Project management for IT and software teams
Plan the release on a Gantt chart, run the build in sprints and keep every bug in an issue tracker that knows its severity, module and release. Your clients report issues from their own portal, so nothing lives in an email thread.
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Shipping software, with fewer surprises
Developers want a clear sprint, managers want a date, and clients want their bug fixed. These are the problems we hear from tech teams.
Bugs live in three places
Some bugs sit in a spreadsheet, some in email and some only in a developer's memory, so the same issue gets fixed twice and another not at all.
Every project has an issue tracker. Log bugs with severity, classification, module and the release they were found in, give them an owner and link the tasks that fix them.
The sprint is a list on a whiteboard
Nobody knows how much was planned, how much is done or why the sprint slipped again.
Keep a backlog, give tasks story points, start the sprint and work on the sprint board. Burndown and velocity show how the team is really doing.
Release dates move without warning
One late API task pushes testing, then deployment, and the client hears about it on launch day.
Link tasks finish-to-start with lag on the Gantt chart. When one slips the ones after it move, and the critical path shows what can't slip at all.
Client projects lose money quietly
A fixed-scope build takes twice the hours and nobody notices until the last invoice.
Planned against actual hours, budgets and the Finance tab show each project's cost and profit while there is still time to act.
A sprint, from backlog to release
- Groom the backlog
Stories and bugs wait in the backlog with story points and priorities. Pull the most important into the next sprint.
- Run the sprint
Developers move cards on the sprint board, log time on tasks and mention a tester with @ when work is ready.
- Fix what testing finds
Testers and clients log issues against the release. Late issues are flagged and escalated by their resolution time.
- Ship and review
Close the sprint, read burndown and velocity, and mark the release milestone reached.
Built around how tech teams work
Sprints and backlog
Story points, a sprint board, burndown and velocity, all inside the project.
Issue tracker
Severity, classification, module, release found in, owner and due date, with resolution times that escalate.
Gantt with dependencies
Four link types with lag, critical path and saved baselines to compare against the plan you agreed.
Your own statuses and blueprints
Name the steps tasks and issues go through, and set who may move them on and what must be filled in.
API and webhooks
Create tasks and issues from your own tools with a REST API, and get a webhook the moment one changes.
Roles and audit log
Contractors see only their own tasks, custom roles limit who sees project money, and the audit log shows who changed what.
Ready for the next sprint planning
- Create your product or client project and invite the team.
- Import open stories and bugs from your old tool's spreadsheet.
- Set your task and issue statuses to match your flow.
- Fill the backlog, add story points and start the first sprint.
- Connect your own tools with an API key or a webhook.
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TimesheetsProject time and other client work on one weekly sheet. HelpdeskCustomer support in its own queue, sharing your client list. CRMStart a client build from a won deal.Projects for IT & software teams: FAQ
Does it support Scrum-style sprints?
Yes. Keep a backlog, give tasks story points, plan and start sprints, work on the sprint board and follow burndown and velocity.
Can we track bugs by release?
Yes. Each issue records severity, classification, module and the release it was found in. Link the tasks that fix it and log time on it.
Can our clients report bugs directly?
Yes. Invite them to the client portal and allow issue reporting. Issues marked Team only stay hidden from them.
Can we import a plan from a desktop planning app?
Yes. Import a project plan saved as XML with its outline, milestones, links and people, or a spreadsheet from another tool with the columns matched for you.
Can contractors see only their part?
Yes. Inside a project people are managers, employees or contractors, and contractors see only the tasks they own or follow.
Is there an API?
Yes. A REST API and webhooks let you connect your own software and be told when a task or issue changes.
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