Comments on: Getting Agile with BaseCamp http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/ Nerdism for the masses. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: 2010 in review « Joe Cincotta: Thoughts and such… http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2642 Sun, 02 Jan 2011 08:17:53 +0000 http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2642 [...] Getting Agile with BaseCamp August 20075 comments 3 [...]

]]> By: Tim Payton http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2554 Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:25:13 +0000 http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2554 We have built a tool, specifically for using Basecamp and Scrum, http://www.wallsome.com – It should greatly simplify working with Scrum and Basecamp. It’s main feature: a Scrum Board. We have chosen a different mapping than your article suggests. Our Todo Lists become User Stories, todo items are specific to the development team. Milestones are Sprints. And the Backlog is just all ToDo Lists. The whole app sits on top of Basecamp, using their API, so you can even have non-Scrum users interact with Basecamp the way they already do, and the development team can use a virtual board. Please check it out :)

]]> By: Joe Cincotta http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2537 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:34:56 +0000 http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2537 James, glad you found this useful. There are a few other great products which I have looked at for different sized teams. I found that ThoughWorks Migle is pretty amazing. It is very different from most other applications you might use and its free for 5 seats – but very expensive when you get past that limit, may well be worth it though.

I found that we had a lot of need to report on time with our project work. I started using Intervals from Pelago – http://www.myintervals.com – and it is really a fantastic tool. Some things in it can be more complex than Basecamp, however they are focusing on different things. Try it out and see which one works for you. Its priced around the same point as Basecamp so it just comes down to features and needs. Both products are awesome.

-Joe

]]> By: James at SunPorch http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2536 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:21:36 +0000 http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2536 Very informative – concise, just like Basecamp. We are also currently using V1, struggle with the per-seat fees, and find Basecamp great for the simplicity (took me a little while to get my head around the whole less-is-more-with-Basecamp thing, but I’m and old dog)…

We also found that V1 is just a wee-bit to large for our purposes, we are not working on a monolithic software project that requires month-after-month sprints with all the level of detail and PM that V1 provides (and we *love* V1)…

SO this article really helps me find ways to make a very slimmed-down V1-ish Scrum approach within Basecamp.

THANKS.
-james

]]> By: Jesse Dundo http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2508 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:28:12 +0000 http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-2508 Thanks for the advice! I have a very young web development company and am still trying to figure out how best to manage projects. I found out about Agile after signing up with basecamp and am excited to bring the two together.

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]]> By: JC http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-1152 Thu, 23 Aug 2007 13:23:49 +0000 http://blog.pixolut.com/2007/08/22/getting-agile-with-basecamp/#comment-1152 Joe,

We too found that tools such as basecamp are easier to use than some of the more feature-rich PM tools. If you’re not already locked in to basecamp you might also try our tool: OnStage, which is similar to basecamp. We also offer a pretty robust free version.

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