Mindsystems Amode

Posted by Lucas
May 12, 2009 at 06:47 PM

Amode is certainly an impressive and visually refreshing piece of work, although it doesn’t seem to do any particular task better than software I already use.

I recently got the 60-day trial of Microsoft Project, and although it takes some learning, I found it quite useful for mapping out my schedule and planning some projects I’m working on (it’s not really designed for personal use, but I just made myself the “resource” and tinkered with some other variables to make it work). Anyway, I tried migrating my Project data into Amode, and although the migration was easy and quick, it soon became apparent that Amode can’t split and level tasks the way Project can (unless I’m missing something). For me the jump from regular task management to project management isn’t really worthwhile without task splitting and leveling (which allows for more realistic planning of tasks constrained by a schedule that includes fixed repeating tasks).

In general, it seems that each of Amode’s functions is well implemented, and the combination of functions is relatively unique, but, based on my limited observations, none of the individual functions seems to be cutting edge.