What is a standalone tool for easy project management?

Question

We need a simple standalone tool for easy project management.
We have 3-5 people, many small IT projects (from one week to one month), and we use Windows.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Answer 1

Perhaps Planner is what you are looking for? http://live.gnome.org/Planner

Answer 2

Well, it's a little late, but in case someone is still looking for an Eylean Board , it might be a good solution for such an event.

This is a Windows based project management software. It is equipped with a visual taskbar that allows teams to quickly add, assign, move, and delete tasks, coordinate projects, and compare results. There are predefined Agile templates for Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban, and software developers like you can make good use of two-way integration with TFS.

Answer 3

I am a bit biased, but I have used MS Project to manage projects and projects over the past 20 years for small and very large tasks. The primary value for me in using MS Project is the ability to manage project dependencies and interdependencies (linking), which provide quick reading (modeling) of the effects on the critical path graph (not to mention cost-based calculations).

In your example, be sure to create a plan for every small project loaded with resources, effort ratings, predecessors, and then align them. When you do this for everyone, you can link related projects together. The end result is the ability to "simulate" the graph and the impact of costs, taking into account the impending risk or potential slippage in a given task.