For a lot of power users, project planning remains the undiscovered country. The trouble is that project planning software has this terrible (and well-earned) reputation for being difficult to use. This week’s sponsor, OmniPlan is the exception. The fact that it’s easy to pick up OmniPlan shouldn’t surprise you. The Omni Group group has been making difficult software easy since they first started. OmniPlan has a clean, simple interface giving you everything you need with just a few clicks.

At the same time, OmniPlan also delivers power. OmniPlan includes powerful project planning tools like filtering, violation resolution, leveling, earned value analysis, and Monte Carlo simulations allowing it to match even its most difficult-to-use competitors.

I use OmniPlan for project planning on the legal side. Clients love the nice, clean reports generated by OmniPlan showing my plans for their legal problems. I’ve grown to like the tool so much that now I’m also using it to plan out future Field Guides. My use is actually pretty small but some OmniPlan users manage giant projects in fields like construction, software, and mergers and acquisitions just to name a few.

If you’ve got a use for project planning, OmniPlan is the place to go. It’s powerful and easy. Download the free trial. You’ll be surprised at how powerful and easy to use OmniPlan is.