And all the basic version does is draw the pretty picture and then let you import into (guess what.that's right.) Microsoft Project The problem is that I was really having fun playing with it until I realized that they wanted $200 for just the basic version. It's really just a new graphical way to display a tree-hierarchy. And it was so cool it actually made it FUN. It has a *GREAT* interface, and I was up and running with a basic project diagram in just minutes. It's one of these "mind mapping" tools for brainstorming. While I was looking around, I came across some really COOL software called Mind Manager.
But what about us small developers? It would take me longer to figure out how to use it than all of the time it might potentially save me on better project management. I am *NOT* going to pay $500 for that! I mean, give me a break.maybe it's the greatest software ever invented for huge multi-million dollar construction projects. Microsoft Project is a wonderful example of this. Well, I was right.and I was wrong.Īpparently, someone out there (probably Microsoft) decided that Project Management was a BIG and COMPLICATED problem, and they therefore decreed that all project managment software should also be BIG, COMPLICATED, and also EXPENSIVE. I decided that there *must* be some cool software out there to help with this. As I said, in the past I've done this by making to-do lists and sticky notes. Then by focusing on a list of daily small tasks, I make good progress towards the overall project. The "perfectionist" tag also probably explains a lot of my other behavior that people around here have seen for years.īut anyway, back to the topic.ok, so to improve my ability to complete projects, I need to spend more time breaking big tasks down into smaller pieces that I can complete more easily. I just love starting new stuff, but then it takes forever to release anything because I always want it to be perfect. But what I *have* admitted is that this tends to make it difficult for me to complete tasks and projects. In fact, I've got a really bad case of it because I'm still not convinced that being a perfectionist is really a bad thing. Not the greatest system for using my time efficiently. My method of planning in the past has involved lots of to-do lists in spiral bound notebook, along with lots of sticky notes.
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