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Posted by Jerome
Jun 28, 2013 at 07:50 AM
Hi there,
An intestesting round-up of project management tools here : https://www.udemy.com/blog/project-management-tools/
Cheers /jerome
Posted by Garland Coulson
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:31 PM
Dr Andus wrote:
>It really depends on what your specific needs are, as there is such a
>wide variety of PM tools out there as well as PIM that can be adopted.
>
>Most recently I’ve been using RationalPlan for making quick Gantt charts
>and WorkFlowy for developing and tracking detailed tasks. I still keep
>an overall project plan in MindSystems Amode V2.
Thanks Dr Andus,
I am becoming a real fan of web based systems for tools that need collaboration like project management. It looks like RationalPlan is desktop software rather than cloud-based? I see Workflowy is more of an outliner than a project management system.
I do use Noteliner for outlines, but need something more robust for managing projects.
Posted by Garland Coulson
Jun 28, 2013 at 09:34 PM
Hugh wrote:
>Second, what do you mean by ‘time tracking’? Most Gantt-chart based
>applications will enable you to record actual progress against the plan,
>and indicate resulting knock-ons. Anything more automated might require
>a dedicated time-tracking application.
Primarily, I want to determine the profit at the end of a client project. So if I and my team each track our time, and I can see how long each person has spent on the project, I can see if I am pricing the projects correctly.
So it would be nice if we could just click on a timer button when working on a task and the time gets added to that task and project.
Currently testing LiquidPlanner and Planbox which both seem to do this.
Posted by johnmcde
Jun 29, 2013 at 01:03 AM
You might want to try Org-mode. Org has a sophisticated system for clocking time, etc. and Org is a wonderful single pane outliner. Org-mode is a major mode of Gnu-Emacs which is free and available on all major operating systems.
John
Posted by Arnold
Jun 29, 2013 at 01:45 AM
Have found Plan For Windows to work rather well. Compatible with MS Project. Largest project was only 1200 items 64 resources over a 2 year time frame. Only basic reporting, can handle multiple resources, gnatt and of course depenancies. Can be found here
very reasonable price (sub $50 usd)
SureTrak v2 & 3 prior to Oracle buy was used for larger projects, better reporting etc. Have not upgraded in a long time (still WinXP based), not sure if Win7 compat.
Org mode is used for daily/monthly or slightly larger ‘projects’ sub 100 items. Could be used for larger, but have not done so myself. Great non OS locked, text based items. No gnatt mode to my limited knowledge.