LiquidPlanner Reviews & Product Details

In LiquidPlanner I like having multiple tagging and filing systems for tasks. I like being able to have maximum effort and daily limits to tasks.

The overall style of the software seems outdated. I do appreciate that it's not overtly flashy. But I do believe that the style could be improved while maintaining the simplicity of the design and functionality.

This is how our company tracks our time devoted to client and internal projects. It helps keep everything organized in one place and provides visibility to the whole company on what we're working on. There are so many benefits to using LiquidPlanner from a time management perspective.

It organizes projects and data in one place. Easy search feature and easy uploading of documents. Perfect team tagging and great in time keeping as well as recording.

There is one thing that makes it odd ,when it comes to navigating UI it becomes a bit hectic.

For all project management and resource planning .It has been the most reliable.

The ability to have discussions, updates, and share information easily across different teams, and keep the history. To be able to see the entire history of a project, any issues that came up, and things that impact timing. How employees can talk to multiple people at once, with the same message, is critical.

Least helpful is simply the reporting feature, as it's very generic for all uses. While each company is different, it takes a little bit of time to learn how to pull the information you want, and sometimes it's a lot of work depending on the format which you want.

Miscommunication and lack of communication has greatly been prevented, and our lead times have been adjusted and we've meet all of our delivery targets for the entire year. It's been extremely helpful!

All of the organization's project data is in one place where all of management can view it and get the same picture. Stagnant schedule files no longer exist; project managers are given accurate, dynamic status based on project priority as set by senior leadership and task progress as reported by individual contributors. Great reports, dashboards, analytics automate much of the tedious work required of project managers when providing project status.

Setting predecessors and successors not possible by task ID as it is in project There is only one dependency type (finish to start) , others (start to start, finish to finish), not allowed Needs a "work in parallel" function in addition to work in order, work independently, to allow all of the resources to get assigned to start at the same time on the task when everyone is available to start

We can see the impacts of shifting priorities quickly and easily. We can manage a larger number of projects with fewer project managers. Our individual contributors don't need to report their status many times to many different people; it's all in the same place. Our resource managers can easily see who is working on what through the course of a day, week, month, etc. We can use the collaboration functions to encourage note taking related to time spent on individual tasks, showing us areas for improvement, sources of waste, etc.

LiquidPlanner provides a comprehensive breakdown of projects and tasks, analysis, time tracking, and many features that make our daily needs for all people my team easy to stay organized. It's a great all-in-one tool.

The UI is a little tough to navigate sometimes. I hope that LP moves towards a more colorful and visually stimulating look. There are other tools out there that have nice "looks". It would also be great if there were options to customize the interface by using different colors, or fonts, or even layout. Not major customization, just a few options...specifically the colors. Another place where Liquid Planner could improve would be allowing a "Virtual User" login, for Virtual Users to be able to track hours without using a complete license. We occasionally need to bring in other folks and having this option would be a benefit.

Teams are staying on track, we can better predict available resources, estimated levels of effort, timelines, and communicating within tasks. We've seen an increase in productivity and efficiency since using the tool in the last few years.

I can see all my projects at a glance. My employees and I all track our individual time on individual tasks. I can assign multiple people to anything. The folder/sub-folder structure is intuitive and allows me to manage micro projects within larger projects. I can easily reorder and prioritize tasks simply clicking and dragging. And I think the best part for our company is the ability to forward emails and messages from my inbox directly to LiquidPlanner either as a new task or to an existing task. It's truly an amazing platform for any project manager who has to juggle multiple projects and make sure that communications from their clients get routed quickly the right place and people.

Honestly, the only feature that I've ever requested that hasn't been implemented is the ability to color-code folders. The initial setup and learning curve was the only thing that may have been a deterrent in the beginning. But once I realized that I didn't HAVE to use every single feature and just focused on the stuff I need for my company -- it was pretty easy. And all my employees over the years were able to use it just fine. I was afraid they would balk, but it's no different than learning the basics of a new point-of-sale program at any retail store.

I run a fast-pased print shop and web development company. Each customer order would have so many moving parts, that I as project manager, was completely losing my mind trying to stay on top of all the orders, where they were in the process, and all the communications with each client. Also, trying to collect timesheets on projects from each client and account for all the labor, supplies, etc. was the most time-consuming thing I had to do each week. Billing would sometimes be held up for days because I would get so backlogged. LiquidPlanner let me and my staff keep everything together in one place. Everyone knows exactly where to look to get answers and can also answer client's questions without running around the shop asking individual people, "Do you know where this job is?" "Is that job done?" "Have these supplies been ordered?" Etc. etc.

Unlike other tools, it schedules your tasks based on your availability per hours in the week. It does not allow you to overschedule yourself or your team. This is HUGE for planning. Also it allows to create priorities across multiple projects without you having to remove tasks from their folders in order to create a hierarchy. This feature is also HUGE. I have tried about 20 different PM tools and honestly, nothing comes even close to Liquid Planner. Plus their customer support is incredible. I have been a customer for 5 years and I HIGHLY recommend it.

The user interface is a little confusing and it's not as pretty as Trello ...but the immense value of all of its tools far outweighs this downside.

No longer overpromising on projects and underestimating the time it takes to complete tasks and milestones. The prioritization features have enabled us to focus on what is truly important instead of just using high / low / medium which dont have that much meaning in reality. The reporting features have enabled us to constantly stay on track and identify areas of key importance that have been neglected.

I like the configurability of the users and I also really likehow Projects can be broken down all the way to checklists for tasks. The dependencies for tasks is super useful as well.

The notification options are not as configurable as I would like.

Liquid Planner really helps us see our team's availability and helps us realize the time spent on specific projects. This has allowed us to assign work more effectively and also allows us to provide our customers with more accurate timelines for project completion.

My favorite function of liquid planner is the dashboard tool. To be able to view all my upcoming tasks, milestones and meetings prioritized in one place is super helpful!

I wish I could view the job costing easier. I would like to know how to view how a job is financially doing after putting in the contract amount, and have the ability to view the tasks time allotments interacting with the overall all contract amount.

Liquid planner helps me solve the problem of juggling multiple jobs and tracking all the tasks, milestones and deadlines associated.

It's got a very robust feature set with simple prioritizing options. Love the time tracking features, easy to drag and drop tasks into place. I love the different view options. I use a pretty basic set of features, but it's not overwhelming or too complex to be simple to use.

There is nothing that I dislike. It works great for me.

Time tracking, billing reports, project planning, resource planning, project management, keeping track of all todos.