Tracking project progress
Microsoft Project Standard is the leading project management
software. It allows you to first create a project plan with tasks, their dependencies and duration, and then allows you to assign resources to these tasks. The software can then be used to track progress against this defined plan.
Drawing figures
Microsoft Visio Standard allows you to draw figures and flowcharts. Visio has features to create shapes and dependencies between them.
These figures can then be imported into Powerpoint or Word.