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Actually, to be fair and honest, Trello's main UI design looks suspiciously similar to the Excel templates that I used for project management 10 years ago [and

Actually, to be fair and honest, Trello's main UI design looks suspiciously similar to the Excel templates that I used for project management 10 years ago [and freely shared with many people], which in turn were inspired by GDPM (Goal Directed Project Management] book [1]. The UI design was listed in the book's appendix. [1] http://www.amazon.com/Goal-Directed-Project-Management-Techniques/dp/0749453346 http://www.amazon.com/Goal-Directed-Project-Management-Techn... This is the 4th edition of the book, the first was published more than 10 years ago. quote "Goal Directed Project Management (GDPM) is a unique methodology that has been developed and refined by the authors over a period of more than 20 years. In this time, organizations all over the world have adopted it as a standard approach." Unless there is a pixel for pixel copy, why don't we stop implicating that similar UI designs and ideas is an offense and wrongdoing?

swah 14y ago
a) Do you still use them? b) Can we see it? :)
- daemon13 14y ago
  a) Now not, but the UI is very handy to have 1 page overview of the project. I used it for implementing Hyperion Essbase for business & financial planning in 1998 and in 2003-2005. So I managed a 6 mths / $200-300K project with just three reports. b) Too lazy to un-dig from my archive to prove the point :-) But the basic usage is the following: 1. Milestones Milestone #1 Milestone #2 Milestone #3 Goal #1.1 Goal #1.2 Goal #1.3 Key - this shall fit one page, or you are doing this wrong. Best used in conjunction with other GDPM templates (check the book and website). 2. Weekly Planning Monday Tuesday Task #1 Task #2 Task #3
jahewson 14y ago
I'm talking about the stylesheet, not Kanban in general. It's the unnecessary similarity - the blue outline glow to indicate selection, and little coloured label rectangles at the top. There are scores of other ways to style those - but they chose the exact same as Trello. At best it's a lack of imagination.

swah 14y ago

a) Do you still use them? b) Can we see it? :)

daemon13 14y ago
a) Now not, but the UI is very handy to have 1 page overview of the project. I used it for implementing Hyperion Essbase for business & financial planning in 1998 and in 2003-2005. So I managed a 6 mths / $200-300K project with just three reports. b) Too lazy to un-dig from my archive to prove the point :-) But the basic usage is the following: 1. Milestones Milestone #1 Milestone #2 Milestone #3 Goal #1.1 Goal #1.2 Goal #1.3 Key - this shall fit one page, or you are doing this wrong. Best used in conjunction with other GDPM templates (check the book and website). 2. Weekly Planning Monday Tuesday Task #1 Task #2 Task #3

jahewson 14y ago

I'm talking about the stylesheet, not Kanban in general. It's the unnecessary similarity - the blue outline glow to indicate selection, and little coloured label rectangles at the top. There are scores of other ways to style those - but they chose the exact same as Trello. At best it's a lack of imagination.