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I am looking something that:
Allows me to create projects (with a duration) and assign needed roles for them (I don't care about tasks or a gantt chart in this tool, just a project view)
Allows me to create people with one or more roles
Set desired start range date for each project
Calculate what people to assign to the project and a concrete start date:
this calculation could also indicate that there is not enough people to start the project, showing the next available start date and the missing roles to start in the desired date
this calculation could reallocate people to solve the problem.
When a new project is received could be added to the portfolio and recalculate.
I have googled a lot about this and all I was able to find were papers describing genetic algorithms or heuristics to resolve the problem, but haven't seen a software that actually solves it. (I suppose its a NP-Hard problem)
Thanks in advance!
Maybe this one will help, but I have to admit I dont know if it realy fits your needs (its quite complex to me):
Polarion
Our software solution, TrackerSuite.Net, provides tools for online project management and resource availability analysis. I think it will provide the features you are looking for, including project portfolio tracking and management, role based assignments, scheduling and workload tracking. It will also facilitate budget creation and tracking for projects. If you would like a hands on evaluation, you can register on the site (http://www.TrackerSuite.Net) for immediate access to a demonstration site.
Have you tried Trello? I use it to manage projects and upload attachments, files, etc.
It sounds like it would fit what you need perfectly.
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My friend wants a way to organize her projects and tasks better at work. She would like to be able to:
Define Projects
Define (Weekly) Tasks for each Project
A Task is associated with a particular week (day/time granularity not needed)
Define Sub-Tasks for each Task
View a week's worth of tasks and their subtasks at a time
Zoom in to see a particular task in more detail
Zoom out to see a whole month's tasks in less detail
And last, but not least, she would like to share this data with her supervisor, so he can see it and make comments / adjustments.
I'd like to know what options are available and the pros/cons of each... I've considered:
Excel sheet
Pros: easy to share, availability (she and her boss both have Excel installed)
Cons: harder to maintain and create multiple views of the same data.
Access
Pros: easy to share (perhaps via storage on shared drive), availability
Cons: UI options not very rich, in my opinion
.NET with local db file
Pros: Rich UI options, quick development (i am most familiar with .NET)
Cons: Availability - they would both have to have my app installed, or it would have to live on a shared drive somewhere (which is probably an option I guess...)
Can anybody shed any light on this as far as available options, pros/cons I haven't thought of for these or any other technologies?
Thanks!
www.trello.com is the answer made by creators of Stackoverflow.com. I know I'm replying to a very old question. But it can be useful for those who will come across this page here on.
Also check out JIRA. JIRA is the project tracker for teams planning, building and launching great products. Its not a free solution but really effective.
Excel is a great tool for this kind of thing. We use it in our development team for our iteration status. At least, when your sole user hits pain points, you'll see what your real pain points are before starting to code something in .NET/Ruby/Java/etc., and it will therefore serve as a useful prototype.
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I'm searching a software (web-based, php/mysql) that allows users to (anonymously/with registering) write suggestions or ideas on a project. The project itself does not necessarily have to be software-related, I also want to use it for some IRL projects I'm working on, but that may well need some suggestions from the people involved.
Guests can write suggestions
Registered users can vote suggestions up/down
Commenting etc.
Admins can approve suggestions to be considered, implemented soon, etc.
Highly customizable fields for projects, so I can use different fields for different projects (E.g. for a software project, I define "Version" and "OS" fields and for a design or layout for a website, I define "Page" and "Screenshot"... just as an example)
A simplistic implementation of SOs reputation-system for good suggestions etc.
Now that I write it, that sounds pretty like a clone for SO, but that's really not what I have in mind. I want my users to write suggestions on specific projects that defines very clear fields they have to fill out - I hope you don't mistake this as a try to copy SO.
It's more that I feel using a BugTracking software like Mantis to track both Ideas/Suggestions and Bugs will be too complex to use for users that just have an idea they want to express and then have to fill out multiple fields on Revision, Version, Program Component, OS Data and whatever else.
Having a software that enables even the users that never had anything to do with tracking the possibility to have their ideas heard would greatly improve the development of end-user software/projects.
You probably want something close to http://uservoice.com/, although it does not have customizable fields, I think.
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I'm working on a project where I'm using mindmeister.com as a tool when brainstorming new ideas.
