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
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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 |
Standalone application |
Integrates with Microsoft Project |
 Yes
- Launches from Microsoft Project add-ins tab or toolbar.
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 Yes - Optional
- Optional import from Microsoft Project after launching application and creating chart.
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Basic features
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OnePager Pro |
Milestones Professional |
Summarize Microsoft Project schedules |
Yes |
Yes |
Graphics style |
 PowerPoint
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 Visio/CAD
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Export to PowerPoint, E-mail, PDF, etc. |
Yes |
Yes |
Ease of creating a chart from Microsoft Project |
Fewer steps |
More steps - 4 screens, at least 7 clicks
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Refresh from Microsoft Project |
Fewer steps
- 1 screen, 3 clicks
- Saves time and frustration if you make regular project presentations.
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More steps
- 3 screens, at least 7 clicks
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Schedule versioning and historical tracking |
Yes
- Create snapshots of your project at different points in time
- Browse past snapshots to see how a project has changed
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 No
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Filter a Microsoft Project schedule |
Yes
- 20 Flag columns
- 20 Number columns
- 9 additional filters (milestones, critical path, etc.)
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Yes - Limited
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Chart templates |
Yes
- Standard templates
- Custom templates
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Yes
- Standard templates
- Custom templates
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Fit schedule on a single page |
Yes
- Intelligent task positioning helps summarize project schedules in a single page
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 No
- Lengthy schedules require multi-page presentations and cannot be easily compressed into a single-page view.
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Display additional Microsoft Project data |
Yes
- Additional data columns can be displayed on the chart.
- Group, sort, label and color-code tasks dynamically by any Microsoft Project columnn.
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Yes
- Additional data columns can be displayed on the chart.
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Undo and redo changes |
Yes
- Undo up to 99 consecutive edits.
- Redo up to 99 consecutive edits.
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Limited
- Undo only 1 edit.
- Redo not supported.
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Easily resize tasks and milestones |
Yes
- Tasks and milestones can be easily dragged and resized.
- Heights of tasks and milestones can be uniform or varied.
- Task and milestone height can be controlled dynamically with conditional formatting rules.
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No
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Dynamic Graphics
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OnePager Pro |
Milestones Professional |
Dynamic color-coding of tasks and milestones |
Yes
- Color-code tasks dynamically based on any Microsoft Project columns (e.g. color-code by phase, resource, subproject, etc.)
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No
- All color-coding is done by hand.
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Dynamic legend of symbols and colors |
Yes
- Generated dynamically based on Microsoft Project columns.
- Can be modified by hand.
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No
- Color-coding done by hand. Not tied to Microsoft Project data.
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Group projects and tasks into rows and swimlanes |
Yes
- Group tasks and milestones into rows and swimlanes based on Microsoft Project data (phase, subproject, resources, etc.)
- Group tasks and milestones into rows and swimlanes by hand
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No
- Tasks can be positioned into rows, but cannot be rolled up further into swimlanes.
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Conditional formatting for tasks and milestones |
Yes
- Define the color, shape, height, border and font of any task or milestone dynamically based on a set of rules.
- Use any five Microsoft Project columns 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.
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No
- Formatting done by hand. Not tied to Microsoft Project data.
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Manage complex resource assignments |
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.
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No
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Data Integrity
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OnePager Pro |
Milestones Professional |
Prevents modification of task/milestone dates outside of Microsoft Project |
Yes
- Microsoft Project treated as the primary data source and cannot be corrupted.
- Task/milestone dates will always be based on Microsoft Project dates.
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No
- Task/milestone dates can get out of sync with Microsoft Project.
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Only reports on Microsoft Project tasks and milestones |
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
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No
- Task/milestones can be added by hand, creating data integrity issues with Microsoft Project.
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Licensing
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OnePager Pro |
Milestones Professional |
Single license price* |
$299.00 |
$299.00 |
Volume discounts available |
Yes |
Yes |
Electronic delivery available |
Yes |
Yes |
Upgrade cost* |
Included in Maintenance & Support
- $74.75 per year
- Unlimited upgrades included in maintenance and support subscription.
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Pay per Upgrade
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Training available |
Yes
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Yes
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* Excluding shipping and handling costs and local sales taxes, where applicable. Assumes physical software delivery (CD).
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 made in December, 2012 between Milestones Professional 2010 and OnePager Pro v5.0. Feature comparison subject to change in future versions.
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