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As someone that's had to fight with maintaining a Jira system for the last 6 years, I'm going to have to steer people away from it. It's a giant pain in the ass (in my experience). If you go with Jira, at the very least, go with a hosted solution. You don't want Jira's blood on your hands. It smells bad. And it glows green. -Sean On 1/14/13 3:06 PM, "Kaile Zhu" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > We can keep adding to the list. Since there are so many choices, I see the > strong reason to use open source software. Here is my recommendation: Jira > (project management/bug reporting system used by professional software > development companies, like apache.org), spiceworks, etc. - Kelly > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mau, > Trish > Sent: 2013年1月14日 13:53 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system > > I also like Basecamp but for really simple projects Minigroup might do the > job: https://minigroup.com/. It's a hosted solution with plans starting at > $3/year. There's no ticketing system or whiteboards, but you can communicate > with your team, create and assign tasks, and post events/deadlines. > > Trish > > Trish Mau, librarian/web coordinator > Burnaby Public Library, 6100 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby BC, V5H 4N5 tel. 604 > 436 5425 fax 604 436 9087 > > The contents of this message may not necessarily reflect the position of > Burnaby Public Library. If you have any concerns about this message, please > e-mail [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cary > Gordon > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 11:11 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] project management system > > I agree with Rosalyn that the key is what you mean by project management. I > get the impression that you aren't looking for a ticketing system. > > For lists and communication, we use (and like) Basecamp, but there are lots of > good alternatives. PBWorks is another good hosted system. If you can host > yourself, MediaWiki, which powers the code4lib wiki, has a huge community, is > widely used in the library world, and ramps up relatively quickly. > > We use Unfuddle for most of our ticketing, and they have a new planning > product called Alchemy, which is in beta. > > Thanks, > > Cary > > > On Jan 14, 2013, at 10:52 AM, Rosalyn Metz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hi Kun, >> >> I guess the first question I would ask is what do you mean by project >> management -- its kind of a big space. Are you looking for something >> more like a ticketing system? Is your primary concern keeping up >> communication on projects? Or are you looking to create a project >> list that you can keep track of? Are you trying to just outline what it is >> that your projects are? >> >> If you're looking for a ticketing system I like GitHub Ticketing -- >> its free and easy to use. If you're primarily worried about keeping >> up communication with a different groups, google groups can suffice 9 times >> out of 10. If you're just looking to keep track of a list of projects, >> you might be able to get away with something simple like a Google Form >> that submits to a spreadsheet. If you're just outlining what your >> projects are you could just start off by creating project one pagers >> (ala Tito >> Sierra<http://www.slideshare.net/tsierra/the-projectonepager> >> ). >> >> My recommendation would be to start off small (and free). After a few >> months, re-evaluate and see where you are. Maybe you'll realize you >> need something more robust (Unfuddle instead of GitHub Ticketing; >> Basecamp instead of Google Groups; time management planning instead of >> lists of projects; formal project plans instead of one pagers;). >> >> Rosalyn >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Lin, Kun <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Our library is looking for a project management system. Does anyone >>> has any suggestions on which one to choose? We only have a very small >>> team and our main focus is to guide our librarians to submit their >>> ideas and for record tacking purposes. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Kun >>>