Easy Project Planning Software

Absolutely the easiest project planning solution even if you've never managed a project before

The Easy Choice for Online Project Planning

Easy to Use

Click simple commands and SmartDraw builds your project plan for you, automatically. Add or remove tasks, change start or end dates, and SmartDraw realigns and arranges all the elements so that everything looks great.

Project Planning Task 1 View as Gantt Chart Task 1 1 Project Planning Task Assigned to Start End

Easy to Switch Views

You can convert any project chart to a mind map in a single click. Use the mind map view to run a meeting or brainstorm everything that needs to get done.

View project chart as a mind map

Easy to Add to Trello®

You can take any task in SmartDraw and convert it into a card on your team's Trello® board with SmartDraw's powerful Trello integration. It's built-in accountability.

Easy to Work With Other Apps

SmartDraw is easy to work with no matter what other apps you use. You can add your project chart to:

  • Microsoft Office®
    • Word®
    • PowerPoint®
    • Excel®
  • Microsoft Teams®
  • Google Workspace
    • Google Docs
    • Google Sheets
  • Atlassian apps
    • Confluence
    • Jira

Easy to Save to Your Existing Storage Solution

SmartDraw works hand in glove with most file storage systems. You can save your project charts directly to:

  • SharePoint®
  • OneDrive®
  • Google Drive
  • DropBox®
  • Box®

There is no need to create a parallel set of common folders and permissions, SmartDraw can just save files directly into your existing set up.

Easy to Share

Need to share your project chart with clients? You can easy export your construction plan as a PDF or PNG or insert it into any Office® or Google Workspace application in just a few clicks.

Easy to Share

Easy to Get Help

Have a question? Chat or email us. SmartDraw support is in-house and free!

Free support

Easy Collaboration

Project planning is a collaborative activity. Even if you set priorities as a project manager, you'll want feedback from your team on how long tasks will take to complete and potential dependencies between tasks. You and your team can work on the same project chart using a shared folder. You can also add other visuals to the same workspace that can help brainstorm ideas or discuss strategic decisions with stakeholders.

Collaborate on Gantt Charts

Avoid these common project planning mistakes

  • Broad, badly defined tasks that are never broken down to see what is actually involved
  • Incorrectly estimating the time to completion and resources required
  • Not measuring the progress of the tasks and inability to hold team members accountable for meeting deadlines
Project planning mistakes

Four keys to successful project planning

  1. Break down tasks to appropriate levels of detail
  2. Develop a schedule with measurable milestones
  3. Allocate resources and hold team members accountable
  4. Measure progress
Keys to good project planning

Examples of Project Planning Visuals

SmartDraw has a number of built-in templates and examples to help you plan your first project. See how easy it is to get started by signing up for a trial today.

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