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Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?

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Re: Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?

#11
We use unfuddle (http://unfuddle.com/home)

It's a bit basecamp like, but it has a better support for tickets and reports. We moved from basecamp to unfuddle 4 months ago.

And it has an svn repo built in it also which updates your tickets based on your commit comments:

A commit with a message "Closed #44, #45, assign #54 to Joe" does all that in the tickets repository, which helps developers who don't like visiting the management application too much.

Re: Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?

#12
Trac.

If you're a small enough team, you can also get by with a notebook or stickie notes. At my last job I just used a 5x8" spiral notebook, wrote down tasks when my boss asked, and checked them off when I was done.

It's kinda ironic that I've got a more formal process with my one-developer startup than at my last job, but I found that I needed to write lots of little design notes on each feature and cross-reference them as I was implementing. Flipping through pages is a real pain. Plus, it's really satisfying to just say "fixes #11" in a commit message and have the ticket automatically closed.

Re: Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?

#15

Trac. If you're a small enough team, you can also get by with a notebook or stickie notes. At my last job I just used a 5x8" spiral notebook, wrote down tasks when my boss asked, and checked them off when I was done. It's kinda ironic that I've got a more formal process with my one-developer startup than at my last job, but I found that I needed to write lots of little design notes on each feature and cross-reference…

We've had a lot of success with Trac. Over the past 18 months, we've tweaked our milestones/iteration process several times, and each time we've found Trac suited to our style.

Re: Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?

#18
post #11

We use unfuddle ( http://unfuddle.com/home ) It's a bit basecamp like, but it has a better support for tickets and reports. We moved from basecamp to unfuddle 4 months ago. And it has an svn repo built in it also which updates your tickets based on your commit comments: A commit with a message "Closed #44, #45, assign #54 to Joe" does all that in the tickets repository, which helps developers who don't like visiting…

Ditto to mtoledo's comments. Handy for virtual teams as well. We moved from basecamp to unfuddle a few months ago as well.

Re: Ask YC: What do you use for Project Management?

#19
StreamFocus.com (Integrated Project/Workflow/Action Management with workflow organized files, Critical Path management, Collaborative GTD, etc.) Private beta launching in March :) (First 30 days free, then Personal version starts at $20/month, Business version starts at $40/month)
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