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Posted by Frederick Wahl
Mar 16, 2016 at 04:34 PM
Graham Rhind wrote:
Would the good folk of this forum like to share how they are using Hyper
>Plan (outside bog standard project management)?
>
>I like the idea of the program - it reminds me of the Outlook plugin
>TaskCracker, which I use daily - but I’m a bit stumped for inspiration
>on how I’d use the software. I’m not sure that my life is complicated
>enough to require it. But I can feel a CRIMP coming on and I think I’d
>like to be persuaded I’m wrong!
>
>;-)
>
>Graham
Possibly not the inspiration you’re looking for, but check out “The Mechanic” (Charles Bronson) - back in the day, he only had a cork board to work with.
Posted by Andy Brice
Mar 17, 2016 at 12:12 PM
@Graham
>Would the good folk of this forum like to share how they are using Hyper Plan (outside bog standard project management)?
Pretty much anything where you have discrete items/orders/tasks that you want to display in a structured visual form. Especially the sort of things you would otherwise do by sticking post-it notes to the wall or making a list/table in Excel.
One that I know about (from support emails) include:
-production management
-sales pipeline tracking
-document management
-music database visualization
-sports fixture scheduling
I used it to track buying Christmas presents. With a card for each present to be purchased. Card properties=bought by, bought for, status (to buy/ordered/arrived/wrapped) and cost. ;0)
Posted by Jon Polish
Mar 17, 2016 at 04:15 PM
Graham Rhind wrote:
Would the good folk of this forum like to share how they are using Hyper
>Plan (outside bog standard project management)?
>
>I like the idea of the program - it reminds me of the Outlook plugin
>TaskCracker, which I use daily - but I’m a bit stumped for inspiration
>on how I’d use the software. I’m not sure that my life is complicated
>enough to require it. But I can feel a CRIMP coming on and I think I’d
>like to be persuaded I’m wrong!
>
>Graham
Other than planning, scheduling staff and patients, and tracking I use it for demonstration purposes. This is going to sound crazy, but most people I encounter do not get pivot tables. Hyper Plan allows you to see information in a variety of ways. During the demonstration, most have the “ah-ha” moment. And yes, I know that IQ is capable of the same thing and much more, but this is simpler and more visual.
Jon