September 18, 2003

Issue Tracking: Roundup

The larger and more complex a software development project gets the harder it is to keep track of all the bugs and other issues that arise.

That's not an earth-shattering statement, I know. But in my experience it is an aspect of software development that one ignores at one's peril.

Over the years I have used various tools for this task. Text or markup documents (back in my IBM mainframe days before PCs were popular), spreadsheets (a cumbersome solution), Lotus Notes databases (better but still limited), index cards, whiteboards (both low-tech and appropriate in some circumstances) and JIRA, which I think is an excellent tool.

Another tool, Roundup, looks worth exploring. It is an open source, Python-based, very configurable issue tracker, which can be set up within ten minutes.

Posted to Software Development by Keith Pitty
Comments

I am going to check that one out, Keith. The appeal for me is that it is implemented in Python, which I am exploring at the moment.

Posted by: David Pinn at September 22, 2003 11:35 PM