Re: Which user group are you targeting for?
Michele Ravani <[email protected]>
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On Sun, 18 Aug 2002 20:28:57 +0200 info <[email protected]> wrote: i> Dear Developers! i> i> What target group are you aiming at with MrProject? i> i> a) Current MsProject users i> b) Users which currently do not use MsProject because their need is not i> met i> by MsProject because it is too complex or it does miss certain i> features, and i> do have a need for project management software. I don't think that a particular user (in the sense you give above) should be targeted. The software should be aimed at solving a task and doing it well. If the potential users are currently using or not another package isn't IMHO important. Other packages could or should be used as benchmarks or ;o) sources of ideas. i> What industry do you target at? i> i> House-Building projects i> Software writing projects i> Event management projects i> Movie production i> Product launch project (Marketing projects) i> ... i> i> All this different industries do have certain needs for Project i> management i> software i> which differ from each other. i> And to be attractive to all the different user groups, you would need i> to be i> feature complete, which is a huge task. It is much easier to be i> attractive i> to one user group first, and add one feature after the other for the i> other i> user groups. In addtion, one could start mentioning methodologies and the adaptation of the tool to the user's pet one. Another huge can of worms. I think that one at the time is fine, but the points you make should be kept in mind. i> PS: I think it is just not enough to run on Linux. You should haved some i> advantage over MsProject to attract users. i> i> PPS: I personally think that MrProject could be a killer application for i> professionals i> (within one industry after the other) which might be the reason for i> them to switch to Linux. It may be an additional positive point, but IMHO as long as Microsoft keeps control of the office documents formats (and if they are not dumb it will be forever) it will be a very steep uphill struggle for the Linux desktop. -- Michele Ravani [email protected] "Those who live hoping, die singing" My Gran