Comments on: agile management tools http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/ For development teams and researchers who combine agility and discipline in developing software systems Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:26:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Karen http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-1204 Karen Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:11:10 +0000 http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-1204 Hi Andrey - thank you for your comment and interest! I did find Redmine promising, and I liked the transparency of its integration with Subversion. I am looking at several other hosted solutions now for another purpose (considering a more in-depth exercise of ScrumDesk and VersionOne). What have your experiences been with these kinds of tools? Hi Andrey - thank you for your comment and interest! I did find Redmine promising, and I liked the transparency of its integration with Subversion. I am looking at several other hosted solutions now for another purpose (considering a more in-depth exercise of ScrumDesk and VersionOne). What have your experiences been with these kinds of tools?

]]> By: Andrey Chorniy http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-973 Andrey Chorniy Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:59:07 +0000 http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-973 Hi Karen, Could you please share your opinion about Readmine vs .. "Rally Community Edition", etc. Did you find that features Readmine provide you enough features ? Hi Karen,
Could you please share your opinion about Readmine vs .. “Rally Community Edition”, etc.
Did you find that features Readmine provide you enough features ?

]]> By: Karen http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-228 Karen Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:59:15 +0000 http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-228 thanks to a colleague at work, I recently had a chance to try out Redmine. kinda cool - some limitations but very easy to use - I'd definitely suggest it be included in a shortlist if a hosted solution isn't required (i.e. you can install and host it yourself). thanks to a colleague at work, I recently had a chance to try out Redmine. kinda cool - some limitations but very easy to use - I’d definitely suggest it be included in a shortlist if a hosted solution isn’t required (i.e. you can install and host it yourself).

]]> By: Karen http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-33 Karen Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:23:55 +0000 http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-33 <p>So far I have experimented with Pivotal Tracker and with Rally Community Edition. Both have clear strengths - Tracker is simpler but also a bit more confining; Rally is more powerful and flexible, but has been more difficult to learn to use. I've decided to continue using both, with different 2009 research projects - will post near year end to summarize my experiences.</p> So far I have experimented with Pivotal Tracker and with Rally Community Edition. Both have clear strengths - Tracker is simpler but also a bit more confining; Rally is more powerful and flexible, but has been more difficult to learn to use. I’ve decided to continue using both, with different 2009 research projects - will post near year end to summarize my experiences.

]]> By: Karen http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-31 Karen Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:10:36 +0000 http://www.agileteams.com/blog/2009/01/20/agile-management-tools/#comment-31 <p>Today I found a recent <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/groupAnswers?viewQuestionAndAnswers=&gid=37631&discussionID=1607843" rel="nofollow">discussion on the topic of agile PM tools in the LinkedIn group for the Agile Alliance</a>. The answers mostly recommend lo-fi solutions for teams just getting started, which I concur with; however, the question was targeted at non-distributed projects (i.e. not like ours). </p> <p>One respondent suggested a tool combination I had not considered earlier, Jira with <a ref="http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAEXT/GreenHopper" rel="nofollow">Greenhopper</a>. I'm going to take a look at it before our next iteration; found one hint on how to set it up <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/293909/tracking-user-stories-in-jira-greenhopper" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p> Today I found a recent discussion on the topic of agile PM tools in the LinkedIn group for the Agile Alliance. The answers mostly recommend lo-fi solutions for teams just getting started, which I concur with; however, the question was targeted at non-distributed projects (i.e. not like ours).

One respondent suggested a tool combination I had not considered earlier, Jira with Greenhopper. I’m going to take a look at it before our next iteration; found one hint on how to set it up here.

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