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I have used: Trac, Redmine, Basecamp, Trello, FeatureZen, ActiveCollab, and a few others (including in-house trackers that I helped to build). They vary wildly from far too technical for clients to use (Trac, Redmine); to too rigid to handle fast moving tasks (Trac and Redmine again, ActiveCollab); to too simple for complex/long-lifed/complex tasks (Basecamp, Trello). FeatureZen is a pretty new addition to the stack (made by someone here at HN) and it's showing promise, but it's still very young. I also came across sprint.ly recently, and thought that it looked interesting. I've put much thought into making a task tracker that fits "the real world" (whatever that may be), but every time I think too hard about it, I baulk at the size of the task. In short; find something that suits your style, use it. If you need something different, don't be afraid of using two things for different situations. It becomes a bit of a nightmare to manage, but if it's just you, then it's easier to keep on top of it. |
My task tracking right now is just simple notes of what I've done today. Later when I need to bill hours to different budget numbers I can go through the list as generally remember how much time I spent on each item in the list.
What I've found recently is I've been adding more notes and also putting todos in the same list. I also have a separate calendar reminder to make sure I fill out my list at the end of the day. It's starting to get complicated enough I'm considering throwing some code at it.