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Lite Tracker and GTD

Michael Buffington has posted the first of a what will hopefully be a series of tours on Lite Tracker, this one about how Michael uses Tracker as a personal GTD-style task manager. If you haven’t heard of GTD, it stands for “Getting Things Done,” a work-life action management method

Mingle and Lite Tracker

Matthais Marschall at AgileWebOperations.com posted an interesting article the other day comparing Lite Tracker to Thoughtworks Mingle. He recognizes that the two tools have a very different philosophy when it comes to configurability: Mingle supports a huge number of different configuration options, whereas Tracker is intentionally very simple and

Third-Party Tools for Lite Tracker

We released the first version of the Lite Tracker API a couple of months ago, and already there is a growing list of useful third-party tools out there: GitHub post receive hook This is web service that you run on your own server, written by Chris Bailey. It automatically updates

Best Buy and Pivotal Labs

Kevin Matheny, Senior E-Biz Architect at Best Buy, has an excellent article. Today on BusinessWeek.com about Best Buy’s take on Agile software development and Best Buy’s experiences as a client of Pivotal Labs. As he mentions in the article, Pivotal Labs has been helping Best Buy build

Agile Tools: Simplify, Instead of Managing Complexity

Great article comparing Lite Tracker to Mingle, as an example of a tool that simplifies things, rather than trying to manage complexity “and getting in the way.” Agile Tool Vendors: Please don’t try to manage complexity—simplify my life! Thanks for the positive feedback, Matthias! Originally published here. Originally

GitHub Post Receive Hook for Tracker

Chris Bailey wrote a GitHub post receive hook for Tracker, using the API. It’;s a web service that you run on your own server, and it automatically updates stories in your project(s) based on commit comments. Check out his blog post here. Thanks for spending your Thanksgiving on

Tracker: the iPod of Project Management Software?

Nivi, from Venture Hacks, wrote a great article about why Lite Tracker is great for startups. It’s worth reading even if you’re already a fan of Tracker, and nails down the key ingredients to successful project management. Check it out here. Originally published here. Originally published by: Dan

Tracker API Released

We’ve released the first version of the Tracker API. It’s a RESTful HTTP XML interface, uses a simple, token-based authentication mechanism, and allows you to query as well as update stories in your projects. To get started with the API, read through the API Help page (it includes

Tracker in Agile Project Tool Review Post

Bruno Miranda posted a review of various agile project management tools including Mingle, VersionOne, TargetProcess, and Tracker. Check it out here. We’ve let Bruno know that Tracker is actually under active development. One of the first new features that we’ll be rolling out soon is a REST API,

Tracker Public Beta

We’ve decided to share Tracker with the agile community. Details of the launch have yet to be worked out, including an exact date, but please register here if you’re interested in participating in the beta. Stay tuned for more details! Originally published here. Originally published by: Dan Podsedly.