GAP project planning software...

[Krishna]

Hey guys, one of my groups is asking if we used any type of software or templates for planning out the GAP project; they are planning on using MS Project, I think it may be a little overboard.

In my group, we just used a bare bones spreadsheet and laid out deadlines and milestone dates.

Just wondering if you guys have any suggestions or templates of what you did...

Thanks,

Krishna

[Robert Kim]

MS project is totally overkill, IMHO. We used a combo of Basecamp and
google spreadsheets. We put all the hi level milestones and subsequent
tasks into Basecamp, linked it up to our respective calendar apps (via
iCal) and used a spreadsheet as our CRM to keep track of all our
primary interview contacts. It was easy, transparent, and well, it
worked!

Cheers,
Rob.
646.963.5946 (mobile)

[Maggie Lee]

Same here... to track everything, our team used a combination of spreadsheets, Google docs, and sharepoint.  I don't think MS project is necessary and it could even complicate the process for them, but if the team finds that it is actually easiest for them then it could work.