DevPlanner is a time planning and to-do list software that allows keeping
track of projects, personal tasks, and other activities. Main idea of DevPlanner
based on four terms: task, estimation, daily schedule and "self-imposed" deadline.
These four things are really important for managing tasks and gathering time
feedback, as result improving individual productivity and estimating skills.
How
DevPlanner helps in being more productive?
DevPlanner carefully stores tasks grouped in categories, stages, projects
or any other units required. These tasks are source for planning and time
tracking.
Each task can be estimated, deadlined, prioritized and scheduled once or
more for today or later date. No need to remember tasks, DevPlanner will
do it for
You. Just fill your daily time using already defined tasks or define other
tasks in any time you need.
What is a colors list on the right pane of DevPlanner?
New release of DevPlanner includes exciting possibility to track emotional
state by selecting appropriate color. Mood changing statistics can be visualized
in Moods Map using DevPlanner report template of the same name. This is
invaluable source for placing right tasks to the right time. For example,
almost every
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday morning I'm fresh and exciting. This time
I prefer using for important meetings and learning.
How to manage team using DevPlanner?
DevPlanner spreads team improvements by providing more freedom and self management
for developers. It motivates to use oral communication between team members,
what is more agile and work impressing. Additionally DevPlanner helps building
individual weekly and project reports.
Why not timesheet software?
The problem of any timesheet software is a requirement for decency of employee.
There is no effective way to check truthfulness of entered data. In opposite,
DevPlanner allows collecting time taken by every task implicitly. While people
perform usual daily work with personal planning and become more productive,
their planning data can be reused to build accurate timesheet reports.
What
about truthfulness of DevPlanner timesheet reports?
DevPlanner requires estimation for every task. Comparing estimation and
reality can highlight underestimations. Underestimated tasks are subject
to review
for at least two reasons: understanding their causes and checking truthfulness
of entered data.
How to keep privacy of employee personal tasks?
Effective management does not require knowing all employee tasks, just
important for work or project. DevPlanner allows selecting category for
reporting.
All tasks outside of this category, including non working activities,
will not
be shown in the report.
How to customize reports?
DevPlanner allows customizing report templates. Report templates are
XSL files. There is a good set of predefined report templates: project
reports,
timesheet
reports and task list reports. They can be copied to a personal folder,
thus will not be overridden by DevPlanner future releases and updates.
