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Project Planner

Project Planner. Michael Adcock & KFTF Research Team Open Status Meeting 2/21/07. What is it?. Provides a new External Representation (ER) Alternative to interacting with files and folders Does not require saving information in a new proprietary file format

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Project Planner

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  1. Project Planner Michael Adcock & KFTF Research Team Open Status Meeting 2/21/07

  2. What is it? • Provides a new External Representation (ER) • Alternative to interacting with files and folders • Does not require saving information in a new proprietary file format • Organization emerges directly through planning the project • “What are the long-term costs and benefits associated with the use of ERs for PIM?” • “Can tools change the cost/benefit equation?” Jones, William. "Personal Information Management." Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. Ed. Blaise Cronin. Volume 41. Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc., 2007. 482.

  3. Features • Permanent folder hierarchy • Indicates the organization of files • Will remain even when the user stops using the Planner • In a way, we’re just providing a new “view” into the filesystem

  4. Features • Creating and organizing information in the context of activities to which that information belongs • Information is organized as an incidental by-product to planning the project • In-context creation • Drag & Link

  5. Prototyping Goals (Short Term) • All current features work as expected • Clear, consistent functionality • Intuitive and easy to use • Focus on strengths: • ICC • D&L

  6. Additional Features (Medium Term) • Synchronization with file system • Create Outlook calendar reminder from Planner and show due dates on items • Vista / Office 2007 compatibility • Integration with file explorer • D&L from Outlook calendar • Proper Outlook integration • Track email responses to email sent • ICC for “web session” • Mind mapping view

  7. Additional Features (Long Term) • Integrate “paste structure” • ICC for “web session” • Downloadable organizers (templates) • Page layout view (alternate view of outline with graphics, etc.)

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