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Compare Milestones Professional and OnePager Pro

OnePager Pro is an add-in to Microsoft Project that creates Gantt charts, project timelines, and executive summary presentations all using data from Microsoft Project. When KIDASA Milestones Professional users switch to OnePager Pro, they report that it is easier to use, easier to update, and creates better-looking charts and reports.

"As a Master Scheduler for a major federal acquisition program, I needed a quick and easy way to present visualizations of our projects to Agency Directors. Making edits and updates using our original software resource, Kidasa Software’s Milestones Professional, required hours of additional work, compromised the integrity of our data, and rarely conveyed the project status in a comprehensible way. Everyone, including our Agency Director, agrees that One Pager Pro has significantly improved the communication and understanding of project status, as well as eliminating many hours of wasted time."

- Craig C., Master Scheduler


The sample reports below compare a typical OnePager Pro chart to a typical Gantt chart created in Milestones Professional. You can also read a side-by-side comparison of some of the most important features of OnePager Pro and Milestones Professional below.


Overview

OnePager Pro

Milestones Professional

Description

OnePager Pro, by Chronicle Graphics, is a Microsoft Project add-in that creates summary-level project presentations for use with executives, clients, team members, investors, and regulators.

Milestones Professional, by KIDASA Software, is a project scheduling and reporting tool. Users can create project plans by hand or import them from Microsoft Project.

Type of application

Microsoft Project add-in, with the option to launch as a standalone desktop application.

Standalone application

Integrates with Microsoft Project

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Launches from Microsoft Project add-ins tab or toolbar.

Supported by Milestones Professional Yes - Optional

  • Optional import from Microsoft Project after launching application and creating chart.

Integrates with Microsoft Project Server and Project Online

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Connect directly to Project Server or Project Online using a secure connection that does not require Microsoft Project.
  • If you prefer, OnePager can also leverage an existing connection between Microsoft Project and the server.

Supported by Milestones Professional Limited

  • Requires that Microsoft Project pre-load files from the server; direct server connections are not supported.


Basic features

OnePager Pro

Milestones Professional

Summarize Microsoft Project schedules

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

Supported by Milestones Professional Yes

Graphics style

Preferred PowerPoint

Non-Preferred Visio/CAD

Export to PowerPoint, E-mail, PDF, etc.

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

Supported by Milestones Professional Yes

Ease of creating a chart from Microsoft Project

Preferred Fewer steps

  • 2 screens, 2 clicks

Non-Preferred More steps

  • 4 screens, at least 9 clicks

One-click Refresh from Microsoft Project

Preferred Yes

  • Easy, one-click refresh insantantly syncs your OnePager chart with Microsoft Project

Not supported No

  • At least 5 clicks on multiple screens required to refresh a chart.

Schedule versioning and historical tracking

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Create snapshots of your project at different points in time
  • Browse past snapshots to see how a project has changed

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

Filter a Microsoft Project schedule

Preferred Yes

  • 20 Flag columns
  • 20 Number columns
  • 9 additional filters (milestones, critical path, etc.)
  • Custom import filters enable users to write sets of rules to dynamically filter the Microsoft Project import based on any field.

Non-Preferred Yes - Limited

  • 20 Flag columns

Chart templates

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Standard templates
  • Custom templates

Supported by Milestones Professional Yes

  • Standard templates
  • Custom templates

Fit schedule on a single page

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Intelligent task positioning helps summarize project schedules in a single page

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Lengthy schedules require multi-page presentations and cannot be easily compressed into a single-page view.

Display additional Microsoft Project data

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Additional data columns can be displayed on the chart.
  • Group, sort, label and color-code tasks dynamically by any Microsoft Project columnn.

Supported by Milestones Professional Yes

  • Additional data columns can be displayed on the chart.

Undo and redo changes

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Undo up to 99 consecutive edits.
  • Redo up to 99 consecutive edits.

Non-Preferred Limited

  • Undo up to 100 consecutive edits.
  • Redo only the last edit.

Easily resize tasks and project milestones

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Tasks and project milestones can be easily dragged and resized.
  • Heights of tasks and project milestones can be uniform or varied.
  • Task and project milestone height can be controlled dynamically with conditional formatting rules.

Not supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Resizing is possible, but requires typing the desired dimension into a separate control.

