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What project management / issue / ticket managent tool do you use?

I am researching some alternatives to trac for my team. What project / ticket / issue apps do you use and why do you like or dislike it. We are a team of 15 looking for something which is easy to use and track work loads.

AngeloR 11y ago
Like: Fogbugz (small-ish team), Trello (small team) Don't like: Jira, Whiteboard (like.. literally a whiteboard) Want to try: Zenhub
- ljk 11y ago
  what don't you like about jira?
  - andymurd 11y ago
    We use JIRA at work, and there are good and bad aspects. My biggest peeve is that management always want to configure it to do time-tracking. This makes engineers hate the tool and lie to it, making it useless for bug tracking.
- drakonka 11y ago
  Fogzbugz looks homey and adorable and I just registered.
- kvcrawford 11y ago
  I'm using Zenhub at my current company. I preferred Pivotal Tracker, which we used at my last company. It just feels kind of janky overloading Github's website. TBH, though, I struggle to find any other meaningful negative differences.
lokio9 11y ago
Basecamp
- mattwritescode 11y ago
  Whats your thoughts on base camp?
- jesseg17 11y ago
  I'm not a big fan of Basecamp. I find lack of support for code snippets and specific issue tracking make it inferior to GH Issues and Trello.
warewolf 11y ago
Trello - Color coding on priority, fast notifications and easy to use. Slack - Quick communication and easy integration to other apps/tools
MalcolmDiggs 11y ago
Asana - Easy for non-technical folks to grok, all the features I need for non-coding projects (like a marketing project for example) Pivotal Tracker - More technical features specifically for software development, steeper learning curve, good bug tracking. Slack - Good for office-wide communication. Easy to use for everbody. Bugherd - Bug tracking system which integrates into the user-facing components of your web-app. Makes gathering feedback/bug-reports from the public very easy.
romanr 11y ago
hiTask.com - manage tasks, projects in a team, your way.
rayking 11y ago
It is really worth looking at github if you have not seen it lately. There are some big project running on it. There also newer product that are tightly integrated, like https://www.blossom.co/kanban-with-github https://www.blossom.co/kanban-with-github
andersthue 11y ago
Do you use a special methodology (agile/scrum/timeblock) and need something to fit that or are you running your project ad-hoc? If it's a case of the latter then I would advise to look into adopting a methodology and a systemized way of working before locking yourself into a tool. In my experience there is a big correlation between using a methodology and having a solid foundation to build a solid business.

AngeloR 11y ago

Like: Fogbugz (small-ish team), Trello (small team) Don't like: Jira, Whiteboard (like.. literally a whiteboard) Want to try: Zenhub

ljk 11y ago
what don't you like about jira?
- andymurd 11y ago
  We use JIRA at work, and there are good and bad aspects. My biggest peeve is that management always want to configure it to do time-tracking. This makes engineers hate the tool and lie to it, making it useless for bug tracking.
drakonka 11y ago
Fogzbugz looks homey and adorable and I just registered.
kvcrawford 11y ago
I'm using Zenhub at my current company. I preferred Pivotal Tracker, which we used at my last company. It just feels kind of janky overloading Github's website. TBH, though, I struggle to find any other meaningful negative differences.

lokio9 11y ago

Basecamp

mattwritescode 11y ago
Whats your thoughts on base camp?
jesseg17 11y ago
I'm not a big fan of Basecamp. I find lack of support for code snippets and specific issue tracking make it inferior to GH Issues and Trello.

warewolf 11y ago

Trello - Color coding on priority, fast notifications and easy to use. Slack - Quick communication and easy integration to other apps/tools

MalcolmDiggs 11y ago

Asana - Easy for non-technical folks to grok, all the features I need for non-coding projects (like a marketing project for example) Pivotal Tracker - More technical features specifically for software development, steeper learning curve, good bug tracking. Slack - Good for office-wide communication. Easy to use for everbody. Bugherd - Bug tracking system which integrates into the user-facing components of your web-app. Makes gathering feedback/bug-reports from the public very easy.

romanr 11y ago

hiTask.com - manage tasks, projects in a team, your way.

rayking 11y ago

It is really worth looking at github if you have not seen it lately. There are some big project running on it. There also newer product that are tightly integrated, like https://www.blossom.co/kanban-with-github https://www.blossom.co/kanban-with-github

andersthue 11y ago

Do you use a special methodology (agile/scrum/timeblock) and need something to fit that or are you running your project ad-hoc? If it's a case of the latter then I would advise to look into adopting a methodology and a systemized way of working before locking yourself into a tool. In my experience there is a big correlation between using a methodology and having a solid foundation to build a solid business.