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Why Use Lighthouse for Project Planning?

Some projects require formal project plans, while others use more of an ad hoc task manager to assign tasks and deliverables. With Lighthouse, you can use either approach - whatever works for you and your team.

Lighthouse is integrated with MS Project, providing complete import and export capabilities. You can plan and implement tasks, track % complete and measure cost and schedule variances.

Use Lighthouse on a new project or quickly and easily import a plan from a current project to begin getting the full benefits of Lighthouse. Sign up for a free Lighthouse account today.

Compare Project Planning features within different Lighthouse editions:

	Free Edition	Standard Edition	Team Edition	Enterprise Edition
Features
Import from MS ProjectLighthouse provides a simple wizard that lets you import your project plans from Microsoft Project 2003.
Export to MS ProjectIf you make changes to your project plan in Lighthouse, you can easily export it and open it in Microsoft Project 2003.
Modify Task % CompleteEither change the task % complete directly for each task or from within a timesheet.
Collaboration
Basic Roles (3 uneditable)Your users are assigned to roles which control access to your requirements. You can choose from 3 pre-defined roles.
Basic Roles (3 editable)Your users are assigned to roles which control access to your requirements. You can choose from (and modify) 3 pre-defined roles.
Unlimited RolesCreate as many roles as you want to control access to your Requirements and assign them to your users. Create some for your clients, executives, developers, QA engineers, and many more.
Basic NotificationsEvery time a requirement is added or updated, notifications are emailed to the requirement owner and the assignee. The owner is the one who originally entered the requirement.
Notifications (editable)Change the notification rule, message and distribution list. Easily add other users/roles to the distribution list.
Unlimited NotificationsCreate as many notification rules as you want to. At Artifact, we have 26!
My Assignments DashboardEasily see your requirements when you first log in to Lighthouse.
Project Activities DashboardSee real-time daily, weekly and monthly activity for all your requirements across all your projects.
Customization
Custom FieldsAdd up to 30 fields to your Requirements. Many formats are supported including text boxes, combo boxes, pull-down lists, etc. Make the fields required and track their history.
Custom LayoutChange the location and layout of your custom fields.
Custom ReportsCreate any report you want. Requirements Traceability, Matrix and History reports are some of our more popular ones. Automatically email them to your peers.
Custom ColorsChange your Lighthouse Account colors. Choose from one of our defined templates or create your own.
Hide TabsHide Lighthouse tabs to control what your users can see and have access too.
Custom MethodologiesChange Lighthouse to support your methodology. Support for Agile, Waterfall, RUP and Hybrid methodologies are available.
Specs
ProjectsEach edition provides a certain number of projects and users per project.	1	unlimited	unlimited	unlimited
SupportTwo levels of support are provided. Basic support is available via user forums, blogs and documentation. Premium support also includes email and phone, with guaranteed response time.	basic	premium	premium	premium
Hosted or On PremiseHosted Lighthouse means Lighthouse is accessible on our servers. On Premise means you can install a complete version of Lighthouse behind your firewall.	hosted	hosted	hosted	either
Annual Cost per User	Free	$99	$199	$299