Comments on: Finding the Perfect Online Project Management Tool Day 105 http://palbee.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/finding-the-perfect-online-project-management-tool-day-105/ Palbee for Video Conferencing People Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Olya http://palbee.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/finding-the-perfect-online-project-management-tool-day-105/#comment-84 Olya Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:39:20 +0000 http://palbee.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-84 We've just released a new free web2.0service for managing and sharing tasks. You may find it interesting to look at http://task2gather.com We’ve just released a new free web2.0service for managing and sharing tasks. You may find it interesting to look at http://task2gather.com

]]> By: DonO http://palbee.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/finding-the-perfect-online-project-management-tool-day-105/#comment-78 DonO Wed, 21 May 2008 15:33:41 +0000 http://palbee.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-78 Have you already looked at openworkbench.org? I'd love to read your thoughts. Have you already looked at openworkbench.org? I’d love to read your thoughts.

]]> By: Jeremy Renwick http://palbee.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/finding-the-perfect-online-project-management-tool-day-105/#comment-73 Jeremy Renwick Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:56:23 +0000 http://palbee.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-73 I've just come across your quest while undertaking my own review of on-line project management tools. One way round your "torrid love affair with Gantt charts" is not to use them. My personal experience is that their only real use is as a reporting tool to senior managers who seem to think they understand them; bizzare since I know few project managers that actually produce them in detail and even fewer that hreall keep them up to date! What I have found works instead is using the DSDM project management methodology www.dsdm.org. One of DSDM's key techniques is the use of rigid deadlines called timeboxes which are 2-6 weeks apart typically. I won't go into the details of how timeboxing works (its a 100 page manual) but one of the side effects is that Gantts become irrelevant and you can manage the scheduling of a project on a high level PERT chart and a prioritised list of requirements. Drop me a line if you want more details. Im currently investigating using Project Spaces as a lightweight support for my projects. I’ve just come across your quest while undertaking my own review of on-line project management tools.

One way round your “torrid love affair with Gantt charts” is not to use them. My personal experience is that their only real use is as a reporting tool to senior managers who seem to think they understand them; bizzare since I know few project managers that actually produce them in detail and even fewer that hreall keep them up to date!

What I have found works instead is using the DSDM project management methodology http://www.dsdm.org. One of DSDM’s key techniques is the use of rigid deadlines called timeboxes which are 2-6 weeks apart typically. I won’t go into the details of how timeboxing works (its a 100 page manual) but one of the side effects is that Gantts become irrelevant and you can manage the scheduling of a project on a high level PERT chart and a prioritised list of requirements.

Drop me a line if you want more details. Im currently investigating using Project Spaces as a lightweight support for my projects.

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