pete phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > org-mode developed as a means of maintaining lists, and it excels at > this. Just because the GTD methodology uses the term Project doesn't > mean that we should turn org-mode into a fully fledged project > planning application. If you need project planning capability, then > you probably need all the bells and whistles that go with it - GANT > and PERT charts, critical path calculations, multi-user capabilities > etc.
I agree. If you're using a GTD-like methodology, all you really need is something that is good at maintaining lists of things (and generating cross-cutting lists of things like project vs. context). If you are using a day-planner methodology, all you really need is to be able to maintain dated lists with attached statuses. Org-mode is really good for both of these things. Once you get into "enterprise" (read as over-bureaucratized) project planning, then you really need software designed for the bureaucratic requirements of your organization, or for your organziation's bureaucracy to be built around something like MS-Project. I don't think it's a good idea for org-mode to try to support this type of work. Gnome Planner might be a workable tool for this kind of job. -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Jason F. McBrayer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | If someone conquers a thousand times a thousand others in | | battle, and someone else conquers himself, the latter one | | is the greatest of all conquerors. --- The Dhammapada | _______________________________________________ Emacs-orgmode mailing list Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode
