Icescrum: Agile Project Management Tool for IT Teams
Open source agile project management tool designed for IT and software development teams, supporting collaboration using Scrum methodologies with user stories, sprints, backlogs, reports, and more.
What is Icescrum?
Icescrum is an open-source, web-based agile project management tool designed specifically for IT teams and software developers. It incorporates key concepts from popular agile frameworks like Scrum, Kanban and XP to help teams collaborate and deliver projects iteratively.
Some key features of Icescrum include:
- User stories - Create detailed user stories with descriptions, priorities, assignments, attachments and more
- Sprints - Plan and manage development in iterations or sprints with start/end dates and sprint goals
- Product backlog - Prioritize and organize upcoming features or work in a central backlog
- Burn down charts - Visualize tasks remaining across sprints to track progress
- Time tracking - Log time spent on user stories and sprints for better estimation
- Custom reports - Build a range of reports around user stories, sprints, velocity, backlogs etc.
- Integrations - Integrates with tools like Jira, Slack, GitHub, calendar apps and more
- Open API - Develop custom integrations and automations via the API
- Free and self-hosted - No licensing costs and can host on internal servers
With its focus on agile project management concepts, icescrum is especially useful for development teams looking to implement Scrum or XP practices for building software. Its flexibility and open API also make it suitable for customization to fit a team's processes.