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initial release january 27 2008 2008 01 27 operating system cross platform platform ruby on rails type project management software collaborative software license proprietary website www.liquidplanner.com liquidplanner inc. is an online project management software company based in seattle . the firm was founded in 2006 and launched their first release to a public beta in 2008 . liquidplanner is a platform independent online project management system which features ranged estimates e.g. 3 5 days to express the uncertainty in project schedules . 1 not in citation given this collaborative software is accessible via modern web browsers and mobile applications for iphone ipad and android operating system based devices . 2 user generated source contents 1 history 2 software 3 funding 4 references history edit liquidplanner was founded by charles seybold and jason carlson both former senior managers of expedia . the seattle based company employs alumni of microsoft expedia google and intel . 3 not in citation given liquidplanner launched a public beta at the demo 08 conference . 4 the alliance of angels named liquidplanner as a company of the year in may 2011 . 5 liquidplanner also received the innovation award from info tech research group in 2011 and 2012 . 6 non primary source needed the company counts more than 1 500 teams across 50 countries as customers from a range of industries including professional service firms financial services manufacturing retail healthcare government and education and telecommunications . software edit built using ruby on rails liquidplanner is the industry s only priority based predictive online project management solution and claims to be the first software as a service saas based project management solution to allow users to express uncertainty in their task estimates using ranges . the application employs a probabilistic scheduling engine that is claimed to build more accurate schedules . 7 not in citation given several authors have noted that estimating in ranges e.g. 3 4 days 1 3 hours is preferable to single point estimates e.g. 1 hour 2 days . 8 unreliable source 9 steve mcconnell states simplistic single point estimates are meaningless because they don t include any indication of the probability associated with the single point . 9 project management and scheduling methodologies such as program evaluation and review technique pert generate best case worst case ranges . however the preponderance of popular project management software does not readily accept ranges as inputs for estimates . liquidplanner accepts ranges as estimates and infers a probability distribution from that range . 10 unreliable source it then uses the distributions and the relationships between tasks and people to calculate a distribution for the project as a whole . 10 unreliable source by exposing the uncertainty in estimates the developers of liquidplanner claim that the uncertainty can then be managed . 11 non primary source needed it then tracks the evolution of these estimates over time . 12 from these uncertainty measures over time it can plot the history of the project estimates . this type of plot is often referred to as the cone of uncertainty . project managers create work spaces and invite users to participate in a way similar to linkedin or facebook . the workspace can contain multiple projects and keeps a running narrative of tasks comments documents and other project collateral . 4 12 in september 2011 liquidplanner introduced their free mobile app that connects the liquidplanner online project management workspace to the apple iphone and ipad . this app is available through the apple itunes store . 13 user generated source significant updates to its mobile app were made in april 2013 . 14 non primary source needed the liquidplanner application programming interface api enables project managers to programmatically interact with their liquidplanner workspace . with the api most of the liquidplanner project management actions can be automated . for example you can create a task and then post comments track time against it and mark the task done when completed . 15 user generated source while liquidplanner is a licensed software the company offers a 50 % discount on each seat for approved 501 c 3 non profits and 15 free seats for educational use . 16 user generated source liquidplanner was founded in 2006 . 17 user generated source released its first public beta in 2008 18 funding edit liquidplanner is privately held and has raised a total of 2.2 million in funding since incorporation including a 1 million round raised through the alliance of angels seed fund . liquidplanner was the first recipient of capital from the seattle based alliance of angels seed fund in june 2009 . 19 references edit software project management tool clarifies project uncertainty . searchsoftwarequality.com . february 21 2008 . retrieved 2008 02 27 . liquidplanner announces new android application for predictive project management from any location . yahoo finance . 2012 03 12 . retrieved 2012 06 25 . ephraim schwartz january 28 2008 . demo presenters bet on predictive capabilities . pcworld . retrieved 2008 02 27 . a b clint boulton february 3 2008 . project management startup could be a fit for google . eweek . retrieved 2008 02 27 . http www.bizjournals.com seattle blog techflash 2011 05 company of the year liquidplanner.html http www.liquidplanner.com news liquidplanner receives project management innovation award from info tech research group chris kanaracus january 28 2008 . liquidplanner adds probability to project planning . networkworld . retrieved 2008 02 27 . david daly september 12 2007 . accurate estimates . outside of the triangle . retrieved 2008 02 28 . a b mcconnell steve 2006 . software estimation . redmond wa microsoft press . pp. 6 9 . isbn 978 0 7356 0535 0 . a b david daly february 20 2008 . pm interviews bruce p. henry . outside of the triangle . retrieved 2008 02 28 . liquidplanner redefines project management press release . liquidplanner inc. january 28 2008 . retrieved 2008 02 28 . a b mike gunderloy february 28 2008 . liquidplanner sophisticated online project management . web worker daily . retrieved 2008 02 28 . liquidplanner project management scheduling collaboration . september 20 2011 . retrieved 2011 09 20 . http www.liquidplanner.com news new liquidplanner 4 0 ios update lets customers manage projects from a mobile device liquidplanner api . retrieved 2011 01 03 . liquidplanner . august 30 2010 . retrieved 2011 07 01 . liquidplanner inc. . retrieved 2011 07 01 . liquidplanner manages the unknown official release . 2008 06 11 . retrieved 2011 07 01 . liquidplanner raises cash . http www.acbj.com . 2009 06 19 . retrieved 2011 07 01 . external link in publisher help retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title liquidplanner & oldid 734764546 categories project management softwarecompanies based in washington state internet 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