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Tracking points spent on bugs during sprint

The product owner wants to keep track on how much points are spent on bugs during a sprint. This can raise some issues, such as: Scoring a task that is already done. Surprisingly even with it done, ...
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Is it possible to use HP Quality Center as a task tracking tool?

In my current project, I felt the lack of a sound platform for tracking our tasks, as in my previous project we were using Atlassian's Jira. Chatting with development managers, they mentioned that ...
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Completely customizable issue tracking system?

I have been looking for an issue-tracking system for some time. Our workflow is not software development. Rather we track changes to documentation across groups of people. I don't need project ...
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PMP-ers: How does PMI recommend tracking of requirements through to project deliverables?

Reading through PMI's PMBOK and Rita's exam prep guide this morning, I'm failing to see if and how they advocate requirements to be tracked through in project deliverables. How does a stakeholder know ...
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Keeping track of time per developer per task using TFS

I am a 2 month old PM came out as a developer. One thing that I am facing issues here in my company is how to keep track of time per task per developer. Like we are using TFS and we are creating BLI ...
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Should we use different project trackers for different teams working on the same product?

We have been using a popular project tool, Pivotal Tracker. We have decided to break up our product team into 3 separate teams, each focusing on features with a particular theme. There is some debate ...
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Any methodology to track the stages of a network project?

For the management of a network project which covers the stages of structured cabling, LAN and WAN from design to installation which is, Design of LAN & Cabling Design of WAN Installation ...
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Is it wrong to collect user's IP addresses for registration purposes? [closed]

I develop software and release it under a simple license that allows people a free copy as long as it remains for personal use only. I was thinking of setting up a registration server where the ...
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Planning / tracking work which is sporadic / irregular in nature

Within my organisation we have a project that is largely about adding new content/chapters to an existing piece of software. The content providers for this work often provide content in dribs and ...
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How to efficiently track raw data deliveries

I work for a company that conducts modeling and analysis work on large 3D CAD and GIS datasets. For each project we work on, we can have hundreds of individual .las files (LiDAR point cloud data) that ...
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Communicate a project easily without MS Project?

ISSUES Microsoft Project isn't cutting it as a project communication tool: I have a copy of Project 2010 and so do many other employees, but they cannot be expected to learn how to use this program. ...
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Software for task tracking

I'm remotely managing a team of about 10 persons, and it becomes difficult to track every task and its status. I'm looking for a solution for task tracking. There are already a few of such ...
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What time tracking / time management software do you use?

I made a few searches for such a question and I did not discover any. So... have you tried implementing and actively using a software that is tracking employees time spent on different assignments? ...
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How do you track and measure multitasked work and deliverables between different teams?

Projects have different tasks. As PM, you need to measure how effective the team member with the task he/she is executing. What if the team member multitasks? How do you measure multitasking? I have ...
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Communicating weekly goals amid uncertainty

If a project's inherent uncertainty prevents accurate planning or resourcing of task effort more than a month into the future, how can project managers best communicate, coordinate, and track ...
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How do you handle new tasks in an earned value analysis chart?

Earned Value Analysis is great on paper. However, I'm having difficulty using it for programming projects that tend to change dramatically from week to week. For example, a milestone is "complete ...
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Individual accountability on agile projects

My organization has been doing waterfall for many years, but we are dipping our toes in the agile pond currently. So far we have had a couple successful projects using agile so everyone is gung ho ...
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Keeping Tasks Organized

Currently where I am employed (as a developer) we have two programs to track tasks. One tool (Ace Project) for larger project that groups several tasks below it, allows for some attachments, and ...
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Tracking new projects aside of ongoing projects

Our team does both new project work as well as ongoing work like bug fixing etc. I am looking for ways to track them separately so as to distinguish new projects from ongoing ones.
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Current best metrics related to requirements, design and architecture

So my boss put forth a 'research and find out question' to me: Are there ANY (absolutely any, no matter the dumbest, but any) metrics for requirements management? Eg. Requirements completeness, ...
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Best usage of milestones in a Gantt

Background I'm building a project Gantt, involving multiple teams. In the past I've had a good experience with a Gantt as a means of planning a project but not so much as a means of tracking a ...
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How best to manage a shared pool of testing devices (phones), track who has which device? [closed]

Is there an easy way (could be software, but needn't be) to manage a pool of devices as one can a small library? That is, track who has which device, track the status of the devices, when they were ...
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How to create/track a project Gantt while aggregating multiple functional teams plans

I'm taking over a project as a project manager where several functional teams deliver and integrate. Those teams are also delivering to other projects. Each of the teams is expected to have its own ...
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How often should risk management be analysed and tracked?

I have analysed the possible risks of my project, and I do intend to get back to them from time to time and make sure that the project is safe. I am trying to figure out how often I should check ...
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Do you track the cause of bugs?

I was thinking of tagging resolved cases by their (probable) cause, e.g. incomplete feature specification last-minute fix after test typo ... Maybe common causes might show up in this, so we get ...
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Bug/task tracking software best practices

I am writing up how we will use Redmine. A Google search on bug tracking best practices wasn't as hopeful as I wished; I mainly found about software issues such as writing good bug reports. There ...