Project Management Tools

Project Management Tools are tools built to help managing the work items, bugs, features, iterations of a project.

Jira:

• Rich features
• Agile support; iterations
• Commercial
• http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/

Bugzilla:

• Only a bug tracking tool
• Free open source
• http://www.bugzilla.org/

Microsoft TFS:

• Rich work item management features
• Agile support: iterations, user stories
• Commercial
• http://pooyakhamooshi.blogspot.com/2009/06/tfs.html
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb693326.aspx

RallyDev:

• Agile project management tool with rich features
• Up to 10 active users free so excellent option if you have a small team
• http://www.rallydev.com/

DotProject:

• Free - open source
• Not as rich as other options
• http://www.dotproject.net/

Links:

• Comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_project_management_software
• Some free open source project management tools here and here