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Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by biggerfisch »

katelynsk wrote: post #60

I'm from a small remote team of 8 employees, we use Riter ( https://riter.co ). It provides a basic set of necessary features for project management, time tracking, estimation and control. Here's an existing demo company for quick review https://demo.riter.co/login

Might want to disclose that your company creates this product.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by katelynsk »

biggerfisch wrote: post #61
katelynsk wrote: post #60

I'm from a small remote team of 8 employees, we use Riter ( https://riter.co ). It provides a basic set of necessary features for project management, time tracking, estimation and control. Here's an existing demo company for quick review https://demo.riter.co/login

Might want to disclose that your company creates this product.

Yes, it does, I had to mention that. However, it's free now. We tried to use some existing tools earlier, but the own one is always better suited for particular team needs. So Riter was developed primarily for personal use, not for sale. Maybe someone will also find it useful.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by samat »

pankajdoharey wrote: post #25
nagarjun wrote: post #2

I've used https://trello.com/ for most of my projects even when I am working with a team. We love it. Here are some basics on how to manage a project with Trello: https://trello.com/inspiration/project-management .

Absolutely, With Trello you can always scale from small beginnings to full fledged system with plugins. And if you have a DIY nature you can write your own plugins the same isnt true for say JIRA.

Is there somewhere a plugin to make shortcut buttons for filtering? I label my cards, but filtering by labels is real pain in the ass process.

I've had a look at their API but it does not seems too straightforward. :(

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by thunderbong »

gglitch wrote: post #51
BobBagwill wrote: post #35

Fossil is cool: https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/index.wi...

Do you know whether its ticket management functionality is available from the CLI?

https://fossil-scm.org/xfer/help?cmd=ticket

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by annywhey »

I open a Gdocs page and start writing a project diary. It serves the same purpose as the recording of transactions in accounting: rather than try to skip to a summary of tasks, bugs, or features, first I have to develop a "primary source of truth" about the project as a narrative - what I am developing, why I should prioritize something right now, and the feedback I hope to get from developing it.

As aspects of the project turn into specific tasks and data I can consider making formal artifacts for them, but it's unwise to do it too early in a solo project because of the added overhead and distraction from overall priorities. Structurally, coding on your own is really different from having a team to communicate with and leads or managers to specialize time allocation. You have the freedom to automate everything you are working with, and that's your biggest advantage. Where formality is added, it should be done with the support of a script that takes care of the technical details and keeps your friction down - it is not hard to automate turning TODO or FIXME source comments into a report, for example.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by pankajdoharey »

sriku wrote: post #39
pankajdoharey wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is good for Personal Workflows but lacks any feature that Org-agenda offers. It is a dumb down org-mode for web.

Its available everywhere and is smoother to use than org agenda. Org + fold comes close and I did use it for some time, but WF got me into the zone more easily than org.

Apologies for procrastinating earlier, just went through Workflowy's documentation this morning. It does have some scheduling features still lacks reminders though which we can easily program in org-mode. All in all it could be used for project management for teams provided they give support for github which seems unlikely since their focus is to be as generic as possible.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by pankajdoharey »

samat wrote: post #63
pankajdoharey wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Absolutely, With Trello you can always scale from small beginnings to full fledged system with plugins. And if you have a DIY nature you can write your own plugins the same isnt true for say JIRA.

Is there somewhere a plugin to make shortcut buttons for filtering? I label my cards, but filtering by labels is real pain in the ass process. I've had a look at their API but it does not seems too straightforward. :(

You can always program something if you want. Their client ibrary is excellent https://trello.readme.io/v1.0/reference#client-library There are assortment of ways to get data which you can filter and show the cards that you want.

Re: Ask HN: Simple tools/hack for small project management

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Post by jgamman »

excel/LO as a list of @#@#-that-needs-to-get-done. next column over is a r/b/g traffic lights. move them around in rough order. highlight those that are fixed dates. scribble on post it notes. lots and lots of post it notes and physically screw them up and throw them away. you'd be surprised how robust this is for single owner projects. managing a team? need different tool. i've used basecamp and was v happy.
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