Hi, bsohn. There's no explicit functionality for delegation added recently. MLO does not contain the kinds of functionality you would want in a multiperson project manager like Gantt charts, resource scheduling, critical path detection, etc. MLO does have some stuff to support collaboration and some people are using it for delegation.
The most recent enhancement is branch sync, #4 below, and it has been around for a long time. Here are four possibilities 1 context and print Create contexts like @Alice, @Bob, @Carol for your co-workers. Print out listings (or email screenshots) for each coworker showing active tasks (what they should be working on now) or available tasks (active tasks plus what's coming). They can mark up the lists with current status and send them back to you. Pro: simple and easy. Con: A lot of work for you to periodically enter status updates and pull new listings. Also, the listing will truncate some fields, like Note. 2 share to email Like #1 but instead of sending a listing you send each task as an email, using the SHARE feature of Android (or equivalent on Apple). (Disclaimer: I haven't tried this). Pro: your coworkers might find it easier to understand and work with the emails, and there's no problem with truncated fields. Con: needs a mobile platform, doesn't work on windows. Also you still have to enter your coworkers' status updates. 3 shared cloud file Set up a separate profile for the shared work. Get all of your coworkers onto MLO and use cloud sync to share the profile. Pro: everyone can see and understand the whole project, which is usually good for productivity. Everyone can enter their own status updates. Con: everyone needs to learn MLO. Also, the ability to see and change every task could be a negative if you dont trust your coworkers. 4 branch sync Make a separate branch in your outline for each coworker. Set up a separate cloud file for each coworker and use branch sync to populate each person's cloud file with just your branch of your outline. Everyone gets mlo and syncs with his or her own cloud file. Pro: Everything is need-to-know. No one sees someone else's tasks. Everyone enters their own updates. Con: you have to set it all up. Because delegated tasks are in separate folders, you can't use "complete in order" to enforce sequencing. You can code in explicit dependencies to enforce sequencing in your own copy but I tend to doubt that the sequencing will apply to the exported branches. Also: if you put all of your cloud branches under a single cloud subscription, a clever and industrious coworker could get into other people's branches. If you are actually worried about that kind of risk then you should make a separate cloud subscription for each branch. There will be fees to be paid. -Dwight Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 On Sep 20, 2015, Joel Azaria <[email protected]> wrote: Hey bs, Not entirely following what you want to see or find. I mean, how does this work? Would a simple context of @waiting or @delegated (or even @John, @Susan, etc.) suffice? If not, why? What kind of function do you hope to find? J. On Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 12:53:55 PM UTC-4, bs wrote: I stopped using MLO a while back primarily because there was no elegant method for delegating tasks and managing others' work. As I browse the web site, it does not appear there has been a change to this functionality but I wanted to check. There are many things I very much like about MLO and had used it for many years. But I interact with too many people so I need this capability. Did I miss a delegate capability in the latest list of features? Thanks much, -bs -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/f07fe57d-4442-4e7e-b770-39c5da58c595%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -Dwight Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2-Dwight Mlo betazoid on Android sgn2 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/36a415e4-100e-43fc-8a97-013d775f6c06%40dwightarthur.us. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
