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SharePoint 2013 for Task Tracking
I'm looking into a task tracking solution for our team, and SP 2013 has come up (along with JIRA).
Is anyone aware of any benefits of SP over JIRA? I understand SP has more capabilities in terms of workflows, but wondering how this works.
Essentially:
List task/owner/due date
Some method to notifiy when a task is approaching due date
Some method where tasks can be inter-related to each other (e.g. dependencies)
Ability to filter by user/task/priority
A programatic way to add tasks rather than manually (e.g. can we build a front end using Powershell to automatically add new tasks)
Is anyone aware of any benefits of SP over JIRA? I understand SP has more capabilities in terms of workflows, but wondering how this works.
Essentially:
List task/owner/due date
Some method to notifiy when a task is approaching due date
Some method where tasks can be inter-related to each other (e.g. dependencies)
Ability to filter by user/task/priority
A programatic way to add tasks rather than manually (e.g. can we build a front end using Powershell to automatically add new tasks)
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It's a basic tool ootb but you can customize and make it more what you need.
I like the fact that Alerts are tailored for Tasks and can auto-notify people about their due tasks etc.
It's not very specialized but it gives you a basis to work from.
If you branch into workflow that can give good results too.
Candidly we also have JIRA in my org, but it doesn't give me what I need on a daily basis.
I like the fact that Alerts are tailored for Tasks and can auto-notify people about their due tasks etc.
It's not very specialized but it gives you a basis to work from.
If you branch into workflow that can give good results too.
Candidly we also have JIRA in my org, but it doesn't give me what I need on a daily basis.
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Do you have any details on how workflows can work or help us?
Depends what you want. There are approval workflows of different ilks out of the box. From SP2010 onwards these can be customized using SharePoint Designer. You can also create your own workflows that might move files, change status, pause for a period of time to take action etc.
The Workflow capabilities are not fully featured. Results are possible but complexity isn't recommended.
The Workflow capabilities are not fully featured. Results are possible but complexity isn't recommended.
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We already have SharePoint, so it' not a case of deploying just for this.
I've played around, and it has some nice task tracking features including the timeline bar. Wondering if there was anything else..