Does anybody have any recommendations on software to use for managing resources on multiple projects? I work in an internal development department and the team typically has 3 or 4 projects that are live at one time as well as day to day support and ad-hoc requests. I currently schedule them using MS Project but this seems to be designe...
I'm currently looking at the following stack: Apache Tomcat and Apache HTTP Server for web interfaces Chandler for time tracking and coordination and Chandler Server for bringing everything together. Trac for bug tracking and user feedback management (eg - dumping user feedback into the wiki, adding bugs, SVN tie ins) Subversion for ve...
I recently switched my work laptop to Linux. The problem is that I have to be able to use Microsoft Project for maintaining project plans. Is there a project alternative on linux that is able to read and write MS project files? So far I tried openproj, gantproject and planner, but neither one of them can write mpp files. ...
What features does a time tracking system need so developers actually log their time? In our case we are a 30+ person custom development shop, looking to replace an aged custom solution. Key business need is billing for our consultant's time. Ideally the system would help us figure out if we can complete the project(s) on time and with...
I'm interested in starting an open-source project based on an idea from another thread, and I think that it would be valuable to have a system in place to allow ideas for the new project to be proposed and voted up and down. I discovered the IdeaTorrent web-application, which is just what I'm looking for, except that I would have to sign...
This is not a programming question, but I figured I would ask in here, since there are a lot of professional coders. Let me know if you have any suggestion on the software we could use to manage a technical department. I currently work for programming shop, employing about 30 people. We have different software products that we provide t...
Do you use any tools to create a work breakdown structure? If so, do you find they help or interfere with the process? ...
Is there any Free or cheap software for freelancers, or solo developers, that can help you stay organized and on track? Give you an estimate of task vs Time. Here you are in your project and what left. As simple, productive and efficient as possible. Not web Based. And that those not get in your way. Thanks ...
Hi, There is usually a lot of scope for bad/ miscommunication between geographically distributed teams. Any suggestion for tools which makes the communication clear and well documented in an easily formatted and accessible manner? ...
Hi, We are a two people team of software developers and have just started working on a new project. We have a myriad of very small non-critical tasks and some bigger tasks which are usually time-critical to manage. I am looking for a tool that would allow us to Add, keep track of and prioritize tasks Manage dependencies between tasks ...
I recently started using Lighthouse to manage a couple of development projects and would like to know what some of the seasoned users consider to be their best practices for maximizing this applications usefulness. Perhaps there are certain tags that make it simpler to track aspects of projects, or more advanced ways to setup milestones...
Which do you prefer Fogbugz or Basecamp (project management tools). We are trying to decide which one to go ahead with so any likes and dislikes and things to watch out for would be appreciated. ...
what project management tools / softwares do you use and how does it supports managing the requirements, some kind of traceability to the implementation, bugs, etc. ? ...
I'm looking for a project management tool with the following characteristics; 1) web based 2) collaborative. One person (the project manager) must be able to create tasks and assign them to co-workers. The co-workers must be able to edit them en resolve them, but they should not be able to close or reassign them. So if the project manage...
Hey all, I'm looking for a free web based project management tool that can do at least the following: Task lists with deadlines Email reminders Collaboration on documents/items Progress monitoring There will be less than 5 people using this under the account at one time. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks a lot, Edit: To get a further...
Hi, I am looking for a CMS system which can help the team(15people) to manager tasks/projects of everyone. And we also like to have different views of the tasks, for example, Person view, Project view and Customer view, etc. Any suggestion? An opensource CMS system which can be customized is fine. Otherwise, I am also thinking of bu...
I'm trying to justify a MS Visio license. Immediately I can think of a few ways that I would use it in my shop, and apply it to my development projects: ER Diagrams UML Diagrams Project Management (WBS's, org-charts, etc.) Documentation I know these things can be done in MS Word's drawing tools, but as far as I'm concerned, they loo...
Every time I am laying out documents for some project, I like to refer to a tree of components/subcomponents/subsubcomponents... I found apps like treepad or keynote, which help outline documents in trees, but the leaves of the tree are always rich text, so it's hard to do math or filters on their content. What I'm looking for is some ...
Hi, We work on different projects, And we use different tools. Over the years I've found that Excel and Word are the most essential tools that have ever been used at almost all stages of a project life-cycle. I use them for time-tracking, effort-estimations and requirements-management, but all of them have specific templates that make t...
Hello, We are constantly trying to find tools that helps us better manage our projects. But all the time we have a dilemma, we find some tools that are better as far as the developers are concerned, but suck as far as project managers. The best example is: as a developer the best choice would be TRAC as a Project manager i would go fo...