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Comparative Study of APM Tools


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Agile Project Management tools form the backbone of mature software development projects. There are various tools that companies are using to support their agile processes for project management and bug tracking. Whenever an organization starts the software development, they look out for a good tool to manage their agile processes. Agile Project management tools have overtaken the manual tools (physical cards, task boards, charts etc.) in almost all the companies. Nowadays, there are a number of web-based tools available. The purpose of this paper is to study and compare the popular APM tools which are currently being used to support agile processes. In addition, to analyze them on the basis of their functionality, common characteristics, distinguishing features and pros and cons of each tool, in order to find out which one is most complete and better to help agile teams in project management process.

Keywords

Project Management, APM Tools, Software Development, Systematic Literature Review.
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Authors

Jagpuneet Kaur Bajwa
Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India
Jaspreet Kaur
Department of Computer Science, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India

Abstract


Agile Project Management tools form the backbone of mature software development projects. There are various tools that companies are using to support their agile processes for project management and bug tracking. Whenever an organization starts the software development, they look out for a good tool to manage their agile processes. Agile Project management tools have overtaken the manual tools (physical cards, task boards, charts etc.) in almost all the companies. Nowadays, there are a number of web-based tools available. The purpose of this paper is to study and compare the popular APM tools which are currently being used to support agile processes. In addition, to analyze them on the basis of their functionality, common characteristics, distinguishing features and pros and cons of each tool, in order to find out which one is most complete and better to help agile teams in project management process.

Keywords


Project Management, APM Tools, Software Development, Systematic Literature Review.

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