# The &kplato; Handbook

Raphael
Langerhorst

    raphael.langerhorst@kdemail.net

Anne-Marie
Mahfouf

    annma@kde.org

&FDLNotice;
2006-02-11
0.5.0

&kplato; is a project planning and management application for &kde;.

KDE
KPlato
Project
Management
gantt

## Introduction

&kplato; as included in &koffice; 1.5 is a technology preview release and it is not advised to use &kplato; in critical production scenarios. Do so at your own risk. In this first public release we focus on planning and scheduling of projects.

&kplato; is a project management application and a planning tool. As an integrated component of &koffice;, &kplato; can be used within larger documents of other &koffice; components.

## Features

### Features include:

- Resource management,

- Hierarchical calendars,

- Tasks with dependencies and subtasks.

- ### Chart for visualization:

  - Gantt

- ### Project scheduling

  - Pessimistic,

  - Expected,

  - Optimistic.

- Work breakdown structure (WBS).

- Critical path and resources.

- Embedding into other KOffice applications.

&definitions; &mainwindow; &wbs; &options; &commands;

## License

&underFDL;

&documentation.index;