Are there any 52 week planner online systems?

July 15, 2021 10:16 AM

So the way our org does its work is in weeks. Week 23 we're doing X. Week 25 we start Y. I'm using a generic G-calendar for it but the view is just ridiculously cluttered. IS there some sort of collaborative program or platform that offers this very simple way to look at the world and plan for it?
posted by rileyray3000 to Work & Money (9 answers total)

Have you considered something like Trello?
posted by emelenjr at 10:30 AM on July 15, 2021

I would start with a google sheet to be honest. Column A being the list of weeks then you can use the other columns to describe the activities that go into each week?
posted by bleep at 10:56 AM on July 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

Monday.com (and many other platforms) can do Gantt charts, which might be useful.
posted by pinochiette at 11:47 AM on July 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

Yeah, I think you want an entry-level project management tool here. Asana is another one that's easy to use and inexpensive for smaller orgs.
posted by superfluousm at 11:50 AM on July 15, 2021 [1 favorite]

Check out this Compact Calendar. It has the months on the left, with each row representing one week. The right side is just a blank line for you to write on.

It is designed to fit a full year of planning on a single sheet of Letter paper, but you can use the Excel template and tweak it to fit your needs. You can host it as a google sheet for collaboration.
posted by CathyG at 12:39 PM on July 15, 2021

I turned on week numbers on Google Calendar (one of the options in settings) and then toggle between the monthly and yearly views as needed, but this might be too fiddly for your needs. Otherwise, seconding bleep's suggestion of using a Google sheet for it.
posted by pendrift at 1:00 PM on July 15, 2021

Response by poster: For the record I got into both Trello and Monday and neither of them offered it. I get the appeal of the Gantt but it's just more than I actually need. I'll look at Asana but offhand I'm not seeing it.
posted by rileyray3000 at 1:34 PM on July 15, 2021

I do this with Fantastical, calendar weeks visible, 6 weeks shown at once in the monthly and annual views, and then calendar sets to keep only the right information visible. It’s not a single collaborative location but it does work since we share the calendars and view using our respective Fantastical apps. It’s mac/iOS only and $40/user/year but may be possible to look into.
posted by michaelh at 3:22 PM on July 15, 2021

Hmm, would Teux Deux be along the lines of what you're looking for?
posted by thebots at 3:35 PM on July 16, 2021