On Friday, 26 March 2021 15:58:41 GMT Hamish McIntyre-Bhatty wrote:
> I just found some cool cross-platform and excellent Gantt chart
> software, which you can find at:
Being an ex Project Manager I couldn't resist downloading this. It seems to
work and it's pretty easy to use, but I wouldn't want to try to manage a big
project with it.
Things I would seriously miss are:
* The ability to enter Task Durations in hours and not just days.
* The ability to give resources a Work Calendar so that their availability is
defined across the project and not just for 'days off'. (By this I mean how
many hours per week they work.)
* The ability to allocate a resource to a Task based on the above work
calendar.
I'm sure there are lots of other things that maybe other PMs would like to see
but the above matches my workflow which was:
* Estimate each activity in hours and then enter the task duration in hours.
* Allocate the Resources.
* The tool then sets the elapsed time in days. weeks or months based on the
Resource Calendars.
The tool therefore provides a prediction of the end date that takes into
account the availability of all the resources as well as the work required.
Picky I know, but my Projects were not noted for overrunning. (I did get a
'talking to' once for coming in early. :-) )
I know I could pay my $5 and ask for the above, but I no longer have a real
need for a Project Management Tool.
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