Project KickStart
Encyclopedia
Project KickStart is desktop project management software
Project management software
Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including estimation and planning, scheduling, cost control and budget management, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication, quality management and documentation or administration systems, which are used to...

 by Experience in Software, Inc. in Berkeley, California. The program uses a wizard
Wizard (software)
A software wizard or setup assistant is a user interface type that presents a user with a sequence of dialog boxes that lead the user through a series of well-defined steps. Tasks that are complex, infrequently performed, or unfamiliar may be easier to perform using a wizard...

-like interface for project planning.

History

The original Project KickStart for DOS
MS-DOS
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...

 was released in 1992. The product outsold Experience in Software's other titles by far, and in 1995, Project KickStart for Windows
Microsoft Windows
Microsoft Windows is a series of operating systems produced by Microsoft.Microsoft introduced an operating environment named Windows on November 20, 1985 as an add-on to MS-DOS in response to the growing interest in graphical user interfaces . Microsoft Windows came to dominate the world's personal...

 was released. Versions 2, 3, 4 and 5 (all for Windows) followed. The company currently sells Project KickStart Standard 5 and Project KickStart Pro 5 (2008).

Software

Project KickStart's wizard prompts users to identify phases, goals, obstacles and personnel assignments for projects and uses a calendar to produce a Gantt chart that features the project’s phases and the goals, tasks and assignments for each.

KickStart’s project files can be exported into Microsoft's Project
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Project is a project management software program, developed and sold by Microsoft, which is designed to assist a project manager in developing a plan, assigning resources to tasks, tracking progress, managing the budget, and analyzing workloads.The application creates critical path...

, Outlook
Microsoft Outlook
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, Word
Microsoft Word
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, Excel
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a proprietary commercial spreadsheet application written and distributed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications...

 or PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint
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, as well as ACT!
ACT!
Sage ACT! is a customer relationship management software application which is used to keep track of client and prospect details in a single database that can be shared by multiple users...

, Milestones Professional, MindManager
MindManager
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and WBS Chart.
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