At the risk of going off topic and for what it's worth I generally use a mind-mapping package for managing most of my projects (both personally and professionally). It allows the design to be mapped out to any degree of detail that I like and decent one allows notes to be added to each item and icons to be applied to them. The note can contain anything from functional outline to implementation details (including tracking ticket number and check-in revision when implemented or modified). The graphical nature allows me to quickly add ideas for new features, bug notifications or even restructure the entire layout. Some programs even go as far as allowing Gant charts or similar to be generated if more detailed planning is required but I never really need to go that far personally. Most of them are now capable of collaboration through the cloud. An alternative would be to use a GTD (Getting Things Done) type application for those people who are more 'list-based'. The bottom line i s probably a sufficient range of programs out there that allow you to do pretty much the sort of things that have been suggested without going back to the drawing board as tempting as this often is!
Ok, I will shut up now :-) Bob Bellchambers-Wilson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chad Perrin Sent: 06 August 2012 16:24 To: Fossil SCM user's discussion Subject: Re: [fossil-users] [OT] Who's interested in project management & collaboration tools? And... On Mon, Aug 06, 2012 at 08:07:15AM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > >From the free software side - the number of people on any given > project is limited to like 5. Most projects either have no more major > contributors or naturally decompose into multiple parts where the > number of people involved in any given part is very low. eg. the Linux > kernel has subsystems, ... > Very few people are major contributors to more than 1-2 projects at a time. In addition to this, open source projects tend, in my experience and observations, to prefer either simple tools that don't depend on much (thus reducing the bar to entry for use by a wide range of people) or approaches, formats, and protocols that are well served by a wide range of tools so that there is a standardized process but not a standardized toolset. That doesn't even address the fact that these projects also don't tend to bother using tools with subscription fees. > > And I guess you are not reaching people. How would you reach people > through kickstart is a mystery to me, tbh. It's not like people > regularly look there thinking along the lines of "what am I going to > sponsor today?" Big, successful kickstarter campaigns tend to be the campaigns created by people, projects, or organizations that already have a strong fan or follower base. Build the social capital first, then spend it on a kickstarter campaign. > > All in all if you are project manager you can try to develop a project > management software as a hobby but expecting $65k funding from random > people does not look realistic. In general, I'd expect that project management software is not the kind of thing that gets built on community enthusiasm, for many of the reasons you brought up (mostly elided here), but also because it's the kind of thing that gets used by corporate business organizations -- and most of them already have something they're using across the entire organization by mandate from rather high up the hierarchy. To break into that, you need organizations that need a new solution *now* to pick what you're providing, which means it has to already be finished before they consider it. In short, you have to hope that what you want to create will be a "build it and they will come" situation. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users _________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by Claranet Mail Scanner, powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.uk.clara.net _________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: Information contained in this email or any attachment may be of a confidential nature which should not be disclosed to, copied or used by anyone other than the addressee. It may also be legally privileged. If you receive this email in error, please delete the email from your computer and notify the sender immediately by return E-mail. Security Warning: Please note that this email has been created in the knowledge that Internet email is not a 100% secure communications medium. Virus Warning: _________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by Claranet Mail Scanner, powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive email security service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.uk.clara.net _________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
