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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, > > --- > --What project management software are you using? > > --What made you choose the system? > > --- > 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 > [log in to unmask] > (858) 534-6822 > > > > > > > > > > > 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 >> >> O: 801.585.7613 >> F: 801.585.5549 >> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>