I have been thinking of building an application along these lines for a while, my thinking has been going along the lines of
(the core) 1) Capture Requirements 2) Break down each requirement into features 3) Break down each feature into technical specifications (for websites) 4) Create wireframe and assign features The idea is to keep versioning of each item, and if you change a requirement it highlights wich features need revision,, and in turn which technical features need revision. you could then assign users (this is mean to be a web based solution) to deal with groups of features (oh did I mention grouping too?) as well as developers to detail technical specifications. Each item (requirement, feature, tech) would allow the upload of documents and assignment to a wireframe. Also each item could be assigned to a user as well as defining duration and resources etc. I have just had this thought banging around my head for a while, so I would welcome feedback. Some of the "features" of this system is that since you are estimating on items you can see the total (plus any modifiers) time for each requirement , and inversly if you change a requirement you can see which technical bits are affected. I have been building a little db of this but need to get the versioning working Regards MD On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:14:34 -0500, Douglas Knudsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > M$ Project does have a web enabled tool via M$, Project Central its > called, unless they rnamed it again. I have not seen it in a couple > years, but I set it up once. It would shoot emails out and such and > allow users to login to see their tasks and all. > > Doug > > > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 17:30:22 -0400, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am a reluctant user of MS Project. All I can say is don't use it! MS > > Project is good for very large projects with lots of details and many > > people, but it has several significant shortcomings, IMO. > > > > - It is a desktop app. Why? And Project 2000 isn't even Web-enabled. I > > don't know about 2003, maybe it has improved in this area. To me, the whole > > point of using an app like Project is to automate the management of a > > project, and this system just doesn't cut it. There are plenty of Web-based > > Project imitators out there that do a compentent job. > > > > - It is too rigid. Task chaining, timelines, all of that stuff is too > > rigid, at least for me. I like more flexibility to add items and fill in > > details later. You can sort of do that with project, but it's a pain. > > > > - Did I mention the lack of automation? My general issue with this factor > > is that you end up spending more time managing the project plan than > > managing the project. > > > > So what do I do instead? Mostly I use email and a whiteboard, and periodic > > high-level status reports to track progress. I've been meaning to build > > myself a tool that fits my process for about three years now, I just > > haven't gotten around to it. > > > > I recommend that you define your process before you pick a tool to use for > > the process. You may find that once you define the process you want to use > > for project management, the tool selection falls into place. > > > > > > > We are looking to formalize our software development processes and are > > > looking for a tool/process that will help with the project management > > > and track the software development lifecycle. > > > > > > Does anyone have recommendations for either? > > > > > > Do folks use MS Project or another tool for project management? > > > > > > How about FLiP? Anyone use it for development? > > > > > > As always freeware is great but it's necessary. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware: a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191441 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
