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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?

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Post by TFrancis »

ktheory wrote: post #15
nostrademons wrote: post #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…

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.

Here's another vote for Trac.

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

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Post by sgoraya »

edu wrote: post #27

I don´t know what everybody uses. I survive with a Moleskine, a pencil, a rubber and a set of pens of different colors.

I love my moleskines and 3x5 index cards! Though I mainly use it for my todo items, notes and basically any idea that I would like to capture (tech and non-tech alike).

That said, I have been using MS Project for quite a while - At the game development company I worked for prior to my startup, MS Project was used by everyone. From the Devs, to the Producers and platform account managers (SONY, NOA, MS) - So I learned how to use it and have been using it ever since - Granted it is bloated with a ton of features that I never use, but IMO, it gets the job done and is used by a lot of people - I can shoot over an *.mpp file to to any of my colleagues to keep tabs on all aspects of our projects; --

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

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Post by webwright »

edu wrote: post #27

I don´t know what everybody uses. I survive with a Moleskine, a pencil, a rubber and a set of pens of different colors.

For a team, I recommend adding "sticky notes on posterboard", to your low tech regime. Best issue tracking system I've used to date.

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

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Post by ovi256 »

joseakle wrote: post #9

i´m trying fogbugz, after getting nowhere with msproject or basecamp. i´ll report to you when i have more data

On a tangent here guys. I am currently cloning the EBS (Evidence Based Scheduling) part of FogBugz 6. Do you think it would be a good idea to open source this? How would you feel about it as a Trac plugin? What do you think about EBS?

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

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Post by mdemare »

spif wrote: post #24
mdemare wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm using fogbugz, like it a lot!

How have you integrated it with your SCM? That was the major stopper for us in using FogBugz. We're using git and trac now, but would love something that tracks burndown.

Haven't, would like it (I'm using git too) but it wasn't a showstopper.
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