I hear you on price, but a) they offered some pretty serious breaks at the last fusebox conference; talk to them maybe, and b) there are several different editions with different levels of functionality and price.
Desktop app is a drag, but it does allow some functionality that's hard to do in a web app. Just FYI, I'm not an Adalon user myself, just someone who's looked at it, so I'm not the best person to talk about methodologies for working w it. Dave Merrill > Two things I don't like about Adalon - Price and it is a desktop app. > > - Calvin > Have you folks looked at Adalon, http://adalon.net/? It does requirements > gathering, wireframing, etc. It also does code generation for fusebox and > struts, and cool-looking documentation, all from your design specs. The > various generators can be radically customized in the pro version. > > Not totally inexpensive, and fairly heavyweight in terms of the > process it's > really trying to support, but many folks swear by it, especially in the > fusebox community. Definitely worth a look if you're thinking about how to > standardize your software lifecycle process, and support it in software. > > Dave Merrill > > > I have been thinking of building an application along these lines for > > a while, my thinking has been going along the lines of > > > > (the core) > > 1) Capture Requirements > > 2) Break down each requirement into features > > 3) Break down each feature into technical specifications > > > > (for websites) > > 4) Create wireframe and assign features > > > > > > The idea is to keep versioning of each item, and if you change a > > requirement it highlights wich features need revision,, and in turn > > which technical features need revision. > > > > you could then assign users (this is mean to be a web based solution) > > to deal with groups of features (oh did I mention grouping too?) as > > well as developers to detail technical specifications. > > > > Each item (requirement, feature, tech) would allow the upload of > > documents and assignment to a wireframe. > > > > Also each item could be assigned to a user as well as defining > > duration and resources etc. > > > > I have just had this thought banging around my head for a while, so I > > would welcome feedback. > > > > > > Some of the "features" of this system is that since you are estimating > > on items you can see the total (plus any modifiers) time for each > > requirement , and inversly if you change a requirement you can see > > which technical bits are affected. > > > > I have been building a little db of this but need to get the > > versioning working > > > > Regards > > > > MD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware: a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191532 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
