Post: Github Projects vs Pivotal Tracker

[mirisuzanne]

We've been on PT for years. Now we're playing with a new toy. What have we found so far?

[agriffis]

If you're taking requests... :-)

One of PT's defining features seems to be velocity tracking and prediction. Is that something you used in PT? Do you miss it in GP?

[stacyk]

I love the idea of github projects. I'd love to try it out a bit more but am on board whichever direction we go. After @jgerigmeyer's PT demo I think there are many features that I personally haven't been using/paying attention to that are interesting. On the other hand, I have no idea what Github Projects is capable of (yet).

@agriffis I haven't personally noticed Velocity Tracking and prediction, but like I mentioned above there are features in PT that are interesting that I need to start using. As a team, I do believe some Birds do use these features.

[agriffis]

@stacyk Interesting, thanks. Maybe when this becomes a blog article you can elaborate on those many interesting features of PT. :-)

[mirisuzanne]

@agriffis I think we just started taking requests. :)

[hahla]

Please excuse the complete random question! I was researching the same thing for my team, and was interested if you had any thoughts on this topic roughly a year after opening the conversation? I looked at your project boards on github but didn't see much activity, and before I made an interpretation of that, I wanted to simply ask your thoughts. Cheers

[mirisuzanne]

Hi @hahla – good question! We should really write a follow-up post.

Short story: your observation is right. We found the back-and-forth between "issues" and "projects" somewhat confusing and bulky to manage. I see a lot of promise for this – but it doesn't feel fully featured. I'm still using it for some open-source projects, though I think milestones are even simpler for that use-case – using tags for the status of each issue.

(Our test may be skewed by the fact that most of our projects are still in PT, and it's hard to manage two different task-trackers)