Goalscape @ BitsDuJour on Friday

Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jan 7, 2013 at 05:16 PM

Steve, I’ve purchased a license for Goalscape during their 2010 promotion. I have used it off and on since then, mostly for presentation purposes. It is quite well thought out as a project management program, but in my case it didn’t ‘click’. I can think of several reasons for this, but most are subjective, so others may be very enthusiastic about it.

Some indicative issues:

- it is well suited for tasks whose progress can be quantified, but in my case many are not, and looking at my goalscape overview can be quite disheartening (even when I have done quite some work…)
- in terms of screen real-estate use, it is quite inefficient: after the third level, you can no longer see the sub goals unless you hoist towards them—but then lose the overview
- I really don’t like Adobe AIR applications and now AIR is no longer supported in Linux; so, the reason for using AIR (cross-platform) in the first place is gone

Goalscape has the information and project management tools I would have liked TreeSheets to have; their combination would make the perfect environment for me.

By the way, today’s discussion at BdJ is well worth following, in particular re Goalscape’s potential for information management, including writing projects http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/goalscape-desktop