Power of TSBPro

[fortesque]

Thomas:

Had another WOW! with TSBPro software.:D

I've been inundated with projects and tasks. Trying to get ready for patient trials, laying out research tasks for an intern, writing code , consulting on a neuro science center, etc. Trying to keep my head clear on what's up, what my task schedule is, who else on my team has what tasks, when are they do, where do we stand today on the schedule,etc.

Lots of task management programs out there but none that I saw really fit my needs. I've used very sophisticated PERT and GANTT charting in the past and found they took too much time to complete and manage.

Found those products very costly and the low end software too limited. They don't present data the way I need to view it. Great for initial layout of where are we now and where are we headed, but found resistance from others in using the software.

So built my own project scheduler using TSBPro. Find it very, very useful. One feature I used is a chart of estimated task hours versus planned start date to see loading factor. When I saw the charted results my draw dropped!

Chart really showed the "bind" in work load that the just wasn't as evident through the grid layout.



Below are some screen shots of the application and chart.

Thought you'd be interested in hearing this.

Best regards,

John Burns

p.s. hope you're sister is on the mend

[TigerSoftware]

Thomas:

Had another WOW! with TSBPro software.:D

I've been inundated with projects and tasks. Trying to get ready for patient trials, laying out research tasks for an intern, writing code , consulting on a neuro science center, etc. Trying to keep my head clear on what's up, what my task schedule is, who else on my team has what tasks, when are they do, where do we stand today on the schedule,etc.

Lots of task management programs out there but none that I saw really fit my needs. I've used very sophisticated PERT and GANTT charting in the past and found they took too much time to complete and manage.

Found those products very costly and the low end software too limited. They don't present data the way I need to view it. Great for initial layout of where are we now and where are we headed, but found resistance from others in using the software.

So built my own project scheduler using TSBPro. Find it very, very useful. One feature I used is a chart of estimated task hours versus planned start date to see loading factor. When I saw the charted results my draw dropped!

Chart really showed the "bind" in work load that the just wasn't as evident through the grid layout.



Below are some screen shots of the application and chart.

Thought you'd be interested in hearing this.

Best regards,

John Burns

p.s. hope you're sister is on the mend


I love this post John. I have some more charts coming your way as well. :)

The screen shots look awesome.

I have been mainly focusing this software towards the Internet Marketing world. It has been a love hate relationship because most of the people are only thinking of software for that one market while there are many, many markets that could use software just like you built. I wish more and more people would see the potential that our members on this forum see. I guess that means we get to keep all the money then. :D


My sister is doing great now. It is her birthday and we spent a great deal of the day in the hospital. She is already complaining about having to lay down all the time so that means she is healing just nicely.



Thanks,



Thomas

[Steve1]

Thomas:

Had another WOW! with TSBPro software.:D

I've been inundated with projects and tasks. Trying to get ready for patient trials, laying out research tasks for an intern, writing code , consulting on a neuro science center, etc. Trying to keep my head clear on what's up, what my task schedule is, who else on my team has what tasks, when are they do, where do we stand today on the schedule,etc.

Lots of task management programs out there but none that I saw really fit my needs. I've used very sophisticated PERT and GANTT charting in the past and found they took too much time to complete and manage.

Found those products very costly and the low end software too limited. They don't present data the way I need to view it. Great for initial layout of where are we now and where are we headed, but found resistance from others in using the software.

So built my own project scheduler using TSBPro. Find it very, very useful. One feature I used is a chart of estimated task hours versus planned start date to see loading factor. When I saw the charted results my draw dropped!

Chart really showed the "bind" in work load that the just wasn't as evident through the grid layout.



Below are some screen shots of the application and chart.

Thought you'd be interested in hearing this.

Best regards,

John Burns

p.s. hope you're sister is on the mend

Hi John,

This is great and it's the kind of stuff I'm looking to do. Quick question as I'm trying to really grasp the charting and reporting: Can you provide charts "out of the box" so the end-user doesn't have to build themselves or go thru setup?

[fortesque]

Hi John,

This is great and it's the kind of stuff I'm looking to do. Quick question as I'm trying to really grasp the charting and reporting: Can you provide charts "out of the box" so the end-user doesn't have to build themselves or go thru setup?

Steve:

I think I understand your question. My interpretation is "can you build a pre-formatted chart that the user can just click on without having to go through pivot, bind ananysis, chart creation, etc.".

Yes, is my answer. Here's what I did.

I saved the chart once I created it.

Then when I'm in the Analysis window (the window where the navigation objects for chart and report show) the stored project name appears and I double clicked that name and the saved chart appears.
You could create a new analysis, use a different name,i.e., "project happy 2", and go through similar procedure as first chart, "save" it and it too will be stored.

The user could then select any of the stored "names" in the window where "charts" and "reports" show and the saved chart will reappear. This allows you to provide the user with predesigned formats.


I did add tasks to the project scheduler with new start dates and they found their way into the already created chart format. Seems even though the chart was saved earlier it gets updated with new data without having to recreate it.

Can be both an advantage and disadvantage. Advantage for the user is they don't have to keep on creating new charts for updating once they have or are provided the desired format. Down side is suppose user wants to compare data for two different periods, using same chart format. How do they retrieve earlier version?

I guess they would have to export earlier version into Excel file if they don't want the chart updated.

I may be missing something here, eh?

Best regards,

John Burns