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Our Top Nine Tools for Managing Software Projects – WPCAST013

September 3, 2014

In this episode, we discuss the top software and services we recommend for project management.

http://media.blubrry.com/wpcast/wpcast.fm/wp-content/blogs.dir/483/files/episodes/WPCAST013.mp3

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The Changelog

  • Doug attended the Podcast Movement conference
  • David flying to Bangkok, Easy Pricing Tables passed 50k free downloads

The Core

Version Control

#1: Git (BitBucket)

  • Most popular repositories: Bitbucket (David’s recommendation) and Github
  • Git Tower (Mac app)

Project Management

#2: Trello

  • Digital white board
  • Intuitive
  • David uses a “Development” board for each product
  • Columns: Next Up (assign to developer), In Development, QA, Launchpad, Live

#3: Asana

  • Similar to Trello but has a higher learning curve
  • Gives you an inbox, where you can keep things marked as unread
  • Fewer clicks than Trello

Support

We use SupportBee and HelpScout to handle customer emails without tickets.

#4: SupportBee (David)

#5: HelpScout (Doug)

Communications

#6: Email: Gmail / Google Apps

  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Daily report emails from developers

#7: Slack

  • More intuitive, easier to set up than HipChat, more API integrations
  • Status feed for notifications
  • David: Trello, Bitbucket, support tickets (WordPress.org + SupportBee)

#8: Skype

  • David: uses it for chat with developers, rarely uses voice chat

Google Apps Suite

#9: Google Apps for Work (formerly called Google Apps for Business)

  • Email hosting
  • Documents and spreadsheets – collaboration and revision history
  • File sharing (Google Drive)

Tips & Tricks

  • LastPass for secure password management and password sharing
  • Plugin icons – plugin developers can add icons to plugins, coming with WordPress 4.0
http://media.blubrry.com/wpcast/wpcast.fm/wp-content/blogs.dir/483/files/episodes/WPCAST013.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 23:06 — 21.2MB)

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Filed Under: Podcast • Tagged With: asana, bitbucket, github, gmail, google apps, helpscout, skype, slack, supportbee, trello

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