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The best software modeling/project management tool you've never heard of: PowerPoint

I've found some of the simplest tools to often be the most obvious (can you say Occam's Razor???)

As an example, if I can avoid using super high-end tools in my software development for UML modeling and/or Gannt chart for project management, I use PowerPoint.  It's something I've already got no matter what PC I'm on, and minus the automatic code generation, does the same thing - sight summaries of the work I'm to do.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy other niche tools, but sometimes less really is more.
Posted: Feb 20 2005, 12:50 PM by guam-aspdev | with 3 comment(s)
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John Cavnar-Johnson said:

I actually prefer a legal pad and a box of 8 Crayola crayons for software modeling. You can quickly iterate through designs, backtrack if you need to, and the crayons help you stay at the right level of abstraction (you can't draw too many shapes with crayons on a legal pad).
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