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Project Management Ain’t for Sissies
by Don BakkePresident, SRP Computer Solutions, Inc.
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Welcome
• Do you document your source code?
• Do you document your projects?
• Today’s Goal: inspire and encourage you to use project management practices.
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Preliminary Remarks
• Presentation ≠ Technical
• SRP Wiki: wiki.srpcs.com
• Revelation Conference Materials
• SRP Editor = Free (limited time only!)
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Why Project Management Ain’t for Sissies
• Documentation
• Organization
• Collaboration
• Visibility
• Transparency
• Tech Support / Bug Tracking
• Traceability
• Marketability
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Why Do We Avoid Project Management?
• Laziness
• Tyranny of the urgent
• Would rather be programming than documenting
• Git-R-Done Mentality
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How Do We Overcome These Obstacles?
• Changed Attitude
• Enforced Policy
• Finding the Right Tools
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Some Tools That SRP Uses
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JIRA – Project Management Solution
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software
• http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/overview
• JIRA is short for Gojira, the Japanese name for Godzilla
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JIRA – Project Management Solution
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JIRA – Project Management Solution• Highly customizable
– Issue types
– Flow
– Custom fields
• Simple to use
• Low cost for a small team
• Supports file attachments
• Email notifications / watchers
• Time tracking
• Status indicators
• Dashboard
• Widgets
• Third-party plug-ins
• iOS SDK / Third-party App
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MediaWiki – Dynamic Content Solution• http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/
MediaWiki
• Open source / Creative common license (i.e., free)
• Article based content managed system
• Most popular implementation: Wikipedia
• Collaborative oriented
• More reliant on self-regulation than secure control
• Revision history and rollback
• Useful for private intranets or public communities
• Third-party plug-ins– Blog– Forums
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Google Apps – Communication Solution• http://www.google.com/intl/en/
enterprise/apps/business/
• Your domain
• $50/user/year ($5/user/month)
• Optimized for Android devices
• Runs well on iOS using iPad/iPhone apps
• Gmail
• Chat
• Calendar
• Drive (5GB storage per user)
• Docs (Real-time Collaboration)
• Sheets
• Slides
• Sites
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Dropbox – File Exchange/Sharing Solution• https://www.dropbox.com/
• 2GB to start, +500MB per referral, max 18GB
• 100GB per month for $9.99
• Many mobile apps
• File sharing
• Pseudo Backup
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Thank You
Enjoy the Rest of the Conference!