task-tracking

Task/issue tracking system with command-line interface

Are the any task tracking systems with command-line interface? Here is a list of features I'm interested in: Simple task template Something like plain-text file with property:type pairs, for example: description:string some-property:integer required command line interface for example: // Creates task <task tracker>.exe...

Free/Cheap Task/Bug Management software

I am looking for a Task and Bug management software that I can use both as a way to manage things that need to be done a website with multiple admins and a way for clients of the site to report bugs/suggest features, ask for updates. The clients are fairly non-technical in general and the software has to be fairly easy to understand. ...

What is your bug/task tracking tool?

This is a placeholder for overviews of bug/task tracking systems. What i want to do here is: List all tools used in the industry (please provide a link to the tool discussed) Gather opinions on each tool (please back up your opinion with facts i.e provide advantages and disadvantages) Please put each tool in separate answer and ...

How to manage documents for many tasks/projects

I'm probably asking for the world, but is there any Windows-based software for easily managing lots of tasks/projects and all the associated documents (spreadsheets, Word documents, other files) that can be quickly navigated/searched. I deal with probably 10-20 active projects and tasks, some lasting only a day or so, some lasting week...

How you manage your daily tasks as a programmer?

What you use to manage your daily tasks as a programmer? I use Outlook built in Tasks Manager. I track them by emails. Use third party software for task management. I remember my all tasks. Or Others? ...

How do you divide time between different projects?

I am sure we have all been in this boat. You have two or more projects that are both critical and need to get done. How do you split your time to handle each project? Ideally you could go to the stakeholders and get them to decide the order. Well, that's what I would do. But let's say they both need their projects progressed for so...

How can I apply David Allen's "Getting Things Done" as a programmer?

Off and on I have read David Allen's "Getting Things Done" productivity books but never really implemented it. What tools do you use to track tasks and projects? How do you organize tasks when 95% of your tasks would be in the @Computer folder? ...

Trac and closed source

I'm working on a closed source (for now) project that I'd like to write a wiki and ticket system about. Trac has a well-integrated wiki and bug/issue-tracking system, and has good integration with Subversion. Webfaction offers Subversion, Trac and a whole lot of programmer-friendly options in a web host. So I'm seriously thinking of usin...

How do you manage your task-list/backlog? Wiki-based tools to suggest?

I'm looking for a low-key tool to handle a simple ranked task list (aka backlog in the agile lingo). This will be used by several users, and will most likely change frequently. We already have a bug tracking system, but it's a bit too complex and heavyweight for the kind of casual, day-to-day planning we'll be doing. Really, what we ne...

Track used applications

I've been using Wakoopa recently, and I find it quite amusing. I had no idea ( well I had an idea but never got real data about it ) on how much time I spend in SO until this: So my programming question is: How can I programmatically track the applications being used? My initial though was to use something like "tasklist" co...

Does anyone have recommendations for a good task/time management tool?

Does anyone have recommendations for a good task/time management tool. Ideally this would just keep track of programming tasks / the project and the time spent also the option to produce an end of week report would be advantageous ...

Recommended Web Based Time/Task Management Solution For Personal Use?

Hello, I know this is less programming related and more time management related, but I value the feedback of the users on this site. I'm finding myself particularly busy this semester, managing various tasks and timelines between work and school. Further, I find myself running around between labs, work, home, libraries, etc. For thes...

TFS work item types: tasks vs. scenarios, or use both?

In the default TFS setup there are three work item types: scenario, task and bug. That last one is quite straightforward, and task also: it's a specific job for a team member to complete. But I think scenario is a bit vague. I usually create a scenario for larger and more general units of work: for example "Create functionality to add e...

Tools to manage manual testing results - possibly integrated with trac?

At work we currently use Trac to manage our test cases. However, we have quite a few TCs that are listed on test plan wiki pages instead of tickets. My manager has recently become interested in better documenting the results of manual testing. While this is a noble goal, and several of the people on the QA team are quite gung-ho about t...

Developer-Client task and bug tracking solutions?

I have a small software project with a couple clients. What I'm looking for something with the following abilities: clients can submit feature requests, bugs, or tasks clients can see the status of open and closed issues clients can see a change log a place for me to post updates or news Nice to haves: clients can only see the iss...

Track programming progress on a project

Sometimes, I work on projects for a week or so and then get side tracked for a few months doing something else. It's sometimes a pain to go back to the code and figuring out what I was last working on. Any suggestions on how to document unfinished projects that are going to get sidelined for a few months? For the most part, I do, php a...

Looking for "tech call" tracking software.

The company I work for is looking for the best way to track "tech calls". We would most likely develop in house using vb.net, but possibly could look at using some open source vb.net software already out there. We will probably want to track just the basic info like client, datetime, length of call & a notes section about the call. On...

Branch descriptions in git

Is there a way in git to have a 'description' for branches? While I try to use descriptive names, working for a while on a single branch sometimes dampens my memory of why I made some of the other topic branches. I try to use descriptive names for the branches but I think a 'description' (short note about the purpose of the branch) would...