Project KickStart is desktop

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by Experience in Software, Inc. in Berkeley, California. The program uses a

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-like interface for project planning.

History

The original Project KickStart for

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was released in 1992. The product far outsold Experience in

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's other titles, and in 1995 Project KickStart for

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

Software

Project KickStart's wizard prompts users to identify phases, goals, obstacles and personnel assignments for projects and uses a calendar to produce a

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that features the project's phases and the goals, tasks and assignments for each. KickStart's project files can be exported into Microsoft's

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, as well as

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, Milestones Professional,

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and WBS Chart.

References

External links

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