I think a calendar sync feature (with Google, Exchange) would make the product a complete solution.

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Nick DeLong
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I have been searching for a task management tool that would let me plan at all levels - long term, month, week, day and hour. WeekPlan comes very close to what I want, but I'd like to add the ability to plan my day in a more granular way. I have meetings, etc to plan around, and I'd like to be able to sync with my calendars to see what time slots I have open to devote to tasks in my todo list. That is a feature I would happily pay a premium price for. 

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Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
I am far from lecturing you, but the statement "profile evolves as I get closer to the chasm" doesn't make sense to me. Before the chams you have people who buy concepts and want to be cool, after the chasm you have pragmatists then late majority copying the pragmatists and then the laggards, who can't do anything anymore than using your tool for the same problem solution as the pragmatists where. The innovation doesn't change in how it solves the problem when going through the lifecycle. And in my assessment you are way beyond the chasm already. You have real-life customer with real-life problems, who use your tool to solve the problem and by doing so give you feedback and you increase their value by using them as kingpin in the bowling alley attracting more customers with real problems, who are willing to shell out money since it is valuable to them. I hope that make sense. I would like to see three changes and integration for our company:
  1. two way integration with Google calendar
  2. long term goals (I am using your parking lot, but it doesn't really treats this as goals, just as pending)
  3. sub tasks (checklist) would need to have ETA settings to. That allows for hierachical goals.
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Aymeric Founder
Quote from Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
I am far from lecturing you, but the statement "profile evolves as I get closer to the chasm" doesn't make sense to me. Before the chams you have people who buy concepts and want to be cool, after the chasm you have pragmatists then late majority copying the pragmatists and then the laggards, who can't do anything anymore than using your tool for the same problem solution as the pragmatists where. The innovation doesn't change in how it solves the problem when going through the lifecycle. And in my assessment you are way beyond the chasm already. You have real-life customer with real-life problems, who use your tool to solve the problem and by doing so give you feedback and you increase their value by using them as kingpin in the bowling alley attracting more customers with real problems, who are willing to shell out money since it is valuable to them. I hope that make sense. I would like to see three changes and integration for our company:
  1. two way integration with Google calendar
  2. long term goals (I am using your parking lot, but it doesn't really treats this as goals, just as pending)
  3. sub tasks (checklist) would need to have ETA settings to. That allows for hierachical goals.
I do not understand #2 and #3.

#2 could be done through the "Long term goals" section in the Envision module. What could be added to that?

#3 If I add ETA to subtasks, would you expect to see the subtasks in the week view like normal tasks?
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Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
Ok, let me explain, what I am trying to do, instead of implying a certain implementation.
Weekly goals are perfect. But they have context very often. Ideally you can break quarterly goals into monthly and weekly goals. I am looking for a way to do that. I am using today the parking lot for a mix of monthly and quarterly goals and then break them down to weekly goals. some of the breakdown has dependencies for tasks, they are then best modelled with sub tasks, but need to be finished at different times. Making sense?
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Aymeric Founder
Quote from Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
Ok, let me explain, what I am trying to do, instead of implying a certain implementation.
Weekly goals are perfect. But they have context very often. Ideally you can break quarterly goals into monthly and weekly goals. I am looking for a way to do that. I am using today the parking lot for a mix of monthly and quarterly goals and then break them down to weekly goals. some of the breakdown has dependencies for tasks, they are then best modelled with sub tasks, but need to be finished at different times. Making sense?
Would a visualization of your goals like this ( http://static.squarespace.com/static/52bbd653e4b0525234c48f43/t/52c36f7fe4b0034167fd3f91/1388076165851/MCA_8669.jpg?format=1500w ) work for you?
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Aymeric Founder
Quote from Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
Ok, let me explain, what I am trying to do, instead of implying a certain implementation.
Weekly goals are perfect. But they have context very often. Ideally you can break quarterly goals into monthly and weekly goals. I am looking for a way to do that. I am using today the parking lot for a mix of monthly and quarterly goals and then break them down to weekly goals. some of the breakdown has dependencies for tasks, they are then best modelled with sub tasks, but need to be finished at different times. Making sense?
Actually, I think something like this would be more versatile (would work for more scenarios): http://gyazo.com/14557246b5e3d9bdfd119065242bf8ba

Any item in the outline could be made a task (with a date or inside the parking lot) and each task can have any level of subtasks.

This concept of subtasks would be different to the one existing in weekplan currently. Existing subtasks could be renamed "Checklist". Here the subtasks would be shown as their own task in the week view (instead of only being shown when you edit a task).

This outliner view would allow people to break down their goals by any structure they want (year / quarter / month / etc..)

Would that solve #2 and #3 for you?


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Nick DeLong
I"m glad to hear the google calendar sync is on its way and I will definitely look forward to seeing it when finished. Thanks!
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Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
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Actually, I think something like this would be more versatile (would work for more scenarios): http://gyazo.com/14557246b5e3d9bdfd119065242bf8ba

Any item in the outline could be made a task (with a date or inside the parking lot) and each task can have any level of subtasks.

This concept of subtasks would be different to the one existing in weekplan currently. Existing subtasks could be renamed "Checklist". Here the subtasks would be shown as their own task in the week view (instead of only being shown when you edit a task).

This outliner view would allow people to break down their goals by any structure they want (year / quarter / month / etc..)

Would that solve #2 and #3 for you?


would that be an additional view?

it would solve #2 but not #3
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Aymeric Founder
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would that be an additional view?

it would solve #2 but not #3
It would replace the Envision module totally, so yes, a new view.

I think it would solve #3 too since you will be able to create any level of subtasks using this new tool and set dates to them. Then when editing a specific task in the week view, it could show you all the direct child tasks.
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Uwe “Oova” Kleinschmidt
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It would replace the Envision module totally, so yes, a new view.

I think it would solve #3 too since you will be able to create any level of subtasks using this new tool and set dates to them. Then when editing a specific task in the week view, it could show you all the direct child tasks.
I am not getting it. the subtasks need to be visible in the Week view on their due date and it must be visible that they are child tasks from what main task. If that is what you meant we mean the exact same thing.
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Aymeric Founder
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I am not getting it. the subtasks need to be visible in the Week view on their due date and it must be visible that they are child tasks from what main task. If that is what you meant we mean the exact same thing.
yes. same thing here.

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