Apr 14
nTeam potential pitfalls followup
Chris Menegay voices similar concerns over the “disparate tools problem” that I believe nTeam will face, giving a more realistic view of the actual problems the lack of a consistent interface will pose.
Though his point on the additional costs a harder to use system will entail is well taken, I do disagree on some of his “must haves” (e.g. Project/Excel integration, distributed load testing), as he seems to think nTeam is actually competing with VSTS in the “huge enterprise project management” arena, rather than being a smaller product for smaller teams/projects. There’s also the issue that most teams currently use virtually no management systems beyond perhaps VSS/CVS and, if you’re lucky, Bugzilla. In this situation, any additional help can be useful.
