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
>
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> -----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
>>>
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