[Taylorgus]

Like probably many of you, I manage multiple large and long term projects with many different areas and objectives. For example, one large "project" or area of work includes two separate tracks: one that's a series of 8 mailings spread out over about six months (with each having design, content creation, editing, printing, etc.); and the second that's a series of constituent outreach activities (list development, phone calling, follow up meetings, local events, etc.). And that's just one "project" or area of my work.

I'm interested in how folks are using OF to manage multiple projects that occur over several months, each with several components (or smaller projects), each with many tasks. Specifically, I'm interested in how folks are using sets of tasks (i.e. parent and child actions), nested sets of tasks, groups, and folders.

I do not have all of my work fully set up in OF yet, so I'm trying to decide what's the best way to organize these complicated sets of smaller "projects" and what's the right use of folders, groups, and nested sets of actions.

I'm also trying to decide if in addition to OF for my personal task management, I just need to spring for OmniPlan, BaseCamp, or some other more formal project management software.