Project Management Solutions

Hi Guys,

I've been looking at a long list of project management tools to cover medium sized projects (6 months to 2 years). I've been looking at a lot of the standard software development options, like Microsoft Team Foundation Server, JIRA, Trello, ect. I was wondering if anyone here has experience with these in games development, and finds some decent synchronous workflows with them. So some examples I'm thinking about it is Continuous Integration (Unit Testing), Behaviour Driven Development, Scrums & Agile Classic Methodology, ect.

Does anyone have a solution with now a battle tested formula?

Cheers

 

I use Trello for small projects task management. I used realtimeboard for large project task management. Not saying it's the best way, just the way i do it.

 

Yeah of course, kanban is perfect for smaller projects and teams.. I'll google realtimeboard. Do you do any of what I listed? Or is that OTT for your games?

 

I'm using Assembla and Perforce for all the projects i'm doing. It comes with a monthly subscription cost, but it is really worth the money imho. They have a free trial, so it can't hurt to try it.
They support Git as well as Perforce and have a couple of tools for simple file sharing, setting up a wiki and ticket management.

 

We are using the Atlassion tool chain. However, I think your question is very broad. What are the specific PM Tasks that you want/Need automatic tool support for? Planning? Reporting? Tracking? Controlling? Risk Management? Stakeholder Management? Vendor Management? Whatever Management?

Also, are you using a specific methodology (I know that Agile is very fashionable, but IMHO, anything beyon 18 months or above 1000 PD should better be managed by classical water fall methodology). In any event, I've found that no matter what tool or methodology you use to support you, Project Management itself is 99% personal skills. So don't get too hung up on tools, YOU are the added value

 

We use Projectsly for small projects. It allows Kanban project management and workflow automation. I hope the tool will help you with what you're looking for. Try and see if it works for you.

 

I appreciate everyone's input, but this is 5 years old haha. In that time I've found any can work really. Integrations, automations, DevOps, CI/CD, all that is nice. Highly broad with many options. Really the software is there to support your own project management style. The benefit of the software you use is more apparent by the practices you uphold, patterns & habits your team have, and the breadth & depth of the project(s).