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Franklin Covey Plan Plus Software | 
 enlarge | From: Global Marketing Partners
Category: Software
List Price: $79.95
Buy New: $9.95
You Save: $70.00 (88%)
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 11280
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows
Media: CD-ROM
Operating System: Windows
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 4 x 3.4 x 0.7
UPC: 733065257194
EAN: 0733065257194
ASIN: B00006JJO4
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Online Version- PlanPlus Online
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Amazon.com Product Description
FranklinCovey PlanPlus for Microsoft Outlook seamlessly integrates powerful planning tools into the already familiar Outlook environment, allowing users to enhance their scheduling system with FranklinCovey's proven productivity principles. In addition to providing specific implementation tools around core FranklinCovey concepts such as Prioritized and Master Task Lists, Daily Records, Weekly Planning, Goals, and Compass, PlanPlus also features a system of built-in learning and help wizards. FranklinCovey PlanPlus enhances Microsoft Outlook with essential planning tools like the Prioritized Daily and Master Task List, Weekly Planning, Goals, Personal Mission Statement, and more. Corporations now have the ability to reinforce company mission statements, goals, and objectives into their employees' daily planning. Users can now manage personal and professional planning in one application, with the option to print or synchronize their information to a paper-based or handheld "walk around" tool.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 41 more reviews...
 Great tool, but very buggy September 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been using versions of this product for about 5 years now. I started with version 1.0 and now am on version 5.0. It's a great concept, and the Franklin Covey system is very useful, but version 5.0 is so annoyingly buggy that I would actually give it one start, but I'm basing this review on all versions of the product.
If you have version 4.X, don't upgrade! 4.X has some issues, but they are not nearly as bad as 5.0. If you are new to the product, I can't recommend that you purchase 5.0. Wait till the next patch or the next release.
 Not worth the money April 17, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
PlanPlus, whether it's current iteration or prior years is a lesson in pain, frustration and incompatibility. Outlook as it is is pretty fleshed out and it has its quirks and instabilities. Adding PlanPlus while it does `Franklin-ise' it actually makes these annoying outlook-isms even more pronounced. Often with no reason it will disable itself, or I should say Outlook with disable PlanPlus. I'd say every 4 launches or so for me when I still used it. Couple this with ANY attempt to connected a Palm or Windows Mobile device and you'll be sitting scratching you head for hours while on the phone with support trying to get contacts and dates to load. Oddly enough the best support I got was from my local FranklinCovey store at Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton, CA. They had a manager there by the name of Vaugn who could work miracles with their fussy software (I understand they have let this great employee go, figures the one person who knew the tricks!! I guess Franklin doesn't value those kinds of employees). On 3 occasions he took my laptop and cured the software of its ills. Anyway, to sum up, while the features of PlanPlus are intriguing and they look eminently useful, the final user experience and time wasted don't make up for the promised gains. Basically it's anti-productive.
Works mostly greay. Handles Outlook 2007 badly. February 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After two weeks of using PP for Outlook V5.0, I've found it's exactly what I needed for task and project control. Being a one man shop it works great. I only give it 3 stars due to the fact that for the same time period it has NOT ONCE closed the Outlook file properly. Franklin-Covey gives the standard script - run repair. Well, it doesn't repair. And as anyone who's had an Outlook file crash, eventually you will loose data. There is obviously a problem but FC doesn't seem to concerned with fixing it.
PP for Windows Very Poor as well! June 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a long-time Franklin-Covey customer and began to migrate my planning to a Palm unit about 5 years ago. When PP Win XP came out, it promised "seemless" integration. I purchased, it worked. However, when PP migrated to Agilix Go-Binder the problems started and just kept coming. With ever new "build" (not an official "upgrade" but more-or-less a bug-fix like Microsoft's weekly updates) I would have to hard-reset my Palm. I finally got so sick of it, that I went back to the Palm Desktop software for my electronic planning. (I still keep a paper planner). Customer service and tech support were no help. My advice - don't bother. Stick with the Palm Desktop.
(Obviously does not apply to Win CE or Win Mobile units moving data from Outlook.)
Harry
DO NOT BUY BEFORE TRYING! March 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have installed the trial on two different XP-boxes and I spend more time clicking error notices than using it. THE SOFTWARE IS NOT EVEN ALPHA! Download from FC site and try it out if you are considering it. It will save you money.
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