Software Reviews

RationalPlan Review

Posted by Ian Burgess on January 4, 2010 at 11:20 pm

Some time ago I was asked to try and review RationalPlan by Tiberiu Ghioca. There are two versions of the application Single Project and Multi Project. The version I used was the Multi Project Version which retails for around $98 per user (compare this to MS Project more about that later). The one obvious advantage along [...]

Pocket Informant 9

Posted by Ian Burgess on October 13, 2009 at 7:12 am
Pocket Informant 9

I have just installed the new version of Pocket Informant and why it is early in the day I am realy impressed by the GTD functionality. Still early days but with less than 1 hour of use, I still need to see about a form of desk top synchronisation but may have found my trusted [...]

GTD Agenda

Posted by Ian Burgess on October 10, 2009 at 4:57 pm
GTDAgenda Home Page

Having been a fan for GTD for some time and talking about it in this blog, I was contacted by Dan Baluta of GTDAgenda to review the product. My initial opinion was positive as it contained a simple web interface and I was pleased by how well it transfered on to the mobile site on my [...]

Using Excel to create Gantt Chart

Posted by Ian Burgess on August 13, 2009 at 11:06 pm

I am a heavy MS Project User and have been for some time, but I am currently working on a project where lots of the team members don’t have it. The are using Microsoft Excel for everything due to this I have spent sometime googling how to create a Gantt Chart in Excel and found [...]