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anyone have an access app that you use for tracking software
development projects? i've taken on a new task that involves mucking with several different existing systems. some access stuff, web stuff, sql server stuff, then finally new dotnet stuff. so i need a way to keep track of the details of each project: what all the pieces are databases, files, docs where all the pieces are development folders/sites, production folders/sites user names and passwords contacts - techs, admins, owners then within each product the task requirements if you have anything close to this and wouldn't mind sharing i'd be very grateful. tia, mcnewsxp |
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Hi We have a product called Project Administrator. You can see information on the product at www.projectperfect.com.au/pa.htm We also have a beta test of a Gantt Chart product built in Access. See our blog to download a beta version. www.projectperfect.com.au/blog Neville Turbit www.projectperfect.com.au "mcnews" wrote: anyone have an access app that you use for tracking software development projects? i've taken on a new task that involves mucking with several different existing systems. some access stuff, web stuff, sql server stuff, then finally new dotnet stuff. so i need a way to keep track of the details of each project: what all the pieces are databases, files, docs where all the pieces are development folders/sites, production folders/sites user names and passwords contacts - techs, admins, owners then within each product the task requirements if you have anything close to this and wouldn't mind sharing i'd be very grateful. tia, mcnewsxp |
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On Aug 11, 1:13*am, NevilleT
wrote: Hi We have a product called Project Administrator. *You can see information on the product atwww.projectperfect.com.au/pa.htm*We also have a beta test of a Gantt Chart product built in Access. *See our blog to download a beta version.www.projectperfect.com.au/blog Neville Turbitwww.projectperfect.com.au "mcnews" wrote: anyone have an access app that you use for tracking software development projects? *i've taken on a new task that involves mucking with several different existing systems. *some access stuff, web stuff, sql server stuff, then finally new dotnet stuff. *so i need a way to keep track of the details of each project: what all the pieces are * *databases, files, docs where all the pieces are * *development folders/sites, production folders/sites user names and passwords * *contacts - techs, admins, owners then within each product the task requirements if you have anything close to this and wouldn't mind sharing i'd be very grateful. tia, mcnewsxp nice, but not at all what i need. i need a tool for a developer, not a project manager. the tool would be for my own use so it doesn't need to be geared towards traditional project management design. |
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My gut feel at a glance is that this will be both very simple and very
customized to yor particulars. I.E. looking for a pre-written app. isn't the way to do this nor a way to get it done. |
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On Aug 12, 3:28*pm, Fred wrote:
My gut feel at a glance is that this will be both very simple and very customized to yor particulars. * *I.E. looking for a pre-written app. isn't the way to do this nor a way to get it done. * * i was thinking that so much of what a programmer does is so common that someone who has a lot of projects going on at once - like i am about to have - might have put together something shareable. no harm in asking. |
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mcnewsxp wrote:
On Aug 12, 3:28 pm, Fred wrote: My gut feel at a glance is that this will be both very simple and very customized to yor particulars. I.E. looking for a pre-written app. isn't the way to do this nor a way to get it done. i was thinking that so much of what a programmer does is so common that someone who has a lot of projects going on at once - like i am about to have - might have put together something shareable. no harm in asking. There are a number of well-known packages which focus on what's termed "source-code control". I used SCCS and RCS years ago when I built telecoms software on VT100s using C and C++ (when a Window was something you opened to let fresh air in). I later used "Visual Source Safe" when using VB on Windows machines. These packages are mostly used in a team environment when a "build" brings together a large number of files and it's important to get the versions right - which can be difficult when different people are editing different files. They also track changes, and allow rollback of any file to an earlier version (something which has saved by bacon many, many times, even when working solo). Might be worth Googling for "version control", "revision control" or "Subversion" (a popular open-source tool), as some of these tools may have been extended to do what you want. See: http://betterexplained.com/articles/...rsion-control/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revision_control http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrent_Versions_System No serious large-scale programming project would be run without some sort of version control. Alternatively, if (and only if) you get the table design right at the outset, it shouldn't be THAT hard to write it yourself, if you're essentially a developer already. Good help available here for free. Phil, London |
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On Aug 17, 1:00*pm, Philip Herlihy wrote:
mcnewsxp wrote: On Aug 12, 3:28 pm, Fred wrote: My gut feel at a glance is that this will be both very simple and very customized to yor particulars. * *I.E. looking for a pre-written app. isn't the way to do this nor a way to get it done. * * i was thinking that so much of what a programmer does is so common that someone who has a lot of projects going on at once - like i am about to have - might have put together something shareable. no harm in asking. There are a number of well-known packages which focus on what's termed "source-code control". *I used SCCS and RCS years ago when I built telecoms software on VT100s using C and C++ (when a Window was something you opened to let fresh air in). *I later used "Visual Source Safe" when using VB on Windows machines. *These packages are mostly used in a team environment when a "build" brings together a large number of files and it's important to get the versions right - which can be difficult when different people are editing different files. *They also track changes, and allow rollback of any file to an earlier version (something which has saved by bacon many, many times, even when working solo). *Might be worth Googling for "version control", "revision control" or "Subversion" (a popular open-source tool), as some of these tools may have been extended to do what you want. *See: http://betterexplained.com/articles/...ersions_System No serious large-scale programming project would be run without some sort of version control. Alternatively, if (and only if) you get the table design right at the outset, it shouldn't be THAT hard to write it yourself, if you're essentially a developer already. *Good help available here for free. Phil, London i use source safe and subversion for team projects. guess i'll role my own. thanks. |
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mcnewsxp wrote:
On Aug 17, 1:00 pm, Philip Herlihy wrote: mcnewsxp wrote: On Aug 12, 3:28 pm, Fred wrote: My gut feel at a glance is that this will be both very simple and very customized to yor particulars. I.E. looking for a pre-written app. isn't the way to do this nor a way to get it done. i was thinking that so much of what a programmer does is so common that someone who has a lot of projects going on at once - like i am about to have - might have put together something shareable. no harm in asking. There are a number of well-known packages which focus on what's termed "source-code control". I used SCCS and RCS years ago when I built telecoms software on VT100s using C and C++ (when a Window was something you opened to let fresh air in). I later used "Visual Source Safe" when using VB on Windows machines. These packages are mostly used in a team environment when a "build" brings together a large number of files and it's important to get the versions right - which can be difficult when different people are editing different files. They also track changes, and allow rollback of any file to an earlier version (something which has saved by bacon many, many times, even when working solo). Might be worth Googling for "version control", "revision control" or "Subversion" (a popular open-source tool), as some of these tools may have been extended to do what you want. See: http://betterexplained.com/articles/...ersions_System No serious large-scale programming project would be run without some sort of version control. Alternatively, if (and only if) you get the table design right at the outset, it shouldn't be THAT hard to write it yourself, if you're essentially a developer already. Good help available here for free. Phil, London i use source safe and subversion for team projects. guess i'll role my own. thanks. Teaching my granny to suck eggs again. I've never used Subversion or CVS. How do you like them in comparison with Source Safe? Phil |
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