Re: [Tsheetx-developers] Hierarchical task lists

[Scott M. <Sco...@pr...>]

I believe the timesheet system should be a flexible tool that doesn't
"get in the way" when people use it.  Therefore, attempting to create
rules around whether tasks can have time entered against them or not,
doesn't seem to be a good idea.

Allowing hierarchical tasks is an attempt to map more closely with an
assumed use of some sort of project flow to help developers and managers
make sense of how a project might be going. I think this would make a
good addition to the timesheet system. As long as everyone agrees there
will be tradeoffs and compromises, like being able to enter time against
non-terminal nodes.

However, if it goes further than that, say by attempting to warp TSNG
into becoming a complete replacement of whatever project system is
currently in use, I personally don't think that would be a good idea.

-Scott

-----Original Message-----
From: Jarvis [mailto:ja...@jn...] 
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 9:43 AM
To: tesheetx developers
Subject: Re: [Tsheetx-developers] Hierarchical task lists

Is there any great reason to not add entries against a non terminal 
node? Yes in a classic Gantt chart that's not the right thing to do but 
it simply means that billing something to a non terminal node is just an

'other' task. It would also mean that a task could be created, have time

billed to it and then be subdivided into further tasks. Would this be a 
fully implemented Gantt chart or just a way to manage long task lists?

David Thompson wrote:
> This is on the wishlist (see http://bugs.timesheetng.org 
> <http://bugs.timesheetng.org/>), I entered it myself.
>  
> I am not sure that it is so strightforward, but you are right it needs

> a kind of parent field to support it. You would need to take care 
> that entries are not made against non-terminal (i.e. composite) tasks.

> In classic Gantt sense their times are the rolled up values of the 
> sub-tasks.
>  
> I don't see any disadvantages of hierarchical tasks, since we have a 
> hierarchy already - flat ;-).
>  
> > Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 12:03:26 +0100
> > From: ja...@jn...
> > To: tsh...@li...
> > Subject: [Tsheetx-developers] Hierarchical task lists
> >
> > Would it be possible to make the task lists hierarchical under 
> projects?
> > or would that break anything fundamental in the design?
> >
> > I've been creating projects and entering tasks in the same way that 
> they
> > tend to appear in a gantt chart but a gantt chart is hierarchical
> > whereas the timesheet system doesn't appear to be so.
> >
> > As far as I can see it could be a relatively simple change in the
> > database to add an optional parent task field and a slightly harder
> > change to support the hierarchical tasks in the PHP and HTML but
would
> > there be any major disadvantages?


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