Thanks for the suggestion Rob. I'm going to check it out.
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:58:00 -0800, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on what type of thing you are looking for but I use this > http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/shots.php - its a java standalone > app so it works on any os, and the format it saves in is XML so you > can upload to a server and parse/display. > > Of course open source and free or I wouldn't know of it ;-D > > > On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 18:13:39 +0100, Nando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've been looking for a project management system for the past few > > days and i'm not happy with anything i've found so far. Can anyone > > recommend something that they find really useful? > > > > In our business, application design and development, projects need to > > be broken down into tasks. Sometimes tasks are date based, but often > > they aren't. Tasks are often in hierarchies. Nevertheless, sometimes > > you need different views of tasks - you might be working on several > > projects at once and need to see what is high priority, or due today, > > or assigned to a particular individual. > > > > Sometimes you need to time tasks, when you're billing per hour, and > > need the ability to aggregate the timings per project for instance, or > > preferably in any way you want. > > > > Sometimes you need an overview for planning, a Gnatt chart type of > > thing, but not for every little task. And the overview should be a > > flexible drag and drop thing on a calendar view to allow for > > adjustments. We can pretty much meet our deadlines (well, most of the > > time), but clients live in their own worlds and change their mind > > about everything and anything. So the planning part of the app should > > be very flexible, or it will be quickly out of sync with reality. > > > > Adding in the ability to track clients and invoice them would be the > > icing on the cake, but now i'm afraid i'm truly in dreamland. > > > > Does such an application exist? Or even a part of it? Everything i've > > found is too limited to be of much comprehensive use. > > > > Thanks, > > Nando > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:188476 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
