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jbone
Jan 25, 2004

bigeaux, it's showtime, chah
I've finally convinced my office to get some type of off-the-shelf, web-based job tracking system.

We'll have about 10 users, and we'll mostly track graphic design and video projects.

Looking for something simple - individual user accounts, task assigning, e-mail alerts, project notes, milestone/deadline/job start date entry, the sort of stuff any creative project needs.

It's been a while since I've shopped around for one. Anyone have any recommendations on good ones to check out?

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pipes!
Jul 10, 2001
Nap Ghost
Trello or Basecamp should fit your needs.

Defenestration
Aug 10, 2006

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"Jesus, kid, what?"
"That something smelled delicious!"


Grimey Drawer
I find basecamp clunky but it will do the trick if you can get buy in from the team

Heard good things about Trello

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fantastic in plastic
Jun 15, 2007

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jbone posted:

I've finally convinced my office to get some type of off-the-shelf, web-based job tracking system.

We'll have about 10 users, and we'll mostly track graphic design and video projects.

Looking for something simple - individual user accounts, task assigning, e-mail alerts, project notes, milestone/deadline/job start date entry, the sort of stuff any creative project needs.

It's been a while since I've shopped around for one. Anyone have any recommendations on good ones to check out?

Trello's good for lightweight projects and is simple to learn and pretty idiot-proof. It's not so good if there's hundreds of tasks, or each task gets a lot of notes, or you need detailed burndown charts or heavy project management type stuff. Individuals and small teams tend to like it because it's friendly and easy to use. A cynic might say it's not much better than having a bulletin board with a bunch of notecards on it.

At the other end of the spectrum, JIRA's a giant all-singing all-dancing tool that requires a lot of configuration and a lot of buy-in from the team but can accommodate whatever weird-rear end requirements you want to throw at it. Management types tend to like it because it has a lot of goal tracking and reporting functionality. A cynic might say that it's unnecessarily complex so that Atlassian can sell training courses.

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