
Pot, Cook: 50 Development Management Tools
The inefficiency of business processes, according to research company IDC, "eats" from 20 to 30% of business revenue. One of the key sources of low efficiency are routine tasks that could be automated. Automation can save time, money and save you from headaches. It is a fact. According to McKinsey, process automation can reduce costs by up to 90%. Therefore, investments in appropriate instruments are more than justified.
At the corporate level, solutions that automate the company's most important service processes in the financial, legal, and human sectors are popular. For example, one of such tools is the ServiceNow platform, the implementation of the functionality of which the company “IT Guild . "
However, it is important for companies to take care not only of the automation of global processes, but also of what is happening at the table for each employee. Therefore, we have prepared a small selection of tools that simplify development management and the lives of developers. / Flickr / Florian Richter / CC Technology is the key to increasing organizational effectiveness. So say 96% of those surveyed by independent research agency Loudhouse executives. According to the study, 53% of those who rely on technology in their programs for improving efficiency are more confident in success than their colleagues who are less open to technological tools.

PS Here are some more materials about the automation of work from our blog:
At the corporate level, solutions that automate the company's most important service processes in the financial, legal, and human sectors are popular. For example, one of such tools is the ServiceNow platform, the implementation of the functionality of which the company “IT Guild . "
However, it is important for companies to take care not only of the automation of global processes, but also of what is happening at the table for each employee. Therefore, we have prepared a small selection of tools that simplify development management and the lives of developers. / Flickr / Florian Richter / CC Technology is the key to increasing organizational effectiveness. So say 96% of those surveyed by independent research agency Loudhouse executives. According to the study, 53% of those who rely on technology in their programs for improving efficiency are more confident in success than their colleagues who are less open to technological tools.

Task management
- Trello : project management and task distribution among team members
- Asana : Another Team-Based Task Scheduler
- Basecamp : an online project management tool
- Runrun.it : task delegation with detailed description and deadlines
- Evernote : Helps you control your personal tasks.
- TimeCamp : project management with budgeting and reporting
- Ecamm Call Recorder : record business calls for subsequent task tracking
- Standup : Generating Development Reports
- Confluence : Content Collaboration
- Bitbucket : Distributed Version Control System
Organization of working hours
- Calendly : a tool for organizing virtual meetings
- Freeter : collects everything you need to work on a project
- Mighty Networks : Comprehensive Meeting Preparation Platform
- Timeneye : for time management
Work with mail
- IFTTT + Google Drive : export files from emails
- DragApp : Inbox Management
- Cleanbox : Unsubscribe from all newsletters in one click
- Boomerang : will show if the recipient has read the letter
Data collection, synchronization and preparation
- Tiny Reminder : collecting tasks and customer files in a convenient form
- Agenty Chrome Plugin : a plugin that retrieves information from any site
- Beyond Compare : Compare files and folders with simple commands
- Syncthing : Sync and Back Up Data
- Koala App : cross-platform application for automatic compilation
- Cyberduck : FTP client for easy file transfer
Prototyping
- InVision : for team assessment of ideas before direct creation of a product
- XAML Designer in Visual Studio : an option for fans of this development environment
- TranslateKarate : a toolkit for quickly localizing content
- Axure : prototyping interfaces
Code writing
- StackEdit : a free online markup editor
- Eclipse : Java IDE for auto-complete, refactoring, and syntax checking
- Jet Brains Resharper : Snippets and Code Templates
- Source Code Generator : source code generation for any language
- Snippets : Snippet Manager
- Sublime Text : Source Editor
- Postman : API Development Simplification Platform
- Gulp : a tool for automating time-consuming tasks in the development process
- Atom : another source code editor
Work with databases
Identification of errors and problems
- Pivotal Tracker : team work optimization
- Code Climate : automatic code analysis
- FindBugs : finding bugs in Java code
- Rollbar : real-time bug tracking
- Monit : monitoring and automatic server maintenance
- SonarQube : code quality verification
- Jira : bug tracking system
Testing
- BrowserStack : Compatibility with Most Devices
- JUnit : integrated unit testing environment
- Selenium : test environment on various browsers and platforms
- Rational Functional Tester : Automated Testing with Many Software Environments
- CircleCi : simple and fast automated testing
- Hurl : API Testing Tool
Feedback collection
- Satismeter : measure user satisfaction through feedback analysis
- UserVoice : a tool for collecting and analyzing user data
- User Testing : Analyzing Product Usage Data
PS Here are some more materials about the automation of work from our blog:
- About ServiceNow
- Shared Services
- Software Development Management - Agile Development
- How to modernize IT service management
- ITSM to the cloud. 9 benefits of a SaaS platform for ITSM
Only registered users can participate in the survey. Please come in.
Do you use tools to automate work processes?
- 19.1% I do not bother. There is working software - I use it 14
- 69.8% Automated only part of its work - the most routine 51
- 10.9% I set everything up for myself to the fullest, I can’t even come to work. I will tell in comments 8