Jim Anderson wrote:
bugzilla and a wiki [keepin' it simple] ;)
Ash wrote:
What do you guys use for collaboration/product development between
management and programmers and for bug tracking/collaboration between
programmers?
I've used Jira and Confluence in the past, but there has to be a
similar tool to those in the open source world.
Everyone has to find a way that "works" for them - the important thing
is to use the simplest way possible adjusting for the size of the
project.
Many large well run projects use a bug-tracker even for new features.
Examples: Launchpad, Bugzilla, Trac(wiki based). With these, your
commit messages can serve as task tracking notes
I know many group sized projects using simply whiteboards, bulletin
boards with file cards, ready-made web services like Basecamp, It should
fit into whatever agile system you're using (you are working in an agile
fashion aren't you ?) - so your reporting system can simply document and
organize what is discussed at your daily/weekly "stand-up" meeting.
37 signals actually eats their own dogfood with their tools like
Basecamp & Campfire and since they are working virtually, productive,
and profitable, and they are really smart guys, it's not a bad pattern
to follow.
Using a framework like Rails and a simple db like SQLite, you could
throw together your own simple custom task tracker within a few hours -
really. You could do it in PHP if you wish but it will likely take you
3x longer.
For real small groups of 1-3 (like us) - well, I've gone to simply
having our various projects on a 1 page open office writer grid with
boxes for operations, marketing, and admin and listing the current tasks
inside. Then at the end of each day, we pick the 3 most critical items
for each of us to work on the next day, limiting 1 item per time block
(am,aft,eve) - that's it , just the 1 most critical item - if those get
done quickly, then something else from the list can be chosen. I've
already been exploring and testing Basecamp & Highrise since as we grow
or get more virtual, I think those more organized and record keeping
programs will be necessary.
Ash
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