I think that what he is actually requesting is not a completion percentage of the project, but how many percent each particular task will represent for the project it belongs, am I right ? Thus, being able to focus on the most important one.
Well, perhaps could you make use of the "importance for parent" feature, and why not "urgency". Le lundi 9 juillet 2012 04:02:35 UTC+2, Dwight Arthur a écrit : > > Hi. I’m having a little trouble following what you are asking for here. > MLO currently shows a completion bar next to each project showing > percentage completion, based on the task effort for each of the tasks in > the project. Could you please explain the difference between the existing > completion bar, versus the project level percentage completion indicator > you are requesting? > > > > There are several mentions in this thread of the need to show percentage > completion for an individual task within a project. I’m not an expert in > GTD but if I recall correctly, an individual task in GTD is something you > can get done all at once; if a task is going to span multiple days then it > needs to be broken down into achievable subtasks. Once that’s done, percent > completion of the original task can be determined by the number of subtasks > completed. The point of this is that if you need to spend time managing > partial completion statuses of individual subtasks, you are at risk of > spending too much time thinking about and managing tasks instead of > completing tasks. > > > > I recognize that MLO supports many methodologies other than GTD, and if > enough people want this, it should be implemented. I raise the issue in > order to explain to Project Manager types why some of us might not be > enthusiastic about the opportunity to spend more time managing subtask > status. > > -Dwight > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *DDM > *Sent:* Sunday, July 08, 2012 12:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* MyLifeOrganized > *Subject:* [MLO] Re: Suggestions, Suggestions... MUST DOs really. > > > > Insofar as a task-based percentage of completion, I could not agree more. > This would make MLO a real player in the buisines of Project Management. > Don't get me wrong, MLO *IS* a great organizer. But, as a Project > Manager, I need to be able to regularly and quickly update percentages of > completion for individual components of a project. Knowing the status of > any given task is not enough. > > > > Thank you. > > > On Thursday, November 23, 2006 1:03:34 AM UTC-5, ppp wrote: > > Hey, Andrey > > Looked around for Project Management apps for PPC and found that there > are none that are worthy enough. Unfortunately, that also relates to > MLO. Don't take it the wrong way as it has the potential to become one > with a couple of modifications made. > > Here's the list of some crucial mods that i can think of right now: > > 1. Beside every subtask in ToDo tab needs to be an overall completion > indicator (percentage-wise) for the project that subtask relates to. > In Outline tab you need the same thing done except only next to > project names(root tasks). This also means we need a couple of settings > for visual presentation. > The above contributes to seeing the big picture MUCH easier and > acts as a motivational factor to get this done. > > 2. Fully functional Today plugin. > > 3. EASY "add to ToDo" / "hide from ToDo" button or context menu option. > > 4. Links to Documents/Files related to your projects or specific > subtasks > > This is not all, but it's very close to bringing MLO into leadership > BIG TIME. > > > With your great head, Andrey, I'm sure you can implement this in a week > or two. > Looking forward to seeing the FIRST truly worthy PPC Project Management > app. > > All The Best, > Paringas > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/YHVOxy92d68J. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/ZmMDs0YNoJ4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
