> I use MS Project quite a lot and it just doesn't work for this near > term planning.
I forgot to mention Richard, try the MS Project 2010 Beta it's light years better - they finally got it right! On Mar 7, 12:54 pm, Richard C <r...@rcollings.co.uk> wrote: > I am with djsdjsdjs on this one. To my mind there is a significant > gap in the market between the MS Project project planning tool and > something that allows an individual to plan/sketch out their work > over the next few weeks to a) put in place reminders to do things and > b) get some sense of whether you are overloaded or not. (If there is > anything out there that helps with this, then I would be delighted to > know) > > I use MS Project quite a lot and it just doesn't work for this near > term planning. > > MLO starting to get there,I think, in filling this gap. I have > partially adopted some of the Pomodoro techniques and I am now > flagging major tasks as Key Tasks, allocating Pomodoro's to them (= 30 > min chunks) - just by adding to the caption eg [10] = a 5 hour task > and allocating these to particular days in the future (using a > 'Calendar' view which just shows Key Task). > > What I would like is to be able to actually have a field which I can > enter this figure and to then have MLO add up the number of Pomodoro's > I have allocated to each day and show this as a total for each day so > that I can see the days that I have over/underloaded. > > The ability to link tasks along the lines outlined by dj would then be > an added bonus so that if I have a series related tasks and I push > back the starting task, it then pushes back all the following tasks > by the same amount. > > For me, once you have linked the tasks, you should be able to adjust > the lead/lag time simply by changing the date of the successor task. > > MLO/GTD and all the other time management schemes that I have seen are > useful for helping you identify what you need to be doing next and > helping you focus on that but useless for helping you work out what > you can get done in the next two weeks (happy to be told otherwise). > The Pomodoro Technique does offer some helpful, lightweight ideas in > that area and I would very happy to see Andrey take MLO in that > direction because I think there would be a good market for such a > product. > > PS: A true calendar view would also be very useful. > > On Mar 7, 3:18 am, djsdjsdjs <googlegroups.servi...@sanoys.com> wrote: > > > I couldn't disagree more. > > > I work as a one-person company and MS project would definitely be > > complete overkill. > > > This isn't a complex or unusual concept - but the requirement is not > > frequently articulated by users. I have also included implementation > > suggestions that respects the desire of everyone (myself included) not > > to turn MLO into MS Project. > > > I suspect other users have similar projects scheduling needs, but > > perform a variety of work-arounds to make this type of scheduling work > > within their GTD systems. > > > D. > > > On Mar 6, 2:41 pm, pottster <kenwarren...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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