Rocket! - data management

Planning software - Rocket! Data management


Today's mode of life dictates planning - otherwise we would have missed lots of things. No wonder that using Rocket! as planning software is becoming more and more popular.

Planning things is very easy with Rocket! sections, items and properties. The only thing you have to do is stick to this simple concept and customize the database to your needs.

Typically, you will plan an event by dividing it into separate smaller events or tasks. To fulfill these tasks, you will have to meet certain conditions. So the line is simple: Event (section) - Tasks (items) - Conditions (properties). This structured approach is ideal for our planning software.

Let us do some sample planning - for example, tomorrow's visit to the cinema.

First, create a section and call it "Going to the pictures" (or give it some other name). Good!

Now we have to decide on smaller tasks (our items). We should choose a movie, invite Jane and John, get tickets and choose a meeting place. Let's put everything down in Items tab of Rocket! software.

  • Choose a movie. That's easy - we should find out what is on and write down variants to choose from. This week we have Watchmen, TakenSlumdog Millionaire. Fine! These will be our private properties for "Choose a movie" item. We think it over and decide to watch Taken - so, we set its value to "chosen", and the value of two other movies (properties) to "rejected".
  • Invite friends. Again, two private properties - "Speak with John" and "Email Jane". Unfortunately, Jane won't be able to come (she's already going to see Watchmen with her boyfriend), but John would love to come with us, so we set the value of "Speak with John" to "Arranged" and the value of "Email Jane" to "Declined".
  • Get tickets. This is really easy and won't even take properties. Just set the value of this item to "Done" once you have got them.
  • Choose a meeting place. Again, as in Item 1, we provide a set of possible properties and choose one of them.

Done! Your visit to the sinema is planned. And - you can use this template for future visits as well or just keep it as a memory :)

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