I only use MLO as a personal organizer, but I too would find the idea of "lag" time quite useful, if it could be implemented in a way that fits the current design.
With recurring tasks it's kind of, sort of, possible to set them up with a lag, but it's kludgy. If you set up a tree with child and parent, set the parent date's (e.g., every Monday starting X date), set child to the first offset (X +1, e.g. Tuesday), and if parent is set to recur and reset subtasks, then the two tasks will keep their offsets. (for both start and due dates). However, the date difference only is updated when the task recurs, so the "lag" must be created manually each time. You can't really set up a "template" (by which I simply mean a tree in my "Templates" folder, which is duplicated whenever needed) because editing the parent's date will not update the children's. I'm not sure how this could be cleanly implemented, though. There would have to be two new fields, start lag and due lag, and would they count from the parent or the sibling above them? It would be hard to explain to users, also. On Fri, Nov 9, 2012 at 1:00 PM, Mark Levison <[email protected]> wrote: > Please don't turn MLO into something it isn't. It works well as a personal > organizer. As Dwight (I think) mentioned its missing many things project > management tools miss. Further the whole idea that you can just assign > tasks to people and get high quality work done just perpetuates the myths I > fight everyday, see: http://agilemanifesto.org-- Cheers > Mark Levison > Agile Pain Relief Consulting<http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser>| > Writing <http://agilepainrelief.com/notesfromatooluser/> > Proud Sponsor of Agile Tour Gatineau Ottawa <http://goagiletour.ca/> Nov > 28, Toronto <http://www.torontoagilecommunity.org/display/PUBLIC/Home> 26 > and Montreal <http://agilemontreal.ca/agile-tour-2012/> 24 > > Michael Emerald, CFA <[email protected]> > 9 November, 2012 11:56 AM > > I appreciated the comments from whomever talked about projects a day or > two ago.**** > > ** ** > > I agree that MLO will probably not become a major force in the Project > Management sphere, but for SMALL projects, I’ve been begging to see MLO > upgraded to do so. Specifically, I enjoy the simple checklist format of > MLO, far easier than marking bars 100% complete, or reading down a gantt > chart to find what needs to be done or is slipping.**** > > ** ** > > On the other hand what I sorely miss in MLO, and I know it’s been > discussed before, is:**** > > a. Dependency relationships, and more importantly**** > > b. Lag times between steps. **** > > ** ** > > While the above are probably obvious, an example is setting up client > meetings. There are about 20 steps I take, and MLO is perfect for it. 3 > days before the meeting I prepare all client docs, and a day or so I send > out a reminder, and the day of the meeting I prepare my web-conference > environment. For this, I need a template that allows for lags. Manually > changing the start date, or worse the due date, is cumbersome. **** > > ** ** > > But for repeating small projects, like client meetings, MLO fits the bill > well. What do you think?**** > > ** ** > > Regards,**** > > ** ** > > *Michael Emerald, CFA* > > * * > > *Performance Business Design* > > Owner, Business Planner**** > > * * > > Performance Business Design:**** > > http://www.PerformanceBusinessDesign.com<http://www.performancebusinessdesign.com/> > **** > > ** ** > > My Blog:**** > > http://www.performancebusinessdesign.com/page14.php**** > > ** ** > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > 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 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. > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. 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.
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