iCombat » Project management http://www.icombatgame.com Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:46:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Tips for Managing Outsourced Development http://www.icombatgame.com/2009/01/28/keeping-on-top-of-development/ http://www.icombatgame.com/2009/01/28/keeping-on-top-of-development/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:56:09 +0000 Miguel http://icombat.wordpress.com/?p=58 When I started working with the development team abroad, they suggested we use Basecamp to stay in synch.  I had heard of the company 37 Signals but had never used any of their products so I was really blown away once we got the project up an running.  The service includes a message board, shared task calendar, To Do List, a writeboard, and file sharing service and an easily to manage contacts list.

Basecamp screenshot example

Basecamp screenshot

The team put all of our milestones into the system so now I can go to Basecamp, review the list of upcoming milestones and leave files and comments that I think are useful for the team.   Once you upload or insert a new comment you have the option of notifying specific group members which is great because it avoids spamming those people who are not relevant to the update.

I think this software is really a brilliant way to manage a geographically separated group of people where transparency can obviously be difficult and it is hard to get clarity around what each person is doing.  I seriously recommend Basecamp for anyone collaborating on not just software development, but anything that could require getting a group of people on to the same page.

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