Project Tracking Tools

Posted by auzigog on May 23, 2010 in GSoC 2010 | 1 comment

Coding begins tomorrow for Google Summer of Code, so I’m working with my mentors to finalize the project plan.  This includes cutting back my very ambitious initial project proposal and choosing a tool track my tasks, features, and bugs for the project.

Tracking Tool: Pivotal Tracker

I evaluated a lot of project management tools on a variety of factors. The main thing I was looking for was something that was popular enough to have integration with other software development tools. I ended up selecting Pivotal Tracker, for the following reasons:

• It’s free for project of any size
• It uses a story-based system
• It works well for an agile development workflow
• I can drag and drop things :)
• Integration with many popular tools including GitHub
• There is an iPhone app (multiple apps, actually)
• Good introduction video

I spent most of today moving all my specifications for the project over to user stories.

View the user stories for Activism Labs (click on Icebox to see all of the planned features)

Question: What is your preferred project management tool for Drupal modules?

Version Control: GitHub

I plan on using GitHub to manage the source and versions of the many different code bases that I will be working on. I haven’t created all of the repositories yet, but you can track auzigog’s GitHub account to know when the projects are created.

I could make a long list of reasons why I chose to use Git, but that has already been done: WhyGitIsBetterThanX.com.  I will also be mirroring my code on a drupal.org project page.

Community Space: Open Atrium

To create a robust dialog among those people interested in activism and project management, I want to create a space for others to discuss.

I am going to install Open Atrium at community.activismlabs.org to allow for discussion, documentation, feature suggestions and more. Be on the lookout for that.

Question: What kind of community features would you like to see available?