Just for Laughs
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Time Killers
Categories: Time Killers
| Situation: Just want to see your fellow PMI pals get a little crazy on film. We try to do something fun at every PMI Global Congress - Here are some of the pictures from the gantthead photo booth on the exhibit floor. The girls from the Cadence booth (halfway down on the right) probably had more fun with it than anyone else at the show. |
Prototype Heaven
| Situation: Need a quick way for business people to show IT folks what they want. (prototype applications) |
Prototyping is often the key to giving an end user exactly what they need from an application. Amazon for Outsourcing?
Situation: Need an (hourly rate/pricing) point of reference for outsourced development I'm not sure that this is something you actually want to try, but it's an interesting point of reference from a pricing perspective. What does an outsourced .NET developer cost these days? Check ODesk and find out.Here's their description of who they are: oDesk enables buyers of services to hire, manage, and pay technology service providers from around the world. Buyers choose oDesk for top global talent, comprehensive management tools, and a flexible hourly payment model. Service Providers choose oDesk for challenging jobs and guaranteed payment. Every day, thousands of buyers and providers work together through oDesk - a unique company at the forefront of reinventing work. |
Basic Free Gantt Charts
| Situation: No Software $, No Training $, No Corporate Restrictions on installing software, Need a simple PM tool I get this question about once a month. Where can I get a low or no cost tool for drawing gantt charts? If you have Excel, you can use that, but there are also tools out there that are free or near free and actually do a pretty good job. Everyone in the simple project tool space repeats the mantra that 80% of MS Project users use 20% of its features. An example of one such tool is GanttProject. GanttProject is a scheduler driven by gantt chart and resource load chart views of your project. So you've got your basic what to do and who is doing it views. Task dependencies and some simple reporting functions are available as well. Support is provided by Gantthive, an online discussion area fo issues and future plans. A number of developers have also created third party add-ons that facilitate web page integration and add some enterprise functionality. |
Keeping it Simple
| Situation: We really just need a calendar... Let's face it, many people deal with small projects that don't require a professional tool jockey. They just want a simple calendar with deadlines. 30 boxes is about as simple as it gets. Just create a calendar and share schedules among the people you work with. Tie in blogs and other information stores and you have a basic way to drive simple projects forward. Try out the sample calendar at the bottom of the page. It'll give you a feel for what the tool can do. |
