us to learn more about FlexiProject
Show us one project you run in Productive.io, and we will prepare it in FlexiProject with a baseline and risks.
