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10 reasons to get started with bug and issue management today

Posted: March 31st, 2009 | Author: Daniel | Filed under: Project Management |
  1. Build self-documenting projects.
  2. Integrate issue tracking with your source control management system (you are using version control right?)
  3. Help shape a clear development roadmap.
  4. Increase development process transparency.
  5. Prioritize important tasks.
  6. Distill tasks into bite size portions any team member can tackle; dip in and out of projects.
  7. Plan your day around multiple projects.
  8. Gather feature requests in one place.
  9. Identify your critical path; anticipate project holdups or delays.
  10. Closing bugs just feels too good not to…

To get started I suggest you check out redmine if you’re a Ruby person (it’s what I use) or trac if you feel more comfortable with Python.

2 Comments on “10 reasons to get started with bug and issue management today”

  1. 1 Jim said at 12:04 pm on March 31st, 2009:

    Whoa! Bad link to redmine there Daniel.
    I clicked and was disappointed :)

  2. 2 Daniel said at 12:11 pm on March 31st, 2009:

    Fixed! Sorry to disappoint ;)

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