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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!