Under the microscope was InLoox version 6.0.3, which offers convenient connection of field workers, distributed project groups, and international teams. In addition to its graphical planning tools InLoox „controls the financial aspects of project management“. The editors from Business&IT, particularly, highlighted the full integration of InLoox into Microsoft Outlook. The close integration with the popular office groupware offers many benefits and saves the users a lot of work.
InLoox is, currently, the only project management solution to integrate Gantt charts directly into Microsoft Outlook. All activities and milestones are connected to the Outlook tasks and appointments so that all changes to the project plan will be quickly and directly communicated to other team members. In addition, the software offers time recording, document management, and mind mapping, as part of the standard InLoox functionality. The InLoox Personal Edition costs 390 Euro ex VAT. Multi-user Workgroup and Enterprise editions are available from 890 Euro or 1,390 Euro ex VAT.
The complete test article from Björn Lorenz can be found in Business&IT, issue 06/2010 on page 77. For more information on InLoox please go to www.inloox.com