This week I attended an open lunch and learn hosted by Ramius, and featuring Craig Fitzpatrick of devshop. The topic was kicking the top bad habits of project management, more specifically with software development projects. While this was a little bit of a product demo for the recently released devshop 2.0, Craig did a great job of conveying his ideas and solutions so that one could follow through regardless of the chosen management tool. None the less, Devshop is prettly slick and I can’t wait to try it. Craig showcased how Devshop bakes in buffers and trends for esitmation error & distractions to give an accurate, and always up to date project time-line.
While devshop is currently geared towards longer term projects (in the order of months), Craig announced that he and a team of advisers are looking at extending support for agency environments. The key challenges being that there are many active smaller projects which developers have to deal with simultaneously, and these projects usually have a very short turnaround. I am looking forward to hearing his thoughts and seeing the features they dream up.
As part of a Devshop 2.0 launch promo, you can sign up for a free trial account. I suggest that you check it out not only for the project managment advice, but also because it is a well designed web 2.0 app.
