Project Management Software?

Posted by Dr Andus
Jun 29, 2013 at 10:25 AM

Garland Coulson wrote:
>It looks like RationalPlan is
>desktop software rather than cloud-based?

Yes, it’s a simple, no-nonsense desktop PM software, but it sounds like it could do the things you described (it can email tasks to collaborators and I recall there might be a free project file viewer for others).

I see Workflowy is more of an
>outliner than a project management system.

No, I wasn’t suggesting Workflowy as a PM system. It’s more for ad hoc task development (“work breakdown structure”) during the implementation of the project. Such as when you realise while you’re carrying it out that the task you planned is actually composed of another 10 tasks etc., etc., or that a different task is required altogether.

Rather than messing with my big project plan in RationalPlan at this small level of detail, I just use Workflowy. Incidentally, since my project has to do with writing, there is an overlap between the task management function and actual outlining, which is why Workflowy is particularly suitable.

But my PM needs are very basic, mostly I’m just managing myself, as an academic…