Task managers

Posted by Hugh Pile
Apr 19, 2007 at 05:23 PM

OK Graham, here’s another: http://www.codeproject.com/tools/ToDoList2.asp

And another that’s essentially an Outlook add-on: http://www.taskline.com/

More generally, as I’m sure you’re aware, there are dozens. Most are “much of a muchness”, as my grandmother used to say (though not about task management software…).

A discriminator in deciding between them that I’ve found useful is deciding what kinds of tasks I’m likely to want to manage. For example, will the tasks tend to take up large, relatively predictable blocks of time (like a technical writer’s), or will they tend to be briefer and less predictable (like, say, an IT helpdesk manager’s)? Will some of the tasks be delegated to others? Will a GTD system be used, or will the tasks generally be firmly scheduled? Will the work involved all be in one place, or on the move? Etc etc. Several consequences flow from such choices.