No matter what the size of an organisation, there are two things you can be confident of: it has ambitious ideas when it comes to IT project planning, and it very often fails to realise them.
Upgraded to the 2010 version of Project and can’t find the familiar camera icon for converting Gantt charts into images? Tech blogger Nathan Gropman points out that it has been replaced with a ‘Copy Picture’ icon on the Task tab — a good example of how the Ribbon isn’t always intuitive. [Nathan Gropman]
Chrome: Browser extension Chrome Time Track is a simple tool to measure the amount of time it takes to complete a task or milestone from inside Google Chrome.
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Earlier this year we reviewed Clutterpad, a group-focused task and project management tool packed with shared calendars, messaging, time tracking and more. They’ve since tweaked their interface, increased usability and added a time-saving to-do template feature for recurrent tasks sets.
When you’ve got a side project or interest that you really want to dig into, it can feel like all the world conspires to steal your time. We’ve already recommended “grouting” your interests, but GOOD suggests some other wise time-making moves.
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It’s easy to amass a huge project list and then lose focus on which projects and which sub-tasks should take priority. Teamly overcomes project list overload by forcing you to reassess the priority of projects and their accompanying tasks.
Teambox is a neat online project management app that integrates what works with social networking to try to make a more enjoyable and effective collaborative experience. Plus it’s open source, so you can fully customise it, too.
It’s easy to find a project management tool for large groups, but finding one for personal use that doesn’t overwhelm you with group-focused features is a challenge. Here’s a look at five popular tools for personal project management.
