[sllug-members]: Project Planning Software

[Lamont Peterson]

On Friday 01 February 2008 09:41:35 am William Attwood wrote:
> Hello Locals.
>
>    I'm an organizational creative.  I like to diagram flowcharts prior to
> tackling a project, and adjust them to meet changes as they happen.  This
> seems to make it so management can see the project a lot easier than if I
> was trying to explain the code workings to them.

Yup.  I've found the same thing.  Plus, it helps the development team, too.

>    I am wondering, what software do you use to plan projects? Microsoft
> Visio for ORM/UML diagrams?

I used Visio quite a bit in the past, mostly before Microsoft bought it.  It 
is (or was, I haven't used the last couple of versions) an excellent tool, 
easy to use and worked beautifully.

> Some open-source application? 

I mostly use dia on Linux for many projects over the years (including 
*abusing* the UML templates for DB diagrams).  I've also used Kivio (part of 
KOffice) a couple of times, but I think dia give you better control over 
lines and layout.

A good friend of mine uses OmniGraffle [ 
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/ ] on MacOS X.  I've only 
used it a couple of times on his box (I do not have a Mac), but I *really* 
liked it.  The diagrams he has produced are beautiful and he make changes 
very quickly and painlessly.  It's not open source, but It think it's about 
the best one out there.

>    I ran across LovelyCharts based in Flex, and was surprised that it does
> the linking for you and "Assumes" what you mean, allowing you to correct
> that assumption if need be.  Is there other software out there that is like
> this or better, saving time and making the diagramming and planning process
> easier?  What do you use?
>
> Thanks guys
> --Will

HTH.
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Lamont Peterson <lrp at xmission.com>
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