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Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

s3000 wrote: post #114
Keyframe wrote: post #44

Kudos to your effort! I think I will be next in line, over time, with similar post. Everything I’ve tried is just not working (in full). From now great experience, it seems team sizes need definitely different approaches and also it seems people building those tools don’t really have much experience in what works and what doesn’t across orgs and team sizes. To be honest, I strongly believe it’s not possible to build…

Do you see a way to make migration easy? If the scope of a project changes, or to try various tools with an 'ultra strong vision' with real life data, it would be very helpful if the project data could be easily transferred. Is there a standard that most tools could support?

We'll need to take a closer look to be able to answer your question, since we're not working on the migration yet.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by pydry »

caseysoftware wrote: post #207

I ran an open source project management system for years and I'll say: Good luck. In short, everyone has their own dreams, preferences, (perceived)needs, and workflows and they are usually unwilling to tweak their own approach and would rather have a tool that fits them. They may be right that their "needs" are truly needs instead of just preferences but either way, you end up with a swarm of nasty little variations…

This can probably be boiled down to a config language that can be used to express various needs and preferences.

The problem is enumerating them all and consolidating the language such that it is neither more nor less expressive than necessary.

Then we can truly dump JIRA once and for all.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

anonymous344 wrote: post #227

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It's just a quick overview of the app though. Making a great tutorial video takes time, and we don't have the resources to do that at the moment. But we definitely will. Thanks for your feedback.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

chirau wrote: post #228
tonypham wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lol. Upbase has a kanban board for this purpose :))

Is the lifetime membership for all the Pro features?

Yes, you'll get access to unlimited feature updates with no additional charges whatsoever.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by SoftTalker »

I'll say this. Without being critical of this tool, over 30 years of involvement with software projects, I have found that good project management is a result of a good project manager, not the software tools he or she uses.

A good project manager will do a good job even with index cards taped to the wall. A bad project manager will do a poor job even with the best software tools.

People who have the aptitude and desire and organizational skills to be good project managers are rare. You need to seek them out, not keep looking for magic in software tools.

If it's personal productivity you are after, you need to work on the skills that support that. I can't tell you how, because I'm pretty bad at it myself. Maybe look at some of the best-sellers such as Getting Things Done. But it won't be easy if you don't naturally have the necessary organized mind and self motivation. Software won't give you that.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by karmakaze »

I haven't tried the app yet and wanted to make sure it had one deal breaker feature: does it integrate with Github issues/PRs?

When something goes wrong, I look at the code, recent changes to it, and the discussion that happened in writing that code.

I'm not interested in anything that washes its hands of scope when the item is marked done. I want easy ways of getting back to all that data long after it's marked done.

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by tonypham »

anonymous344 wrote: post #226

I dunno.. looks complicated, very much so. few years ago i made a big review of all trello alternatives and they were all too complicated to use and were lacking the copy of board & list (as an actually working method and not just copy the 1%) and also lacking of share a board with customer via secret link, but only with limited visibility not to see all the cards and their details.. made trello still the best and mo…

You can try it out yourself. Probably you'll find that it looks complicated but is actually very simple and easy to use :)

Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by [deleted] »

SoftTalker wrote: post #236

I'll say this. Without being critical of this tool, over 30 years of involvement with software projects, I have found that good project management is a result of a good project manager, not the software tools he or she uses. A good project manager will do a good job even with index cards taped to the wall. A bad project manager will do a poor job even with the best software tools. People who have the aptitude and des…

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Re: Show HN: I built my own PM tool after trying Trello, Asana, ClickUp, etc.

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Post by [deleted] »

corytheboyd wrote: post #203

My goodness there are so so SO many of these productivity apps. Even in the comments here, there are multiple people saying they too are building their own productivity tools. Someone should keep track them all on a kanban board so we know which ones are developing/released/acquired/abandoned :P

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