Re: [Planner Dev] Roadmap for 1.0

[Richard Hult <richard imendio com>]

tor 2003-12-11 klockan 00.48 skrev Malcolm Tredinnick:
> On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 10:31, Richard Hult wrote:
> [...]
> > Bascially, I think that we need to get the basic functionality done,
> > release 1.0, and then take it from there. That means that more advanced
> > topics like a project server will be out of scope here.
> > 
> > So, here comes a list, smaller and larger items somewhat mixed:
> > 
> >       * Undo/redo: this is a must-have. I've started working on it
> >       * Implement the remaining types of task constraints:
> >         start-to-finish, start-to-start, finish-to-finish
> 
> I have a long plane flight coming up next week (Sunday), so if nobody
> else sings out, I will try to have a look at this one then. Every time I
> make a project plan with Planner I want to use something other than
> finish-to-start somewhere.

That would rock! We could also implement one or two and remove the other
ones if that makes sense (not sure all are really useful?)

> >       * Zoom and date range options for printing
> >       * Remember print settings
> >       * Use libgda for the database support
> >       * Up to date, complete userguide
> >       * Usability improvements to the gantt chart (move tasks with the
> >         mouse, context-menu for gantt bars, etc
> 
> Along similar lines: I seem to regularly need to edit something via the
> tasks menu and it would be nice that when I flip back to the Gantt view
> if the highlighted item was the one I have highlighted in the Tasks
> view. To me this seems logical -- highlighting the same data element in
> both views. Do other people have strong feelings?

Personally, I think it could be a good idea.

> I am almost volunteering to look at this (again because it fixes a
> problem I care about), but I don't want to spend time if it has some
> clear drawback and is unlikely to be accepted.
> 
> >       * Project template files (nice and useful project examples)
> >       * OpenOffice spreadsheet export. There is an XSL stylesheet for
> >         this, just needs to be hooked up
> >       * Other export/import filters? Gnumeric comes to mind, and simple
> >         CSV text export
> 
> Are there any standards in this area that people know about? What I am
> asking is whether the existing spreadsheet export stylesheet just uses a
> style that looks reasonable, or are we emulating something that exists
> in Microsoft Project or another tool?

I think the main point is to actually get the data in a kind of raw and
easy-to-use fashion, without a lot of "fluff". I don't think there is a
standard or semi-standard for this, but we could take a look at the
output from MS Project and see if it's something worth copying.

> >       * Finish the "Time table view" (we need a better name), displays a
> >         resource centric gantt like chart, Xavier has started looking at
> >         this
> 
> "Resource utilisation" sounds nearly as bad, but that is what I kept
> thinking of it as when this was originally being worked on. "Resource
> usage", maybe? "Resource scheduling"?

Resource usage sounds pretty good to me.

Regards,
Richard

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