Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

(Updated 2/6/08 to include Wrike, also see the list of self hosted tools

I've been researching agile PM tools to decide if we want to continue using our existing tool, switch to another or go 100% manual.

There are a few vendors that provide a hosted service:

  • Rally Community (free, but limited to 5 users, a single project and minimal charting)
  • BaseCamp (not really agile, but widely used)
  • VersionOne Team (nice system I've used before and like. The Team version is limited to 5 users)
  • Acunote (new to me, seems very complete)
  • Jira/Confluence Enterprise (an issue tracking system, but combined with GreenHopper can be very agile)
  • ExtremePlanner Live (nice simple system)
  • TargetProcess On-demand (new to me, seems similar to V1 and Rally)
  • VersionOne Enterprise (unlimited users)
  • OnTime Pro (not agile out of the box, but can be customized to support, similar to JIRA+Confluence in that underneath it is an issue tracker and a wiki)
  • Rally Enterprise (unlimited users & projects)
  • Mingle (seems to cover the bases - agile tracking + wiki, but very expensive)
  • Wrike (new to me, seems similar to Acunote with lots of support for distributed teams)

 

 

There are 3 clear groupings for me. Free or nearly free which includes Rally Community, BaseCamp and VersionOne Team. The middle group ranges from $2,400-$3,200. Starting with Extreme Planner Live you are looking at from $7,500-$17,000.

If I had a very small team I would look at Rally Community or V1 Team. For a larger teams I think AcuNote hits the sweet spot. If I had a distributed team Wrike would be worth checking out.

This is not to say that I am refuting our move away from iterations etc. into the "Post Agile" world, rather I am releasing the results of work I did leading up to that decision.

 

Published Tuesday, February 05, 2008 10:59 AM by Wayne Allen
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 9:15 AM by DotNetKicks.com

# re: Agile PM Tools

SearchSoftwareQuality.com recently posted an article on agile tools that provides an overview of some of the tools mentioned here and explains how one company manages its agile projects -- searchsoftwarequality.techtarget.com/.../0,289142,sid92_gci1287345,00.html

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 11:16 AM by Michelle Davidson

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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:26 PM by Jason Haley

# re: Agile PM Tools

We're practicing Scrum and we are using http://www.wrike.com/ for it. It's a pretty agile tool, VERY flexible and it's integrated with e-mail. It's worth checking out.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 2:38 PM by Jerry

# re: Agile PM Tools

Jerry,

Thanks for the pointer to Wrike, I'll check it out.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:58 PM by Wayne Allen

# re: Agile PM Tools

Michelle,

Thanks for the link!

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 3:59 PM by Wayne Allen

# Added Wrike to the list of Agile PM tools

Check out the post . Thanks to Jerry for the pointer.

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 6:48 PM by Wayne Allen's Weblog

# re: Agile PM Tools

Please note that this is for HOSTED tools.

We did a similar research not long ago for inhouse tools and results were different. I will try to recover our results and maybe post them here?

Cheers,

Thursday, February 07, 2008 4:26 PM by Olivier Martin

# re: Agile PM Tools

Oliver,

Yes, these are hosted tools. I did the same for in-house. I'll publish them shortly.

Thursday, February 07, 2008 6:12 PM by Wayne Allen

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Another hosted solution, aimed at Microsoft Office users, is ActionThis. This is an online task and project management service designed for teams, particularly those who work in remote locations.

In addition to providing an easy to use web application, ActionThis produces a client for Microsoft Outlook that lets people seamlessly create and manage ActionThis tasks alongside their email messages.

In other words, people don't have to invest in learning a totally new tool.

More information is available at www.actionthis.com.

Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:26 PM by Tim Howell

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# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

<a href='studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-agile-project-management'>Mingle</a> has had a free offering for less than 5 users. It has had this since it's release in June 2007.

Monday, December 01, 2008 2:30 AM by Dheeraj Reddy

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

agile project management

studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-agile-project-management

Mingle, an agile project management and project collaboration tool, provides a shared workspace for your entire team. It is designed to suit the way agile management teams think and work, making it the best agile software project management tool

Friday, January 16, 2009 4:42 AM by Dhruva

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Check out the latest from www.agilebuddy.com. Agilebuddy just recently released and is available at a really good price of $9.95 per user per month. It's built on a rich collaboration framework and is really very easy to use.

RD

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 10:59 PM by Ryan Davis

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Agilebuddy also has a full free version available for official open source projects.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 11:02 PM by Ryan Davis

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Hi

Check out WoodRanch Agile Projects. It is a full featured, enterprise level tool built by people who have many years of experience running Scrum and Agile teams in the industry.

http://wrap.woodranchtech.com

Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:17 PM by AG

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Hi,

Check out privotal tracker: http://www.pivotaltracker.com

Monday, February 09, 2009 9:56 AM by ZieQ

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Hi,

Check out Silver Catalyst: http://www.ToolsForAgile.com

Saturday, February 28, 2009 11:17 AM by Siddharta

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Does anybody know a good agile tool set

that incorporates

1) requirement tracking (doc management and versionioning)

2) project tracking of individual and group tasks

3) release planning (charts, content, most critical path)

4) issue/bug tracking

5) supports distributed teams

Into one seemless (hopefully not too expensive) system. We are looking for one.

Thursday, March 26, 2009 7:00 PM by Greg Elkinbard

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# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Hi,

Check out Agilebuddy: http://www.agilebuddy.com

Thursday, July 30, 2009 11:24 AM by Randy

# re: Agile PM Tools (Hosted)

Hi There - Also take a look at Bright Green Projects.  Our hosted application will allow agile teams to;

Prioritize requirements, stories and issues in a backlog.

Plan Iterations/Sprints and Releases.

Build estimates and track your velocity across sprints.

Allocate requirements and issues to developers for build and test.

Track progress with a Kanban Wall and Burn Down Charts.

Store images, videos and documents against all stories or issues.

Use an audit trail to keep track of all changes.

http://brightgreenprojects.com

Cheers,

Adam

Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:09 AM by Adam Feldman

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