💡 How to Change Your Mind Without Losing It [VIDEO + DISCUSSION]

[Doug_Den_Hoed__AtAppStore]

WELCOME!

With many thanks to Scott Mors (@ScottMo1) for introducing, commissioning, and now kindly educating others via the video interviews below, it is my great pleasure to invite you to learn about our new Lite-Brite solution, which lets you control project plans and resourcing with Lite-Brite cells that show the Planned and/or Projected timing of Official Baselines and/or Current Workplans.

VIDEOS

Lite-Brite Overview (~3 min) -- Scott hits the highlights to explain How They Do What They Do

Lite-Brite Demo (~41 min) -- This one Might Just Change how you plan your projects in Workfront

DISCUSSION

As in this previous episode, I invite you to watch the videos above, then share your thoughts below, and sign up for a demo by emailing me at doug.denhoed@atappstore.com

Regards,

Doug

[Doug_Den_Hoed__AtAppStore]

(repeating to centralize the discussion...)

"I noticed the tasks/assignments column didn't wrap when text exceeded the column width. Did you use a specific text mode for that? If so, could you share how you did it? Thanks!"

-- @_Manish_Singh 

[_Manish_Singh]

Attaching screenshot...

[Doug_Den_Hoed__AtAppStore]

Thanks for helping me repost your question here @_Manish_Singh (and for watching the longer demo video)...

Well spotted: the delightfully compact "one row, no wrap" task format to which you're referring is a pleasant side effect of turning on the Gantt Chart, which is just off screen to the right in the image you grabbed.

As @ScottMo1 is demonstrating, by putting a task report on a custom tab on a project (or program, or portfolio; Lite-Brite does both), you can view and move the "PM Tasks" within grouped program or portfolio at the program or portfolio level).

The trick is to edit the task report, click settings, and turn on the Gantt view by default.

If (for some reason) a user then does not want to see the Gantt, they can toggle it on/off using the Gantt button at the top of a task...but it's almost as easy (and retains the compactness) to simply slide the Gantt's left margin's pane divider to narrow ir widen it interactively as needed. 

I like the side effect so much that I'll often turn Gantt mode on just to force the terseness you observed.

Regards,

Doug

[_Manish_Singh]

As you suggested, I narrowed down the Gantt chart to get the compact view. It is super handy when there are too many parent-child tasks. Thanks for getting back to me. Hope you have a nice day!

[Doug_Den_Hoed__AtAppStore]

My pleasure @_Manish_Singh,

Another Easter Egg tip...when I do adjust the width of the right hand Gantt, I often also then single-click the Gantt's horizontal scroll bar.

Doing so pops up two vertical guide bars on the Gantt with "handle" on each of their middles, allowing me to click and drag those guide bars to zoom in or out precisely on the portion of the Gantt bars of interest.

Regards,

Doug