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Auditioning GitHub Projects

With the release of kanban-style project boards, we decided to move our open design process over to GitHub and give it a try.

This post is part of a series on Open Design:
  1. Open Design for OddBird.net
  2. Defining Goals, Exploring Possibilities
  3. Auditioning GitHub Projects
  4. Behind the Scenes: OddSite Brand Process
  5. How to Choose Engaging & Accessible Typography for Your Website Brand
  6. How to Choose Beautiful & Accessible Brand Colors for Your Website

GitHub recently released a set of new project-management features, including improved code-reviews and kanban-style “project” boards for prioritizing issues, and visualizing progress.

We’ve been using Pivotal Tracker for a long time now, and it works well for us, but we decided to try out GitHub Projects for our OddSite Open Design process.

My first impressions are mixed. There’s a lot to like about these new features, and the ability to organize issues – but the flow doesn’t feel well-integrated yet. We’ll write about the experience in more detail once we’ve had more time to live with it.

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