I think the problem here is that you are looking for functionality which is beyond the scope of personal task management software such as MLO.
All the functionality you want (and more) has been available for a long time in programs such as MS Project. I know Project is expensive but there are also far cheaper alternatives. MLO is superb at handling small intra-day tasks (what GTD people call "widget-cranking" tasks) with basic dependencies (start task A when task B finishes, sub tasks in order) and recurring task patterns. Although there is provision for "Projects" this is more in the GTD sense of a related series of low level tasks in support of personal goals. The scenarios you describe with variable and fixed lead times and rescheduling calculations would, I suspect, be difficult to implement and, more importantly, may have consequences for the speed/ responsiveness of MLO. There are a number of development requests pending which would enable a great product do even better what it already does well. I think it would be a mistake to succumb to "scope creep". Put another way, you could easily make Notepad a better text editor but you wouldn't want to try and turn it into a tool for writing a novel - you would use Word or similar. On Mar 6, 11:37 am, djsdjsdjs <googlegroups.servi...@sanoys.com> wrote: > On Mar 5, 5:20 pm, nschm873 <nschm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > + 1 on relative dates... > > > Note Ken's reference to "lag" for even more previous requests... > > >http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized/browse_thread/thread/8... > > > On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 2:26 PM, djsdjsdjs > > <googlegroups.servi...@sanoys.com>wrote: > > This is actually different than the discussion of lag in that > particular post in that: > *) I want to see the due dates displayed in outline view and on my > calendar, rather than have them depend on gaps recorded within the > tasks. Otherwise I have to calculate in my head and mentally project > the schedule. > *) The task dates relationship is actually fixed, not floating with > previous task completion - so even if I don't ship courseware by the > right date, the class will still be held on the target date and I need > to compensate with rush shipping. The concept of lag would loose this > hard fact because if things get late, MLO would not be communicating - > through missed due dates - that a bunch of other stuff is also getting > crammed up. > > So I think "T-Minus" task relationships are different to "Lag" in that > the top level task dates are completely fixed and I would like MLO to > be making that very evident. > > D. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorgani...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
