One of the things that we're quickly learning here at gantthead is that it's nice to have a bunch of Web 2.0 applicaitons and gadgets around, but the real power is in pulling it all together in a cohesive way. You'll see a lot more on that from us in the coming month. A few hours ago, I received an email from an IBM employee, 
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Simple Issue Tracking?
Situation: You need a really simple easy way to track issues on your project. Project Management is many things to many people. I was trolling the gantthead discussions and found this posting that mentioned JIRA and Greenhopper, calling both JIRA and the combination of the two, Project Management tools.  JIRA is really a pretty cool Issue Tracking tool, further enhanced by a Greenhopper drop and drag interface. I know from the gantthead experience that people are always looking for a simple, web-based, issue tracking tool like this and the drop and drag nature of this one, makes it very easy to work with. Take a look. |
Posted on: September 06, 2007 12:44 PM
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What's an "inch pebble"?
Situation: You need more near-term visibility. It's always easier to estimate how long things will take when you're right about to do them. That's when you suddenly uncover all of those little steps between here and there that ou forgot about completely when building your 6 month project plan.Inch Pebbles are used to estimate all of those little granular activities that together make up what you'll really have to do to get the job done. In Estimating with Inch Pebbles Johanna Rothman discusses how you can use this extreme programming technique weekly or monthly to get a better handle on where things stand. The article is a quick read - well worth your time. |
Posted on: September 06, 2007 11:46 AM
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Another Way To Send Large Files
Situation: You're in Need of a Way Around Your Email System's Attachment Issues. A while back, I reviewed SendThisFile - which allows you to effectively send large attachments to people via email. Now, there is a tool called Driveway, that is a bit more user friendly. At some point, we've all tried to send something larger than our email systems allow - a picture, a presentation, whatever. Both Driveway and SendThis File allow you to post those files to a secure remote server and include links to them in the email you send. So you're not actually sending the files in email, but you're getting them there, which is the important part. SendThis File is very straightforward, offering you just go their site, upload your file and grab the link. Driveway does the same, but also offers plug-ins that allow you to do it from your desktop and collaborate on documents directly on the remote server. Another consideration is that SendThisFile has no size limit, while Driveway limits the size to 500MB. As the Driveway folks say, "Size Really Does Matter". |
Posted on: August 25, 2007 09:10 AM
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Enterprise 2.0 the IBM Way
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Posted on: July 29, 2007 08:39 PM
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A Place To Vent, A Place To Listen In...
Situation: You Want To Hear The Latest Watercooler Talk... Wurkpal is an anonymous online complaint forum, where people can bash their employers, etc. online without fear of retribution. It's also a place where bosses can log in and see what's being said about them. Whichever side of the bashing you're on, its worth looking at briefly. Obviously if you're not from large company, you probably won't see a lot of activity. For example, I was happy to see that there's no gantthead-bashing going on here. |
Posted on: July 29, 2007 12:06 AM
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