Now I need a tool where I can define roles and what responsibilities they have, and link this to a person / persons. It would also be nice if I could add tasks with a due date for each person.
Are there any open source websites which has this?
PS.
The tool must be light weight, and not strictly for programmers only.
Main usage would be before development stage.
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Ok, after some more thinking, it looks like I need some kind of project template tool.
I have this project. In order to be succesfull, I need to cover task A, B and C.
Task A has sub tasks like a1, a2 and a3.
Now this is still just descriptions of things I must think of / answer, in order to have a successful project.
When those Qs have ben answered, I can start delegating tasks to project members which again can break down the tasks.
I personally like Trac - it is a lightweight wiki and issue tracking tool.
"Redmine" has many features to collaborate with others in projects.
Also, using a Redmine client app, such as "mintRedmine", will help your team get the best outcome out of the features in Redmine fast and easy.
GanttProject is good for breaking down project responsibilities to persons and defining timelines.
Collabtive is the best one I've used. I think it should cover the functionality you're asking for. They also offer hosting for reasonable prices.
DotProject is also an alternative, but without the good looks...
Redmine is great.
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Currently we use Trac to manage all of our tickets (bugs, enhancements, and new projects). It lacks a nice ability to map out the projects, releases and do time estimations. Is there a good scrum project management system that would integrate with Trac to use the tickets we are already making?
Instead of looking for something that could integrate with Trac, maybe you could use a Trac based solution. Trac has some plugins for Scrum but I'd suggest to check out Agilo which is a nice Scrum oriented and polished version of Trac. This might be one of the best options in your case.
would i be incorrect to assert that you should go through http://trac-hacks.org first and then elaborate here what, if anything, you didn't like about the plugins you found there? otherwise it's not possible to really say what is the best approach, when it is unknown whether you've scanned through the easiest paths.
I work at a company that has completely embraced agile in our engineering organization, but we've done just fine using Jira for our issue management, even though it doesn't have any specific scrum features. Our product manager keeps user stories (fleshed out with acceptance criteria) in his own organized backlog. When the team picks them up for a sprint, he creates a Jira case and we put the case number on our board, along with all of the tasks (which aren't in Jira).
When bugs or feature requests come up (reported by customer support, netops, etc.), the PM prioritizes them just like any other user story. If they're of an immediate nature, he'll put them straight onto the board, but he's hesitant to do so, knowing that's really a redirection of resources. We leave some slack in our sprints to allow for such things, but if things get to hairy, we let him know that we'll have to drop a story, or not do the bugs.
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The company is growing and we're starting to implement more and more complex software designs. I feel a need for some tracking software... I just don't know if it exists.
I currently maintain a Google Doc Folder (shared by our 3 developers) with a well-organized doc for each module. A doc is also created per major upgrade to a module or modules. For all other "tracking"... we have interal forums.
I want the following:
I want get an immediate printout of all Project_01 features or bug fixes on a particular project with the option to hide or show developer comments that have been implemented in the last X number of days.
This clearly suggests a web-based system where developers enter issues, bugs, and features with appropriate tagging. Entries should be commentable, taggable, dated, editable and reporting should be based upon tags, dates, developers, projects, etc.
I figure I'm going to be perceived as naive by the grizzled veterans floating around here, though I've been running this business for 4 years (so I've been around). I don't think we have the resources to absorb the overhead of implementing something like CMMI... but then again, I don't really know what's best.
My personal evolution to using Google Docs per Application Module + internal phpbb forums for everything else has been pretty nice compared to the way we started out (marker boards, Microsoft Word docs). I just feel like I can go a long ways towards exceeding client expectations if I had the ability to track features/bugs/issues better with superior on-demand reporting.
Thoughts?
Update: Went with MediaWiki integrated with Mantis
Take a look at fogbugz. It looks like it meets all your requirements.
Also, take a look at this other SO question: Free/Cheap Task/Bug Management software
I've good experiences with mantis. http://www.mantisbt.org
Yes, FogBugz and Trac are recommended.
I hope it helps.
I find this comparison of issue tracking systems either interesting or overwhelming.
I think with 3 developers, in the same building, you probably can get by without software tools. But, adopting something now, before you're so big/complex that you can't survive without it may save a lot of future pain.