I've recently returned to freelancing after working for most of the past year at Myplanet, a relatively large web development company that uses Agile techniques to manage teamwork on complex projects. The experience left me impressed with how effective good project management systems and tools can be. Back on my own again, I set off in search of some kind of tool that would let me manage my work. Ideally it would operate both as a bug tracker and as a sprint/scheduling tool, be open source, and written in PHP.
My criteria -- and, it turns out, my experiences -- are very much like Sheri Wheeler's, as she recounts in her blog posts:
- Looking For A Simple PHP Bug Tracker and PHP Project Manager
- PHP Project Management Software – Feng Office
- Hosted Issue Tracking: FogBugz and BitBucket (JIRA)