[thelist] Web-based project management ( Gantt charts? )

Jay Turley jayturley at gmail.com
Thu Apr 23 15:49:48 CDT 2009


The internets just brought this to my attention today:

http://gantter.com/

don't know ANYTHING about the company whatsoever... just saw the link

-Jayturley


On Apr 20, 2009 6:56am, Bill Moseley <moseley at hank.org> wrote:
> I know this has been discussed a few times in the last year or so.
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> I'm looking for suggestions of PM software that might fit our needs
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> and that someone here has experience with.
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> In our medium sized organization we have about ten people working on a
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> project.  They include designers, front-end/javascript coders,
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> back-end coders, QA, and IT for managing hardware and deployment.
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> The team uses Windows, OS X, and Linux, so a web-based approach
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> would seem best.  Team often works on concurrent projects.
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> We have used RT and Basecamp but neither have worked that well for
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> managing projects.  Basecamp is easy to use and has a nice fast UI,
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> but was too basic for our needs. RT is cumbersome and works better
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> for managing our more isolated issue and trouble tickets.
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> I was away for a week and had provided tasks for a number of people to
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> complete during the week.  Of course I get back to find that some
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> things were delayed -- and as a result other dependent tasks are now
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> delayed.  Something like a Gantt chart would have help to show the
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> interdependency of tasks and keep the team informed of everyone's
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> progress.
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> As is common, as people work on the project the complexity of the
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> project becomes more clear and the loose ends that need to be managed
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> increase.  So, the PM software also needs to work on a granular
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> enough basis to allow tracking all the little issues that need
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> attention.
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> I am concerned that managing the project management tool will be a
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> significant project in itself.
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> Anyone tried http://yoxel.com/ ?
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> Bill Moseley
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