Does anyone have any experience with, or are aware of, a personal project-management application that would allow me to load all of the projects, goals, personal development activities, etc that I'm working on and roll everything up to a single scorecard / dashboard? Essentially I'd like to have a single view of "my world", with green / yellow / red status indicators for each item, and have the ability to drill into each item to get the specific details, next actions, etc.
Yes, there are enterprise Business Intelligence tools that do exactly what I'm looking for, but I want an application that I can install and own. Or a hosted service. But either way, I want control over it, which I obviously don't have with our enterprise BI tools.
I can accomplish everything I'm looking for with SharePoint, MS Project, Excel, and Outlook, but I'm looking for an app that brings them all together.
I realize that such an app probably doesn't exist, but I'm open to ideas and suggestions. I'm sure someone must have a need for a similar tool.
Jason
Check out "ManagePro"
Jason,
One of my colleagues here at Cornell uses ManagePro and swears by it. It might be overkill for individual use, but since they have a 30 day trial, it might be worth checking out.
http://www.managepro.com/products.htm
Good luck!
Michael J. Swenson
Manager-Tools.com
Michael's probably right...
If Swenson recommends it, it's probably darn good.
And, I have looked for something similar and have discovered that collecting everything in one digital place is an exercise in efficiency that never yields effectiveness gains, and as such have cobbled together a system with outlook (grrr) and evernote and omnifocus and a well-worn notebook with lots of scribbles.
Mark
Thanks Michael! I took a
Thanks Michael! I took a quick look at Manage Pro and it's the closest solution to my requirements that I've seen, by far. I definitely intend to download the demo.
Mark - my current workflow is similar to yours. Primarily Outlook and OneNote for the short term / tactical views, and Excel for the long term / annual commitment KPI's. Throw in the Capturx digital pen for OneNote for my mobile solution (which has been a game changer): http://www.adapx.com/products/capturx-onenote. Point taken and duly noted on the questionable effectiveness gains from an integrated solution. And, I'd need to turn in my High C card if I didn't at least see what the market has to offer. :) Our fiscal year at work runs from July-June and we tend to do a hard reset / restart on everything once we cross FY's, so if I can find (or build) a solution in the next few months, my hope was to jump in with both feet in July.
Jason
this might help
Here's one good project management software with lots of features of MS project, Sharepoint, Excel and Outlook: its name is Zoho Project. Actually, there are a lot more software which are also popular and you can take a look at this blog: http://www.timedoctor.com/blog/2011/02/02/43-project-management-software-alternatives
You'll see other alternatives with a short review for you to have an idea of the software. There's also a comparison table which compares the various software from each other as well as for you to know what features a software can offer.
Hope this helps!
Alternatives
I think Basecamp would suit your preferences. It can load all your projects in a single dashboard.
I use a project management software package called Latitude - it can be synchronized with outlook for notifications and other Microsoft products. You can visit their site for more information about its features: http://www.latibiz.com/
There are other software packages that can be integrated with google applications (excel) like Zoho-Projects and Central Desktop. Zoho-Projects can be synchronized with Microsoft products and can create tasks via email, you might want to try that too.