Chapter 6.1. What Is WhatWhat Status?

WhatWhat Status is a project management application, but it’s not your average project management application. Rather than focusing on creating Gannt charts, work breakdown structures, and calculating project costs, it focuses on helping the people involved in a project better communicate what they are working on, the risks they face, and the overall status of the project.

Before we embark on our code walk through of the WhatWhat Status application, it’s a good idea to get a big-picture overview of how WhatWhat Status is designed to work and what problems it tries to solve.

Here is how Jonathan LeCour, creator of WhatWhat Status, described the purpose of his application: “WhatWhat Status is less of ...

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