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Post #211,485 by tuberculosis 6/16/05 8:30:31 PM 8/21/07 12:39:27 PM Reply	We're using bugzilla for a few things seems ok - its lack of expected completion date tracking shows its open source roots and is a little annoying. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 12:39:27 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #211,486 by ChrisR 6/16/05 8:41:01 PM Reply	Bug/Feature management and Project management not.... ....necessarily synonomous. Guess you could ask for a tool that integrated the two, but the two really require a different interface. One assigns tasks and priorioties. The other just acts as a repository for all reported bugs and feature requests. Managing those requests is very much different - you have to pick and choose your battles. (Not to mention estimated completion dates are generally fantasies).
Post #211,551 by tuberculosis 6/17/05 12:26:45 PM 8/21/07 12:41:36 PM Reply	Re: Bug/Feature management and Project management not.... "Not to mention estimated completion dates are generally fantasies" Not true here. The main trouble ticket system that runs everything is remedy. If you want anything you file a ticket. If you see something wrong, you file a ticket. Tickets have service level agreements and must be completed within a certain time (different priorities have different SLAs). We do use tickets to manage feature requests and it tends to make sure stuff gets done in a timely manner. Its not good for coordinating large scale project management, but for lots of isolated items its OK. Excel is the best tool I've found for managing projects so far. I am working on a better mac based tool for my own use though. "Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect" --Mark Twain "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." --Albert Einstein "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mental losses." --George W. Bush Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 12:41:36 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #211,573 by ben_tilly 6/17/05 3:04:16 PM 6/17/05 4:23:00 PM Reply	There is a reason that Excel is good for managing projects [link\|http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000245.html\|One of the reasons that Excel is such a great product for working on software schedules is that the only thing most Excel programmers use Excel for is maintaining their software schedules!] Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother) Edited by ben_tilly June 17, 2005, 04:23:00 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #211,580 by Another Scott 6/17/05 3:20:40 PM 6/17/05 4:59:50 PM Reply	... Edited by Another Scott June 17, 2005, 04:59:50 PM EDT Expand All History

Favorite Open-source bug tracking tools? - (tonytib) - (25) - June 16, 2005, 06:53:35 PM EDT

bugzilla? -NT - (ChrisR) - June 16, 2005, 08:00:38 PM EDT

We're using bugzilla for a few things - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:39:27 PM EDT

Bug/Feature management and Project management not.... - (ChrisR) - (3) - June 16, 2005, 08:41:01 PM EDT

Re: Bug/Feature management and Project management not.... - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 12:41:36 PM EDT

There is a reason that Excel is good for managing projects - (ben_tilly) - (1) - June 17, 2005, 04:23:00 PM EDT

... -NT - (Another Scott) - June 17, 2005, 04:59:50 PM EDT

I'd used Request Tracker for a while. - (static) - (9) - June 16, 2005, 09:49:29 PM EDT

We're having that discussion at work - (drewk) - (8) - June 17, 2005, 09:39:36 AM EDT

ICLRPD (new thread) - (Steve Lowe) - June 17, 2005, 10:43:43 AM EDT

Generalization, Abstraction, Taxonomy, Perspective, Opinions - (systems) - (6) - June 20, 2005, 02:21:27 AM EDT

Feature requests are classified as requests to add bugs - (ChrisR) - (5) - June 20, 2005, 12:16:32 PM EDT

Problem is, the users know that - (drewk) - (4) - June 20, 2005, 12:35:08 PM EDT

Customers will call on every person in the company... - (ChrisR) - (1) - June 20, 2005, 12:45:09 PM EDT

Like I do for Comcast? -NT - (folkert) - June 20, 2005, 02:18:25 PM EDT

That's when you hold up the spec doc. - (static) - (1) - June 20, 2005, 09:30:36 PM EDT

The what doc? - (drewk) - June 20, 2005, 10:37:53 PM EDT

Years and years ago... - (Yendor) - June 17, 2005, 10:45:47 AM EDT

Trac is working quite well for CherryPy - (FuManChu) - (2) - June 20, 2005, 03:00:40 AM EDT

Re: Trac is working quite well for CherryPy - (systems) - June 20, 2005, 04:50:30 AM EDT

Working on Trac install now - (tonytib) - June 20, 2005, 11:31:42 AM EDT

Box of Notecards - (JimWeirich) - (4) - June 21, 2005, 09:22:56 AM EDT

3x5 rule[dz]! :-) -NT - (ChrisR) - June 21, 2005, 10:41:17 AM EDT

That's close enough to what I do now - (tonytib) - (1) - June 21, 2005, 11:28:26 AM EDT

History-keeping tools: Hole punch and ring binders. HTH! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - June 21, 2005, 03:38:20 PM EDT

I use the 8x10s. - (folkert) - June 21, 2005, 01:22:47 PM EDT

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