Seavus Project Viewer (software)

Seavus Project Viewer

Stable release	Seavus Project Viewer 2016 for Windows / September 22, 2015[1]
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Android, Windows Phone, iOS[2] (iPhone and iPad), Web application
Type	project management
License	Trialware
Website	www.seavusprojectviewer.com

Seavus Project Viewer is a viewer for Microsoft Project files. It reads the native .mpp ^[3] file format created in any Microsoft Project versions. As a project management software, it is designed to assist users (team members, team leads, project stakeholder and other project participant) to review their project assignments, print the project information and follow the overall project status. The application software shows critical path schedules and critical chain which are visualized in a Gantt chart. As from March 2015, Seavus Project Viewer has approximately 5,700,000 users, including clients such as Marks & Spencer, European Central Bank, SAP AG, BMW, Chevron Corporation, Airbus and others.

Features

When the project manager saves the project in an .mpp file, the formatting information is stored along the project information in the same file. Seavus Project Viewer reads this information when opening .mpp files, showing the same formatting and visual styles as in Microsoft Project.^[4]

Seavus Project Viewer^[5] is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X,^[6] via the web with online version, on the mobile iOS,^[7] Windows Phone and Android platforms and as well with application for Apple Watch.^[8]

Users can open Microsoft Project files hosted on the following cloud storages:

• Microsoft SharePoint
• Microsoft Project Server
• OneDrive
• Google Drive

File format

Seavus Project Viewer reads .mpp file format, which is the native file format for Microsoft Project. The supported versions of the .mpp file format are:

• Microsoft Project 2016
• Microsoft Project 2013
• Microsoft Project 2010
• Microsoft Project 2007
• Microsoft Project 2003

Task update

Users can collaborate with project managers, so the project manager will have up-to-date information about the current status of the project tasks and track if all assignments in the project plan are finished on time.

Graphical reports

The following categories and reports are supported in Seavus Project Viewer 11 for Windows and Seavus Project Viewer 2.0 for Mac(8), allowing users to view the health of the project plan, as in Microsoft Project 2013:

• Dashboard category
  • Cost Overview
  • Project Overview
  • Upcoming Task
  • Work Overview
• Resources category
  • Resource Overview
• Cost category
  • Cost Overruns
  • Resource Cost Overview
  • Task Cost Overview

See also

• List of project management software
• Microsoft Project

References

1. "PRESS RELEASE: Seavus Adds Support for MS Project 2016 in the Latest Version of Its Project Viewer". 24 September 2015.
2. Sarah Hanlon (7 July 2015). "SPViewer for iOS Lets You View Microsoft Project Files Quickly and Easily".
3. ".MPP File Extension". 24 February 2015.
4. Brad Egeland (23 February 2013). "Project Viewer: Use and View MS Project Files without the Cost".
5. Shashidhar (8 February 2012). "Seavus Project Viewer™ certified as Citrix Ready".
6. William Gallagher (6 April 2015). "Hands On: Seavus Project Viewer 1.8 (OS X)".
7. James Horton (18 November 2014). "Viewer for .mpp Files".
8. Elizabeth Harrin (30 April 2015). "Metrics for your project plan".

External links

• Official website