Multi-page project reports

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Automatically separate complex project plans into multiple pages.
  • Fine-tune position of page breaks as necessary.
  • Freeze panes and swimlanes for easier editing.
  • Supports multiple vertical pages for lots of tasks.
  • Supports multiple horiontal pages for long-range planning.

Supported by Milestones Professional Yes

  • Supports multi-page Gantt charts.

Multi-project charts

Supported by OnePager Pro Easier

  • Import multiple Microsoft Project, Project Online, or Project Server documents into a single chart. No pre-linking required.
  • If you already have an IMS with subprojects, either as an MPP file, or on the server, OnePager can import that as well.

Supported by Milestones Professional Harder

  • Requires creation of a master schedule in Milestones Professional before any subprojects can be merged.
  • If changes are made to a master schedule, those changes are not retained when it is updated with the latest sub-schedule data.

Available Milestone Shapes

Supported by OnePager Pro More

  • OnePager Pro includes 213 native milestone shapes out of the box.
  • Ability to import custom-created shapes.

Supported by Milestones Professional Fewer

  • Milestones Professional includes 147 native milestone shapes out of the box.
  • Ability to import custom-created shapes.


Dynamic Graphics

OnePager Pro

Milestones Professional

Dynamic color-coding of tasks and project milestones

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Color-code tasks and project milestones dynamically based on any Microsoft Project columns (e.g. color-code by phase, resource, subproject, WBS, etc.)

Not Supported by Milestones Professional Limited

  • Color-coding is primarily done by hand, unless pre-coded custom columns are set up ahead of time.

Dynamic legend of symbols and colors

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Generated dynamically based on Microsoft Project columns.
  • Can be modified by hand.

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Color-coding done by hand. Not tied to Microsoft Project data.

Group projects and tasks into rows and swimlanes

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Group tasks and project milestones into rows and swimlanes based on Microsoft Project data (phase, subproject, resources, etc.)
  • OnePager supports up to three levels of nested swimlanes, which can look at different outline levels of the schedule or portfolio.

Limited support by Milestones Professional Limited

  • Swimlanes require the use of user-defined text in "code fields" and do not work with Microsoft Project's native WBS data.
  • Only one level of swimlanes are available.

Conditional formatting for tasks and project milestones

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Define the color, shape, height, border and font of any task or milestone dynamically based on a set of rules.
  • Use any Microsoft Project or Project Server/Online field (including enterprise custom fields) to define conditional formatting rules
  • Define as many conditional formatting rules as necessary (no limit)
  • When your Microsoft Project plan changes, the conditional formatting rules will automatically be reapplied. Tasks and milestones that have changed will be updated in your new snapshot, while previous snapshots will retain the old formatting for historical purposes.
  • Can be fine-tuned by hand as necessary.

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Color-coding is primarily done by hand, unless pre-coded custom columns are set up ahead of time.

Manage complex resource assignments

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • When multiple resources are assigned to a single task in Microsoft Project, there is an option to replicate that task for each unique resource in the OnePager chart, and create several individual resource assignments for each task or milestone.
  • This prevents resources from having to locate tasks for both their individual assignments and their group assignments, which can lead to confusion.

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Not supported.

Smart Text Positioning

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • OnePager automatically seeks whitespace for each piece of task and milestone text in the chart, which improves readability and reduces the chances of text collisions.
  • When inadequate whitespace is available, OnePager can automatically wrap, truncate and shrink text so that it legibly fits into tight spaces.

Not Supported by Milestones Professional Limited

  • Dense charts are more likely to experience text collisions.


Data Integrity

OnePager Pro

Milestones Professional

Prevents modification of task/milestone dates outside of Microsoft Project

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Microsoft Project treated as the primary data source and cannot be corrupted.
  • Task/milestone dates will always be based on Microsoft Project dates.

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Task/milestone dates can get out of sync with Microsoft Project.

Only reports on Microsoft Project tasks and milestones

Supported by OnePager Pro Yes

  • Microsoft Project treated as the primary data source and cannot be corrupted with the addition of extra tasks or milestones.
  • Task/milestones will always be based on Microsoft Project

Not Supported by Milestones Professional No

  • Task/milestones can be added by hand, creating data integrity issues with Microsoft Project.
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Microsoft is a registered service mark of Microsoft Corporation. KIDASA is a registered service mark of Kidasa Software, Inc. Milestones Professional is a registered trademark of Kidasa Software, Inc. Product comparison updated in January 2021 between Milestones Professional 2021 and OnePager Pro v7.0. Feature comparison subject to change in future versions.