at one of our user groups a while ago someone demo'd SourceForge Enterprise (15 users free, any more it costs).
it's more than just a code repository and bug tracker. it can start as a way of capturing initial requirements, storing all documentation, and even tying a particular branch or code check-in back to. the reporting seemed worthwhile too. the bit i like the best was that it was just installed as a virtural device... good for trying it out for the first time: see for yourself: http://sf.net/powerbar/sfee my 2c barry.b On Dec 7, 2007 8:52 AM, Peter Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'll be interested to hear what other people say on this. > > I personally hate Microsoft Project with a vengeance Haven't seen many > people recommend it for managing software projects, so I'm not sure I'd > start there (although it does produce pretty Gantt charts!). > > I'm using Trac right now for some projects. It is NOT the tool for > reporting or higher level overviews and is limited even for bug tracking by > things like the inability to have a "review" workflow for QA. I know it is > widely used, I love the svn and mylyn integration, and as a solo dev or > small team on simple projects it is good, but I don't think of it as a > complete project management solution. It's a barebones bug tracker that gets > out of your way while allowing you to keep track of what you're doing. I > like it, but I think more is often required. > > I've heard rave reviews about Jira from various places. Supposed to be good > for reporting as well as task management. Free for OSS projects, $1200-$4800 > per server for commercial licenses. I'd love to hear peoples reviews. > > If you're into Agile, check out Buildix from Thoughtworks. Svn, trac, > cruisecontrol and "mingle" (their agile user story management system) all > pre-integrated. Free for teams of less than 5 and looks interesting, but I > haven't heard any user reports back yet. > > Also sites like http://lighthouseapp.com/ provide a web2.0 front end onto a > project management system. I think the right such site could be pretty good > although as with all start ups, look into how you can back up the underlying > data in a programmatically useful format. > > Of course, you could also roll your own. I know Russ Johnson has his > project management thingie and svn viewer. Pinged him about it the other day > to check status and see if I could get involved, but not got any feedback > yet. > > Anyone else looking into/using anything else? > > Best Wishes, > Peter > > > > > > > On 12/6/07 5:41 PM, "Baz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Is anyone using a project/code management tool that they are happy with? A > tool that manages the assignment of low-level tasks all the way up to giving > managers a high-level view of the status of projects. Microsoft Project > comes to mind. Maybe even Trac, or RedMine or Gira. I know a lot of > companies have in-house solutions - IBM is famous for their RUP based tool. > Some tools are SDLC focused, providing mechanisms for requirements gathering > to testing and deployment. What is everyone using? > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CFCDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfcdev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
