[Trac] working estimation into tickets

[Jani Tiainen]

Josh Stewart kirjoitti:
> Hi everyone,
> Im thinking about the best way to add custom fields and enhanced reports 
> that will allow my team to track actual time against estimated time to 
> complete a ticket.
> 
> Letting the developer add an estimate in a text box or drop down (with 
> finite number of days est. to complete a task, say from 1..7), is fairly 
> straight forward.
> However I am not sure if its possible to add an addition field that 
> needs to be entered before closing the ticket (Actual time to complete 
> task).
> 
> Or perhaps there is another way? can the user set a expected date of 
> completion on tickets? (like they can on milestones)....
> And in the reports, could the query determine the delta between 
> estimated closing date and closing date?
> 
> Has anyone got any thoughts on this or ideas for achieving some kind of 
> estimation in reports against each ticket?

At least in trunk you have possibility to intercept 
creation/modification/validation of ticket, and setup behavior like 
described (with plugins)

Personally I would vote for deadline day since it's more easily handled 
than arbitary days (like it is workdays or calendar days, those differ 
quite a lot).

You could create your own report to produce output wanted, or even 
complete report engine by using plugins.

It's just up to you. :D

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Jani Tiainen