Functional Features of different Spider Project versions

Function   Professional Desktop Plus Desktop Lite
Project scheduling based on work volumes and resource productivities   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Resource Critical Path calculations and resource constrained floats   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Four scheduling methods (standard, detailed, optimization, previous version support)   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Optimization and previous version support   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Schedule optimization taking into account financial and supply constraints   ✚ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊
Skill scheduling   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Independent resource assignment and shift work simulation   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Multi-resources (crews)   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Variable resource load with optimization   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Earned Value Analysis   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Simulation of income and production   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Overload cost   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Variable cost of money, materials, resources   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Risk simulation and buffer management   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Calculation of probabilities to meet target parameters   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Success probability trends calculation   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Simulation of resource production   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Unlimited number of WBS and RBS   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Resource, Material and Cost Centers   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Ability to compare any two project versions   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Unlimited number of project versions   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Report templates Editor   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Monitoring system   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Project Fragnets Library   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Formulae   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
User defined Filters   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Script language   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Three types of Network Diagram   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Gantt Charts for Works and Resources   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Resource Histograms   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Cost and Material Histograms and Charts   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Time-location chart with performance animation   ✚ ✚ ✚ ⚊
Tabular Reports   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Ability to create project databases   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚
Multi-project and portfolio management   ✚ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊
Group work using local area network and Internet   ✚ ⚊ ⚊ ⚊
Access rights   ✚ ✚ ⚊ ⚊
Monitoring data distribution and consolidation   ✚ ✚ ⚊ ⚊
Notifying managers and resources about work start and finish   ✚ ✚ ⚊ ⚊
Export / import to and from CSV, MS Project XML, Primavera XER   ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