OmniPlan is Out

[Jonathan Sanderson]

On 14 Dec 2006, at 01:17, Patrick Coskren wrote:

> Have people tried the betas?  What did you all think?

Mostly, I rather liked it. I found some aspects of the model  
confusing, but I think that's unfamiliarity on my part rather than  
deficiency in the app.

I can't help thinking it's a missed opportunity, however, in that  
appears to be a project management app in exactly the same manner as  
Merlin, MS Project, et al. If you want Gantt charts and percentage  
completion tracking, you're in. I was after something slightly  
different, but if you're after a substitute for MS Project, I'd say  
OmniPlan was worth a look.


For my purposes I'd rather have a calendar view - what I really want  
is a calendaring app with conditional events ('you can't do that  
before you've done this') and resource tracking ('You've used  
eighteen days of that person'). At the moment I'm rolling my own by  
exporting blank iCal month views into OmniGraffle and using lots of  
bits of paper - it's crazy, but at least the final schedule can be  
comprehended by my (non Gantt-reading) staff!

Is anyone aware of a project management/scheduling app that really is  
for 'the rest of us'?

-- 
Jonathan Sanderson
'If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.' (Pascal)