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Closed 11 years ago.
I'm looking for an Open Source (or at least free) project managment / billing system, nothing teribly fancy but the minimum requirements are along the lines of:
Free.
Allows me to add mulitple clients.
Allows me to track client payments (super basic here I have an accountant for the major stuff) and send automated reminders to pay.
Free
It doesn't have to be Open Source but thats always a plus so I can add any other features I decide I need.
Needs to run on windows. (although a server could be either windows(not iis)/*nix)
It probably doesn't exists (not as one product). If I was building them I would separate the two. If it's good for billing, it probably isn't good for PM. If it's good for PM, it probably isn't good for billing.
For the billing, spend $150.00 and buy QuickBooks. For the PM side, it really depends on what you think Project Management is. You could always use something like Gforge, or one of the many bug trackers out there for keeping track of tasks. The rest of it is planning and estimating.
For billing you can have a look on JBilling at http://jbilling.com/ .
Try Open Office .Org's Calc (Excel) program.
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Closed 10 years ago.
I am starting a project with 2 friends, we all are software developers and we want to do things in a safe and right way. That's why we decided to use some software development methodoly that fits our needs. I would like to know which could be a good starting point for us, and these are the variables:
We are a team of 3.
We are friends.
This is a new company.
We want to do things in the right way.
We are looking to generate clean code.
I would also like to know of software that could help those methodologies.
A couple must have's to start the right way:
Continuous Integration - use a continuous integration server to build your code and run automated tests. Jenkins is a great opensource example
Version Control - Git is the trendy new (and better) choice, but SVN works too. FWIW, the organization where I work is moving from SVN to Git
Write lots of tests - It will save you time and headache in the long run
Work on something you are interested in.
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Closed 10 years ago.
Due to some SVN movement I got disconnected from SVN while I was in middle of a fairly large enhancement.
Now I have my current workspace (with changes and disconnected from SVN) and new workspace (latest from SVN).
I need to manually update the new workspace with the changes so I could check them in.
So I am looking out for a tool that can let me compare the two workspaces, tell for new files and folders and also updated files.
Does a tool like this exist? If so, could you recommend a good one?
I use WinMerge. It is free and works pretty well (works for files and directories).
The tool that richardtz suggests is excellent.
Another one that is amazing and comes with a 30 day free trial is Araxis Merge. This one does a 3 way merge and is much more feature complete than winmerge, but it is a commercial product.
You might also like to check out Scott Hanselman's developer tool list, which mentions a couple more in addition to winmerge
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Closed 11 years ago.
Currently 2 person programming team, with a project manager whom doesn't have any experience in Project management. So really need something very simple, that will hold the hand of a project manager.
Far more important than features is ease of use. I could deal with a gloried ToDo list - but I would like milestones.
Thanks
BaseCamp? Good enough for a two-person team to keep track of todos, milestones, and some basic communication.
Any software you select now will just add interference to the process of learning to be a project manager. For such a small team pencil and paper, even a whiteboard and pens, will be sufficient. When you (or the PM) have learned the basics of project management, then is the time to start thinking about software support.
If pencil and paper is too simple, try a word processor and spreadsheet.
Look at Project kaiser. Free for 5 users, there are milestones, issues on unlimited hierarchy and more.
Try this: http://www.openproj.org/openproj
Free and can read MS project as well.
For novice project managers RationalPlan is the best choice. The embedded project guide will help the project manager step by step to plan and control the projects. More helpful would be to start learning the basics in project management and map those on the application.
This is the way to evolve but you can also keep things very simple by using some spreadsheets or To Do list software.
For a simple, no-nonsense, agile project management solution, I highly recommend Pivotal Tracker. Check out the intro video on the Learn More page to get a feel for how the tool works.
PS - Send your project manager my best wishes! :)
SmartSheet
have used and can recommend,
milestones and any other users are free, can share limited views with clients etc
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Closed 11 years ago.
I have recently been tasked with writing a fairly large (for 1 person) program and would like to know what is the best software to use to be able to manage this project. Something that I can list what needs to be done and check it off when it is done, something to keep me on track.
I'm a FogBugz user here. Does exactly what you're asking and if there's just going to be one user then you can use it for free.
Another option for the basic task scheduling/prioritization duties is SmartSheet - never clicked with me personally but a lot of people seem to like it. It's worth checking out as an alternative.
you can check out this one too, simple and easy to use http://checkvist.com/
If you find free and open source project management software, you can use Trac or Collabtive. We use both of them for project management activity.
Otherwise, if you have money and require professional service, why not try FogBugz or BaseCamp for free trial?
I would suggest Mylyn if you are into Eclipse. Trac is a great ticket/task tracking system.
We have used XPlanner it's neat and easy to use.
We use http://easyprojects.net/ and it works quite well.
If you are using visual studio there are some task list features built in I'm sure some other IDE's also have similar features. In the company I work for MS project is the defacto standard. I don't really see the value in it for a one person project. I use Todolist for personal Time management.
You might want to consider fossil.
It's a source code management system with built in ticket system and wiki.
It's trivial to get it working (just one binary file).
It's crossplatform.
It stores the whole repository into an SQLite database.
Open Atrium
BugZilla
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Closed 9 years ago.
I have a completed Cocoa application and would like to sell it. I have found many services that will sell your application, but not many that will also handle activation. Are there any services that will integrate activation into the installation file or are there any services that are easy to integrate (hopefully will take at max an hour to implement)? For example, SoftwareKey looks good, but it is only for Windows.
Thanks for your help in advance.
If you're talking about in-application purchase of Mac-based Cocoa applications, there's Golden % Braeburn and the new open source Cocoa Boutique. Kagi and eSellerate are also popular services for paying to activate Mac software.
I am not aware of a service that does both, but there are options such as the AcquaticPrime framework to take care of the licensing part. This question on StackOverflow may be helpful for you.
If you can write your own key generator then e-junkie is a cheap and easy to use system that can process payments and issue codes. With a bit of creativity you can even use a spreadsheet to generate pre-generated codes, then it's just writing the activation code in Cocoa. Took me no more than a couple of hours.