next project light

With this free software tool, you can quickly and easily plan and manage small projects and project-like tasks.

Professional project management for small projects and project-like tasks has just become much easier: now you can keep a clear overview of the scope, schedule and budget, using tried and tested project management approaches and tools, while you fully focus on the project. This software is based on MS Excel, so getting acquainted with next project light will be easy too.

Ready for use quickly

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Ready for use quickly

  • Use immediately, no installation required
  • Free to use (see instructions for details)
  • If project management methods are known, largely intuitive to use
  • Free webinar makes it easy to get started right away
General
  • Key project information is entered once, and the project logo can also be imported.
  • You can print next project light or export it as a PDF with a single click—in both cases, the editable areas are hidden before.
  • next project light includes an interface to next portfolio light.
General
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Work breakdown structure

One of the most important project plans, going beyond traditional work breakdown structures.

  • Visualize your project in a way that’s easy for non-project management experts to understand.
  • Show what needs to be done in the project: what’s already been completed, where there are issues, and who is responsible for the work packages.
  • next project light offers a fixed view of up to 3 levels.
Work breakdown structure
Scheduling

Manage your project using a simple tabular milestone plan or view a weekly Gantt chart.

  • Leave dates open initially; enter them manually or using a helpful calendar.
  • Date entry is limited to 50 tasks and 3 levels.
Scheduling
Stakeholder analysis

Analyze the relationships between stakeholders and identify appropriate actions.

  • Do not underestimate the social context of your project and devote sufficient time to the stakeholder analysis.
  • Visualize stakeholders based on their criticality.
  • Define and document appropriate measures to shape the relationship with your project environments in the best interest of the project.
Stakeholder analysis
Stakeholder
Resource and Cost Planning

It is becoming increasingly important to ensure that deadlines can be met with limited staff resources and that the project stays within budget:

  • With next project light, you can plan the project in sufficient detail, covering up to 50 tasks and down to the third level.
  • A resource for personnel planning is available, from which personnel costs are calculated. Other costs can also be entered.
  • Personnel requirements can be automatically determined over time based on planned deadlines and effort per work package.
  • With adequate cost planning, you can keep track of what has already been scheduled, ordered, invoiced, and paid!
Resource and Cost Planning
Resources
Forms

Support of key project management processes with project assignment, status and final report forms

Forms
Reports

next project

next project is the full version of next project light. This licensed tool gives you more project management methods, more options and features, and additional interfaces.
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