Started using FogBugz

I finally started using FogBugz yesterday. It’s not perfect, but it has made a marked difference in my productivity and the productivity of my small team in just a couple of days.

I’m using naming conventions to link cases together into “subcases”. It certainly works fine for a small project, but I’d sure like the ability to roll up estimates into parent cases. Perhaps this will be a future feature.

Ultimately, I don’t just want to track bugs, I want to use Joel’s Painless Software Scheduling. There are elements of this process that are not “first class constructs” in FogBugz, so I have to apply discipline and squint a little to make it work. I hope they take it to the next level. Still, I’m pretty pleased with what’s there.

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2 Responses to “Started using FogBugz”

  1. Patrick Foley’s Blog » Blog Archive » Taking the plunge Says:
    May 5th, 2005 at 11:28 am

    […] Taking the plunge Well I’m going to buy FogBugz. As I’ve mentioned, I started using it, and it brings significant advantages. We&#821 […]

  2. Giorgio G Says:
    October 24th, 2005 at 7:03 am

    It seems likely from Joel’s latest (on prioritization) article that the next major release of FogBugz will include painless software scheduling functionaly.

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