> Currently I am the only programmer in the company. My goals are > two-folded. One, I need a way to show my non-technical superiors that > I am working and making progress. Being able to show submits in your version control app is one way of showing that you did something. Many submits doesn't automatically mean much work, but non-technical superiors tend to look only at numbers...
Always try to split your work up into small clearly defined chunks. Try to estimate how long each of these small tasks will take to implement (yep, that's hard to do). This will give you an estimate how long it will take to complete the project, and you can see the progress. It doesn't matter what tool you use to track this (paper, spreadsheet, issuetracker, project management tool). Just start doing it and meanwhile start reading and playing with other tools. You'll get experience in what works for you and what not. Project management is not something you learn overnight, you should study and learn by doing. I can't tell you if trac (or any other app) is right for you, nor if JIRA is. Just try it out. There are some free apps out there, nowadays you can get JIRA 10-users for $10 (plus another $10 if you want the GreenHopper plugin for scrum). To store documentation you again have several options. One is to store them in your version control app, you could use a dedicated document control app, or store everything in a wiki. Again there are several free/cheap apps out there Storing digitally + backups should be sufficient. rev
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