Daily Travails

With my recent job change to VP of IT, I needed to get our corporate projects as well as my personal projects in line. I’ve been a follower of the David Allen GTD philosophy, and have implemented it to varying degrees of success. However, the one thing that I have gleaned from the process is that you can only really focus on the next action. In addition, the key is having things simply listed, noted, messaged, etc.

We started the evaluation process looking at dotProject, Project.net, and Basecamp from 37Signals. We settled on 37Signals for our solution, and I have to say I’m loving it. The interface is so clean and simple. There are no questions about where to find things, and the IT team is embracing the simplicity. I am a certified Project Manager (PMP) and i have to say Basecamp is far simpler to use and implement than any other solution I’ve used in the past.

To pull in my personal projects, I’ve started using Backpack…also from 37Signals. It is a personal Intranet/File Storage/”Backpack” for all my stuff. The pages are email enabled, so that I can send content directly to them. I can drag things around. Use Writeboards, lists, notes, etc. I really enjoy the system and I am improving my use daily.

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