Comments on: Pivotal Tracker: The iPod of project management software

By: Nivi

Nivi — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:14:09 +0000

Put the precedents higher on the list. Put the dependents lower on the list.

Also, try to break dependencies as much as possible. Dependencies lead to inventory. Inventory is waste.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:56:21 +0000

I started using Pivotal Tracker, and think it has its pluses and minuses. On the plus side, it is intuitive, has an easy interface, and is free. I certainly have not found another project management software out there for free!

On the minus side is that you can not set Precedents or Dependents. I planned to use PT for the launch of a website, and all of the technical and business areas around this launch. Without the use of precedents, how can my team know when a task needs to be taken care of (as it relates to the other tasks that the group must do)?

Any suggestions?

By: Nandini

Nandini — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:45:07 +0000

Interesting, I’ve not used PT. Will definitely try it out. But Deskaway (www.deskaway.com) is what I use currently. I work with various remote teams, people with multiple skill sets and varying complexities. With Deskaway, managing all these projects / accounts seems easy. Their UI is simple, user friendly – does not confuse you – I used basecamp and thought that it was rather complex and my challenge was to get all people I work with to use Basecamp… but with Deskaway, its intuitive nature made it rather easy for everyone to get onto this PM tool.

By: Nivi

Nivi — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:31:32 +0000

Good questions that you should ask Pivotal. =)

I realized another huge benefit of Tracker yesterday. Everything is on one page. No clicking around and navigating like in Lighthouse, Basecamp, Bugzilla, etc.

More Gmail, less Hotmail.

By: John Philip Green

John Philip Green — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:51:48 +0000

We are very extensive users of Lighthouse. (Its got fantastic email integration, and the fact that its so tied in with GitHub is cool too).

This is not a direct replacement of Lighthouse, and would require us to change our daily routines.

Why is pivotal giving this away for free? Do you know if they are going to start charging, once people get locked in?

By: schwally

schwally — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:46:21 +0000

Does Pivotal even post a EULA? Trying to find it on their site. Concern about having critical IP info hosted with an unknown entity. What was your concern specifically about the EULA?

By: John

John — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:15:08 +0000

I’ve used Pivotal Tracker before. It’s nothing like an iPod. PT does have lots of cool features, but it was slow and had so much javascript going on in the background that it crashed my browser half the time.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:10:40 +0000

For a more advanced programme and project management solution have a look at e-LM.com.

By: Nivi

Nivi — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:35:00 +0000

It is designed for software development but I know people who run their business on it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:31:23 +0000

Looks like this is only for software dev.