Matt--

I have the same question for you as for Gary: could you possibly share screen shots of your Confluence templates, and the projects dashboard? Is the latter generated automatically, or through human data entry?

- Tom


On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:48 AM, Critchlow, Matt wrote:

> Hi Brian,
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> --What project management software are you using?
> 
> --What made you choose the system?
> 
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> Some of our IT Projects use MS Project only, and for some groups that
> works fine.
> 
> Nearly two years ago we installed Confluence as an internal, collaborative
> tool for our staff. Shortly after launch, I worked with our Digital
> Library Program (DLP) manager, Cristela Garcia-Spitz, to create a simple
> PM template using a small set of Confluence plugins. The template was
> intentionally designed to be generic enough so it could cover a wide range
> of projects. We also added a field to associate a project to one, or more,
> of our strategic directions.
> 
> Since other groups in the organization are now also using the PM template
> in Confluence, I was able to create a Projects Dashboard which allows
> staff to see the all the current and completed projects related to the
> strategic directions of our organization. While it's not 100%
> comprehensive, it does give a really interesting view into where a lot of
> the workload is focused.
> 
> Our DLP and development group also use JIRA, which we hope to eventually
> integrate with Confluence to enrich the PM process.
> 
> --What made you choose the system?
> 
> 
> We chose Confluence because it was a system we were already using and the
> simplicity of use allowed us to include a wide audience of users.
> 
> --Has the system met all of your needs? If not, where does it fail?
> 
> 
> I wouldn't want to speak for all staff using the system, but I think along
> with project specific documentation it is meeting our current needs as a
> whole. One downside is our dependence on the Confluence plugins to make
> all this work. It is currently holding us up from migrating to Confluence
> 4.
> 
> Great thread, it's very interesting to hear what others are doing.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matt Critchlow
> Web Technical Manager
> UC San Diego Libraries
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> On 2/22/12 7:04 PM, "Brian McBride" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Question for all the code4lib developers out there:
>> 
>> --What project management software are you using?
>> 
>> --What made you choose the system?
>> 
>> --Has the system met all of your needs? If not, where does it fail?
>> 
>> --Overall opinions?
>> 
>> --What systems did you evaluate and decide not to recommend?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Any information would be great!
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>> Brian McBride
>> Head of Application Development
>> J. Willard Marriott Library
>> 
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