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Re: [OT] Project management



There is dotproject 
http://www.dotproject.net 

and PhpCollab
http://www.php-collab.org/blog/


On Fri, 29 Apr 2005, Karsten M. Self wrote:

> on Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 07:42:19AM -0700, Bill Moseley (moseley@hank.org) wrote:
> > Anyone have personal experience (not just with looking at apt-cache)
> > with a project management & bug/task tracking application?  gforge is
> > too complex for my needs.  Bugzilla scares me a bit. ;)  I just want
> > a something for managing small projects with a few people -- for use
> > in contracting work.
> > 
> > I just want something for keeping track of tasks and bugs and that
> > includes email notification of status changes.
> > 
> > Anyone used cvstrac or Trac?
> 
> They all more-or-less suck....  You can't fix bad practices and/or
> unwilling cow-orkers with a software tool.  The *right* tool can oil a
> well-designed system and help a committed team get things done.
> 
> I've visited this space a few times, and installed (or attempted) within
> the past few days:
> 
>   - Drupal:  not PM/BT/TM in itself, but a useful communications tool.
> 
>   - TUTOS:  (The Ultimate Team Organization Software) Somewhat
>     byzantine, but installs pretty sanely, enough so that if you want to
>     get an eval up and running you can with relatively little grey hair.
> 
>   - eGroupware:  sort of hung halfway through the installation, working
>     out the bits.  Prettier than TUTOS.
> 
> Both TUTOS and eGroupware have project sites which let you see the apps
> can do.  TUTOS has a live demo.  Heck, so does Drupal...
> 
> 
> Other packaged stuff includes:
> 
>   - RT (Request Tracker).  There's a current v3 version in Debian.
>     Scope it out.
> 
>   - TWiki.  Not PM of itself, but like Drupal, addresses the
>     documentation / communication angle, from a different angle.
> 
> You can toss a mess of other twiki / blog / CMS software into the mix.
> Unfortunately, it's hard to assess these tools without really driving
> them for a while.
> 
> 
> Peace.
> 
> -- 
> Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com>        http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
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