Prompted by lifehacker’s call for the best goal tracking app or service, I thought now was a good moment to share how I use Milestone Planner to track (and more importantly, achieve) my personal goals. In last year’s (still popular) blog post on “Making New Year’s Resolutions Stick” we shared some tips for putting New [...]
Read 'Goal Tracking – New Year’s Plans' >>Archive for the ‘Milestone Planner’ Category
Graph Burn-Down to Burn-Up the Work
Burn-down graphs (or charts) are most often associated with the Scrum methodology increasingly favoured by many software developers (you can get to grips with it in this 10 minute video). They help you to visualise how you are progressing through your work backlog. Very simply put, it shows how quickly are you getting things done, and [...]
Read 'Graph Burn-Down to Burn-Up the Work' >>Staying on track
You’ve made plans, got people on board and kicked off your project.. but as the focus turns to delivery, how do you keep the momentum going? We’ve found that much of the trick of successful project management is helping people to make clear commitments, which are visible to the entire team, and then doing everything [...]
Read 'Staying on track' >>July Updates
Today we’ve released some new – and hopefully useful – additions to Milestone Planner. Switching Plans is now easier. You’ll see an ‘Active Plans’ Tab at the top of the page. Clicking on this will pull down a list of all of your active plans which you can then choose from. We’ve added a ‘Review [...]
Read 'July Updates' >>Google Calendar with Milestone Planner
It has been a frequently asked for feature, and now you’ve got it… You can sync Milestone Planner milestones into Google Calendar, using the calendar feeds. This is a Professional Edition feature, but if you’d like to give it a try, just send us a note. There are a few different ways to add a [...]
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