Fusion Desktop basics

Fusion Desktop is companion software to Fusion Online, designed to extend your project management capabilities by integrating directly with Microsoft Project. It adds the functionality needed for critical chain project scheduling and management, but it is best suited for working with single or multiple projects locally. For full collaboration and portfolio management, Fusion Online remains the recommended platform.

Key features of Fusion Desktop

Fusion Desktop enhances your Microsoft Project experience by allowing you to:

  • Create or edit project networks directly in Microsoft Project and upload them to Fusion Online.

  • Perform modeling and what-if analysis locally on your computer for individual projects.

  • Reschedule and update projects to get a full range of critical chain-based indicators.

  • Use tools like fever charts and impact chains, similar to those in Fusion Online, to report and analyze status.

While Fusion Desktop is useful for scheduling and analyzing projects on a single computer, Fusion Online provides broader capabilities, including:

  • Collaboration with all stakeholders and team members.

  • Managing a portfolio of projects.

  • Coordinating updates and project status across multiple projects in real-time.

Fusion Desktop enables critical chain management on the desktop, while Fusion Online is essential for team collaboration and managing large-scale, multi-project environments.

Getting started with Fusion Desktop

For more information on using Fusion Desktop, including installation and connecting it to Fusion Online, check out the following guides:

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