So, I used to use MS Project for the composition of those dreaded Gantt charts, but it has been a few years since I had to be so formal. Anything new and exciting -- and more robust than Basecamp -- happening in the world of project planning software?
That is, if you use a Mac and you need to do some fairly involved project schedules with time lines, subtasks, resource usage, etc.
V/r Anthony
On 7/9/07, Mike Pence <mike.pe...@gmail.com > wrote:
> So, I used to use MS Project for the composition of those dreaded > Gantt charts, but it has been a few years since I had to be so formal. > Anything new and exciting -- and more robust than Basecamp -- > happening in the world of project planning software?
> So, I used to use MS Project for the composition of those dreaded > Gantt charts, but it has been a few years since I had to be so formal. > Anything new and exciting -- and more robust than Basecamp -- > happening in the world of project planning software?
We've been using ProjectCards (www.projectcards.com) to manage our agile projects, but its not great when you've got people on more than one project and are trying to juggle their time.
So we're giving TargetProcess (www.targetprocess.com) a try. It seems to have all the features and if its simple enough to use that our whole team can manage then we'll probably make the switch.
Nick
On Jul 11, 3:52 am, Alex Soto <aps...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well for agile style software projects, Trac is a great tool <http:// > trac.edgewall.org/>. Mingle looks good to, but not going to be free.
> Alex
> On Jul 9, 2:31 pm, "Mike Pence" <mike.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, I used to use MS Project for the composition of those dreaded > > Gantt charts, but it has been a few years since I had to be so formal. > > Anything new and exciting -- and more robust than Basecamp -- > > happening in the world of project planning software?
> We've been using ProjectCards (www.projectcards.com) to manage our > agile projects, but its not great when you've got people on more than > one project and are trying to juggle their time.
> So we're giving TargetProcess (www.targetprocess.com) a try. It seems > to have all the features and if its simple enough to use that our > whole team can manage then we'll probably make the switch.
> Nick
> On Jul 11, 3:52 am, Alex Soto <aps...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Well for agile style software projects, Trac is a great tool <http:// >> trac.edgewall.org/>. Mingle looks good to, but not going to be free.
>> Alex
>> On Jul 9, 2:31 pm, "Mike Pence" <mike.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So, I used to use MS Project for the composition of those dreaded >>> Gantt charts, but it has been a few years since I had to be so formal. >>> Anything new and exciting -- and more robust than Basecamp -- >>> happening in the world of project planning software?
If you have a Mac, it's hard to beat OmniPlan on a desktop.
I used the previous version called PMX, Omni bought the code and improved on it. It's solid, and very easy to use. It imports MS Project so that is nice.
I have heard about FastTrack in Windows, but have never used it... it seem that on Windows MS Project has pretty much cornered the market.
I have tried Trac, but really prefer Basecamp ease of use much more, especially if you want a tool to communicate with your client and not just developers.
On 7/9/07, Mike Pence <mike.pe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> So, I used to use MS Project for the composition of those dreaded > Gantt charts, but it has been a few years since I had to be so formal. > Anything new and exciting -- and more robust than Basecamp -- > happening in the world of project planning software?
I implemented a Kanban (cards in Japanese) system, based on the Lean methodology. The idea is to visualize the process, show the flow of the features in the system and discover the muda (waste in Japanese) and the bottle-necks (Theory of Constrains). Here is a picture of one of our projects - http://www.prosoa.com/lean/kanban.JPG Each of our remote teams has a 'sticky body' - someone to moves their cards on the board.
Thoughtworks has a new project management web-app that can implement a web-based Kanban, It's called Mingle. it was written in ruby on rails but with jruby (java implementation of the ruby interpreter). if you want to try it you need to email Thoughtworks (it's pre-beta but stable). I just installed it on my Uubntu (they have version for Windows). You can implement the Kanban(cards) system easily with this stuff because you can drag and drop cards from one stage to another.
Mike, I've been using Mind Manager to manage projects because I can link my notes, web pages, and external documents and visualize them all in a very intuitive way. I keep my notes in Mind Manager. So, if 1 particular task in my project needs to link with one particular note it's very easy and quick. It allows linking in a very granular way.
You can also assign priorities and resources and filter and view them quickly. The biggest disadvantage is that due dates and durations are not automatically updated because you cannot make one MM topic dependent on the other. At least, I haven't figured it out yet.
I use mindmanager for EVERYTHING related to documentation, from taking notes at meetings to doing outlines, requirement lists, and presentations. It's an incredible tool, and even more incredible if you have a tablet PC.
Never tried it for project management but it would work very well... has support for integration with MS Project.
On 8/5/07, Chirag Patel <patel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike, > I've been using Mind Manager to manage projects because I can link my > notes, web pages, and external documents and visualize them all in a > very intuitive way. I keep my notes in Mind Manager. So, if 1 > particular task in my project needs to link with one particular note > it's very easy and quick. It allows linking in a very granular way.
> You can also assign priorities and resources and filter and view them > quickly. The biggest disadvantage is that due dates and durations are > not automatically updated because you cannot make one MM topic > dependent on the other. At least, I haven't figured it out yet.
I am quite partial to <a href="http://www.mindmeister.com">MindMeister</a> myself. I use it for everything these days and it has become an invaluable trusted external memory system.
> I use mindmanager for EVERYTHING related to documentation, from taking notes > at meetings to doing outlines, requirement lists, and presentations. It's an > incredible tool, and even more incredible if you have a tablet PC.
> Never tried it for project management but it would work very well... has > support for integration with MS Project.
> On 8/5/07, Chirag Patel < patel...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Mike, > > I've been using Mind Manager to manage projects because I can link my > > notes, web pages, and external documents and visualize them all in a > > very intuitive way. I keep my notes in Mind Manager. So, if 1 > > particular task in my project needs to link with one particular note > > it's very easy and quick. It allows linking in a very granular way.
> > You can also assign priorities and resources and filter and view them > > quickly. The biggest disadvantage is that due dates and durations are > > not automatically updated because you cannot make one MM topic > > dependent on the other. At least, I haven't figured it out yet.
