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Posted by Andy Brice
Dec 20, 2018 at 09:25 AM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>As noted in the past, I believe that Hyperplan would greatly expand its
>market if it had a web version.
What aspect of moving it to the web do you think would broaden its appeal?
1. Web UI
A web UI is generally less rich and less responsive than a native UI.
2. No install
Not having to install software is a bonus. But Hyper Plan only takes a minute or so to download and install.
3. Collaboration
Hyper Plan is less suitable for team collaboration than many of its web competitors, due to a lack of centralised server. But we could add a server component for the current native UI. An on-premise server would allow you to keep full control of your precious data.
Certainly moving to the web would require a lot of effort and mean we were directly competing with lots of VC funded companies.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 20, 2018 at 01:48 PM
Collaboration. I’ve been using information management tools for as long as I can remember, and the output has mostly been published as PDFs, spreadsheets and websites for others to view—but this way most of them missed the structure only visible from within the tools themselves. The breakthrough came with the advent of collaborative solutions, where I can actually invite my collaborators to see things as I see them, and work in a common information framework, even to further develop the framework itself.
What you suggest—a client server version of Hyperplan if I understand it correctly—would be a step in the right direction. We would definitely need remote access to our common files (about half the time we do not work from our office) but I assume that this can be handled via VPN.
Andy Brice wrote:
>What aspect of moving it to the web do you think would broaden its
>appeal?
Posted by Andy Brice
Dec 20, 2018 at 02:40 PM
Alexander Deliyannis wrote:
>What you suggest—a client server version of Hyperplan if I understand
>it correctly—would be a step in the right direction. We would
>definitely need remote access to our common files (about half the time
>we do not work from our office) but I assume that this can be handled
>via VPN.
A client-server version of Hyper Plan could presumably communicate over https. Then there wouldn’t be any problem with corporate firewalls. And you could install the server where you liked.
it would be a little more difficult that a web solution to set-up and you might have to install updates to the client and server from time to time. But you could have full control over your data.
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Andy Brice
http://www.hyperplan.com
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Dec 20, 2018 at 03:17 PM
We can definitely live with that :)
Andy Brice wrote:
>it would be a little more difficult that a web solution to set-up and
>you might have to install updates to the client and server from time to
>time. But you could have full control over your data.
Posted by J J Weimer
Dec 20, 2018 at 08:27 PM
A bit late to the table ...
This is solely for macOS.
WRT multiple projects with numerous sub-tasks: I use a combination of Curio and OmniFocus. I have three or more Kanban boards in one main GTD project file in Curio (and others in other targeted project files). I use the multiple boards to track the status of projects in different areas of responsibility. The projects are hyper-linked to corresponding entrees in OmniFocus, where the task management is handled. The link is two-way, so that I can at any time jump to the OF task level or the Curio overview level.
WRT identifying the status of projects: The advantage of Curio for this is in its Status Panel. I can group projects by a range criteria, including dates, ratings, priorities, or tags (grouped in tag sets). I especially like that I can use the Status Panel to control-click and set various states of the projects (e.g. update the percentage complete). The mirror in OF is the ability to set defined perspectives for the task-level management.
In summary, I also have not seen or have not been excited enough to adopt a “dedicated” Kanban program to try to manage dozens of projects with dozens of sub-tasks. Since I use Curio extensively for other things and since I used OmniFocus to manage the tasks, it was a natural to try to blend the two. For me, it has become a match made in Kanban+GTD heaven.
Ken wrote:
I know that Kanban boards are quite popular right now, and in certain
>work circumstances, they can be quite useful. What I am trying to
>understand, as a solo user, is if there is a way to use a Kanban
>workflow when you manage multiple projects at once. Does the paradigm
>lend itself to this? I can have as many as a dozen different
>projects/activities going at the same time, each with numerous subtasks
>with varying degrees of urgency. I just have not seen a Kanban program
>that easily accommodates a dozen projects without cluttering up a
>screen, nor have I seen one that can easily identify urgent tasks from
>all of my projects so I can see what is currently in need of attention.
>Am I just not seeing the right software, or is this just not the
>paradigm for handling multiple projects with multiple tasks and
>subtasks?
>
>—Ken