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On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 11:18 PM, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Nov 2010 19:48:27 +0000 > Roland Tarver wrote: > >> Hi Folks >> >> At the moment I have many uni projects (essays etc) which each have >> their various milestones and other critical dates and tasks. I need to >> get *very* organised and manage my time well. Can anyone recommend any >> floss project management software please? >> >> I noticed TaskJuggler, but have not installed it. Looks a little over >> kill for what I need (since I am a team of 1 - lol)..... >> >> Many thanks >> best wishes >> roly :-) > > Pen, paper & calendar... Where do I download those? ;-) :-p > No, seriously. IME 90% of people using "project management" tools do > so for one reason - to produce pretty Gantt charts for their bosses to > admire. Of the other 10%, 90% of them spend way too much time messing > about with it so it reflects "what's really happening" and not enough > time doing to bread-and-butter work of managing their projects. That > leaves 1% of people using project management tools who seem to > recognise that it's a useful tool, but it is *only* a tool to *aid* > management. I am not sure until I try it, but a Gantt chart may useful at the moment. I certainly wont be wasting time I don't have. > If you are trying to manage your time for Uni more effectively, to-do > lists and calendars, but make *certain* they are somewhere prominent so > that you cannot easily hide from them. This has served me well for the last two years. My todo's and calendar are displayed every time I log on at the command line or in a terminal. But now, there are so many balls to juggle they no longer cut the mustard. lol. I think I need to be female to get to get a proper handle on it. lol! > I use Google Calendar and the tasks tool within it, and I have them on > my iGoogle homepage - I spend enough time in a browser, and enough time > searching for something that chances are I will see the calendar and > task list 1000 times per day. I also have it all synced up to my > phone. I have made it so I can't really escape from it. > > Grant. > > (But if you're looking for a tool to produce Gantt charts and manage > resources, etc, then Gnome's Planner (http://live.gnome.org/Planner) is > pretty good IMO.) Thanks for that suggestion. Will take a look. Also thanks to Rob and Henry for your replies. Best wishes roly :-) > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq