Project Management using OneNote

[Renie]

Has anyone had any experience usibg OneNote for Project Management? ie: Gannt
Chart / Time Line Tasks and completion dates. Templates? Construction?
Thanks for your responses.
Renie
Va Beach

 

[Grant Robertson]

Has anyone had any experience usibg OneNote for Project Management? ie: Gannt
Chart / Time Line Tasks and completion dates. Templates? Construction?

I don't recommend it. It is a note taking tool, not the be-all-end-all
database/project management tool that some people try to turn it into. If
MS Project is too expensive for you there are many other project
management tools that are much less expensive. Not as good, but cheaper.

 

[Rennie]

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(e-mail address removed) says... Templates? Construction?

I don't recommend it. It is a note taking tool, not the be-all-end-all
database/project management tool that some people try to turn it into. If
MS Project is too expensive for you there are many other project
management tools that are much less expensive. Not as good, but cheaper.
.

Thanks for your thoughts. I'm looking for just a simple
time line depiction of the tasks necessary to carry out a
home building project to give to the various
SubContractors along with their Contract for Work.
Any suggestions?
Rennie
Rennie

 

[Erik Sojka]

You can certainly type up a simple list of tasks, assign Note Flags to
them, then check off the flags as complete as the tasks are completed.

You can do that in a word processor as well...

 

[D. Storme]

For people involved in contractor activities, sometimes a picture is worth a
thousand words. We all process information is different ways. Having said
that, in Visio 2003 there is a timeline feature that allows projects to be
laid out in a "pipeline" picture that identifies milestones and also can
include detail activities. You may want to browse the Visio section to see
some examples.
HTH

 

[Rob Schneider]

I have and use all:

OneNote: guess would work, but a kludge. Only if that's all you have.
It's a notetaking program.

Visio: has a Gantt chart wizard. Expensive and over the top if that's
all you want it for.

Project: if just for the Gantt chart, then way way over the top. If
for help in managing the project, the way to go. What I would use.

PowerPoint: good way to draw the Gantt Chart.

Word: the simple approach and handing to contactors ... this way it's a
document, you can elaborate. The way I would go if not using Project.

Excel: another reasonable approach, although sometime leads to using
Excel for more complex project mgmt calculations which are difficult to
impossible to do correctly hence adds unnecessary risks to projects
(uness the calcs are done correctly and/or not attempted). Rows are
tasks and columns are dates.

Niku has put Workbench into Open Source and made it available for free
for download. May wish to check it out. See www.openworkbench.org

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Bill Harding]

Actually, OneNote can be used to keep track of the
various parts of a project. In fact, if you go to the
Templates section of MS Office, there are specific
OneNote templates for project management (Project Hours,
Project Overview, Project To Do List, etc.).

I am a project manager, and I use a combination of tools,
including Project, Visio, and the rest of the Office
suite. I have chosen OneNote as an additional tool to
keep all of these various pieces of PM in one place, in
addition to meeting notes, etc.

OneNote also has some useful interactivity with Outlook,
which is very helpful in keeping track of e-mails, etc.
You may also find Project Kickstart (see MS Marketplace)
useful.

Regards,
Bill Harding

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

this is a project replacement: www.twiddlebit.com I never used it so I don't
know if its any good.

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[Grant Robertson]

I second everything Rob has said. He took the words right out of my
mouth. (Except I haven't seen the software he recommends.)

If all you want is just a simple Gantt chart that you won't modify as you
go then there are tons of shareware/freeware programs out there. Just
search on 'project management' or 'gantt chart' on your favorite
shareware site. If you are going to actually manage the projects and
modify the gantt chart as things change then you should bite the bullet
and get MS Project. It has a steep learning curve but knowing how to use
it well is an entire career in and of itself and one that pays very well.

 

[Renie]

Thanks to you all. I was thinking in terms of typing out
the tasks with completion dates and ending up with
a "Gannt Chart", but how can it be printed?
Thanks, Renie

 

[Rob Schneider]

Doesn't Menu: File/Print work?

Thanks to you all. I was thinking in terms of typing out
the tasks with completion dates and ending up with
a "Gannt Chart", but how can it be printed?
Thanks, Renie


Management? ie: Gannt