VIDEO: LiquidPlanner Review: Key Features, Pros and Cons, and Alternatives to Consider

Setting up a new project can take a long time. You have to add tasks, assign team members, set deadlines, set task dependencies, and honestly, the whole thing can really just be a bit of a pain. That's why today we're talking about LiquidPlanner, a project management system that can automate some of those steps for you. Hey everyone, I'm Meredith and today we're sharing our review of LiquidPlanner. We're going to take a look at some of its key features, the pros and cons, and other products that you might want to consider.

But, in case you're short on time, click the link in the description below to check out our list of the top 10 best project management software tools. All right, let's talk LiquidPlanner. LiquidPlanner is a project management software system that can automate task due dates and help predict when your projects will be done. This system is especially useful to marketing, development, and manufacturing teams that need to adapt to changes on the fly without interrupting that project workflow.

LiquidPlanner comes with some common features like project and task management, due dates and task dependencies, and of course different views, but it also includes some really unique features like work completion estimates, automatic task scheduling, and automatic resource leveling. LiquidPlanner is priced per user per month and it comes in three paid plans in addition to a free starter plan for up to 10 users. Now, this is a cloud-based system, so you can access it from a web browser or from the mobile applications for iOS and Android devices.

All right, now let's take a look at some of the key features that LiquidPlanner has to offer. Right off the bat, you'll notice that LiquidPlanner uses priority-based scheduling for assigning due dates to tasks. Unlike most project management solutions, you don't need to manually assign due dates for every single task in LiquidPlanner. Instead, you arrange a project's tasks by priority, provide an estimated range of how long you think each task will take, and then LiquidPlanner will automatically schedule the tasks in the way that it thinks will be the most efficient.

If you need to shift focus and knock out a task that's scheduled for later, you can just easily use the drag and drop task manager to rearrange tasks, and then refresh the page to automatically update the task schedule. For risk management, LiquidPlanner comes with an estimated completion feature that will give project managers three different scenarios for when it thinks a project will be completed. Now, this is one of the system's top selling points, and it's genuinely pretty useful.

LiquidPlanner takes into account the time estimate ranges that users enter for their tasks and each user's availability, and then the number of tasks in a project to show project managers a best-in-worst-case scenario, as well as a third scenario that lives somewhere in the middle. The last feature we're looking at today is automatic resource leveling. Now, that might sound complicated, but it really just means that LiquidPlanner won't give team members more tasks than what they can handle.

This feature works by first having those team members enter their available time for working on projects, and then taking that time into account when they're assigning tasks. Since users can enter estimates of how long they think tasks will take them to complete, LiquidPlanner's only going to assign tasks to team members who have enough time to do them. LiquidPlanner consistently gets top reviews, but there are still some pros and cons to using the system.

The biggest pro of LiquidPlanner might be that it gives you accurate projections of when projects will be completed. The system is highly adaptable and scalable, and the system comes with built-in time tracking. But that being said, the user interface looks a bit dated, and the collaboration features could use an update as well. It's always a smart idea to compare several options before making a decision. If you're interested in LiquidPlanner, you might want to also consider Wrike, Smartsheet, Asana, Microsoft Project, and Clarizen.

All right, so that's our review of LiquidPlanner. Hopefully, this video will help you make a more informed decision when buying a project management system. For more information on project management software reviews and tips and tricks, be sure to visit our website at project-management.com. If you found this video helpful, please consider giving us a thumbs up. Be sure to subscribe and turn on notifications for future videos. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time. Bye.

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