May 3, 2013Jordan Padams

* Increase Productivity and Organization with Trac

*Overview*Introduction*Problem*Potential Solutions*What is Trac?*Application to CS577*Demo

*Introduction

*Introduction*“The purpose of Software Configuration Management is to establish and maintain the integrity of the products of the software project throughout the project’s software life cycle.” – Software Engineering Institute 1

*Includes:*Code Management*Issue Management*Data Management

1http://www.sei.cmu.edu/productlines/frame_report/config.man.htm

*Code Management*Subversion*Git*CVS*Perforce*AccuRev

*Issue Management*Bugzilla*JIRA*Trac*Bloodhound*Redmine

*Data Management*Docushare*Wiki*Confluence*Trac*Sharepoint

*Website*Google Docs*Dropbox

*Problem

*Problem*Multiple, disparate configuration management tools used to manage project data with no clear integration*Decreases productivity*Increase cost due to setup/installation time*Decrease in organization of project data*Increase in developer/management frustration (decrease in morale)

*Why is this a problem? (1/2)

*Large projects*Not as much of an issue*SA handles setup/installation overhead*CM person handles monitoring of CM*Project Manager handles monitoring of issues and data*Developer develops code*Can still lack organization

*Why is this a problem? (2/2)

*“Small” Tasks*Low budgets, small team (< 3 developers )*Multiple roles per person*Management, SA Overhead, Development all fall to developers*No time to setup all these tools*Often tasks skip CM altogether

*Potential Solutions

*Solution #1 – Accept and Move on*Budget for it*Hire people to manage each tool*Plan out all managed data*Document where everything is*Document who is responsible

*Solution #2 - Trac*Consolidate these tools in an effort to increase productivity and organization of the project data*Focus towards smaller, low budget tasks

*What is Trac?

*Trac*Open Source wiki and issue tracking system for software development projects*Minimalistic approach to project management*Integration with Subversion and Git*Can be customized and duplicated for multiple projects*Provide out-of-the-box CM system*http://trac.edgewall.org/

*Application to CS577

*CS577 Tools*Bugzilla*Subversion/Git*Word (ICSM-EPG templates)*Team website*Winbook*COTIPMO

*What Can Trac Do?*Consolidate*Bugzilla (now Trac)*Subversion/Git*ICSM-EPG Template (wiki)*Team Website (wiki)

*One-click CM system ready for customization*“Live” documents

*Demo

*Questions