I am in the process of designing a web based project management system (whether or not I ever complete it is another question) since none of the web based systems has all the functionality that I would want in a nice, clean, slick interface. I am compiling a list of all functionality (not matter how big or small) and so far this is what I have come up with:

• Support multiple projects
• Ability to inner linking of projects (meaning Project A with Project B under it)
• Issue tracking for projects (this would include different types like tasks, bugs, enhancements, feature requests, etc...)
• Ability to inner link issues (meaning Issue 1 with Issue 2 under it where issue 2 needs to be completed in order for Issue to be completed)
• Ability to group a set of issues in containers (for organizational purposes so I could have a project for a game and then have issue containers for inventory system, dialog system, combat system, etc... that I can put issues into)
• Types and statuses should be global of directly links to features (more of an internal structure thing)
• Track who is in charge of certain things like project, issues, milestone, milestone details, issue containers, etc...
• Track when and who created certain things like project, issues, milestone, milestone details, issue containers, etc...
• Be able to track if the user is an internal employee
• Be able to refresh user data the is generated on login
• Track user login/session information
• Be able to assign multiple positions to a user for different projects (so someone might be the lead programmer for Game A but only a tester for Game B)
• Be able to assign urgency and priority to issues
• Track milestones for projects and any number of details assigned to the milestone
• Be able to assign issues to milestone details
• Be able to track time spent on issues (which then leads to time spent on milestone and projects automatically)
• Be able to track the completion dates of issues, issue containers, milestone details, and milestones
• Be able to track all activity of any component (projects, issues, milestones, etc...)
• Be able to assign notes to any component (project, issues, milestone, etc...)
• Be able to track meeting and meeting attendance and allow meeting to assign and component as topics (so I can say Project A in the focus of the meeting or Issues 123, 124, 130 are the foucs of this meeting, etc...)

There are 2 things that I will not be doing for the initial design and that is source code management integration and Gantt charting. Any other ideas besides the 2 I have mentioned I am not doing for the initial design that you think you would want for this type of software? Thanks

You're saying Basecamp doesn't suit your needs?

Quote: Original post by Salsa
You're saying Basecamp doesn't suit your needs?

Its not bad, but it is a little on the basic on the task management side. I also know they have an API to be able to extend it (not sure how far I can extend it), but I doubt I would be able to extend the interface a lot and for the depth I would want in the task management section, I would need to some big interface changes.

If I were to only need to for managing, say websites, this would work perfect for my needs but something like a game engine, I don't think it would work very well.

Also I plan for my task management system to be free or a low cost one time fee (no monthly fees and dependent on someone else to make sure it is up.

Quote: Original post by Salsa
You're saying Basecamp doesn't suit your needs?

It's pretty limited, and the features it did have were not very well done. Forums weren't as good as dedicated forum sites, task allocation not as good as a dedicated bug-tracking tool, etc.

Quote: Original post by JDXSolutions Ltd

Quote: Original post by Salsa
You're saying Basecamp doesn't suit your needs?

It's pretty limited, and the features it did have were not very well done. Forums weren't as good as dedicated forum sites, task allocation not as good as a dedicated bug-tracking tool, etc.

Yea, to me it seems like basic todo list (which is not compared to a true project management system) with a few extra feature that you find in a project management system.

That also reminds me of 3 more features

• Forums per project
  
• Wiki per project
  
• Resource management (documents, images, etc..., just not source control)