
Project management software for planning, tracking, and resource control
RationalPlan is a project management platform available as cloud, desktop, and on-premise editions. It helps project managers plan, schedule, and track projects using Gantt charts, resource management, budgeting, and portfolio tools. The cloud edition adds multi-user collaboration with permission controls and browser-based access.
Visual project planning with dependencies, baselines, and automatic critical-path detection.
Assign resources across projects, track workload, and surface overallocations before they become problems.
Manage multiple projects together with shared resources and inter-project dependencies.
Budget estimation, cost management, and Earned Value Management for financial control.
Organize and move activities through completion stages in a visual Kanban view.
Work- or duration-driven activities with dependencies, time constraints, milestones, and recurring tasks.
Upload, share, and control access to project documents inside the workspace.
Plan multi-phase builds with dependencies, milestones, and resource constraints using Gantt and critical path.
Run multiple client projects in parallel while balancing shared consultants across engagements.
Track costs, budgets, and earned value across long-running engineering programs.
Use the free or Beginner tier to plan small internal projects without paying for enterprise PM suites.
Open and edit Microsoft Project files directly within RationalPlan.
Generate project status reports for stakeholders and executives.
Concurrent web access with role-based permissions, comments, and email notifications.

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