Development:Tools/Team Organizing - Team Analytics tool
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Goal
Find a way in which everyone in the team can easily and effectively communicate what the main topic they are currently working on is and what their main focus on the coming days and weeks will be.
Comparison Table
| Name | Consider? | Alternative usecase | Affordable | Metrics offered | Ease of use | Mobile | Accesibility | Linear integration | Presentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teamplify | Maybe (only if we can make due with the free plan) | -- | X( free for 5 users) / ~($29/month up to 10 users) | ~ | X | -- (no app) | X | X | Loom |
| Status Hero | No ( it doesn't offer enough for the price) | -- | ~ ($7/user/month, better plan offers few more metrics) | ~ | X | -- (no app) | X | X | Loom |
| Intuned | Maybe | -- | ? | ? | ? | ? | X | X | |
| DailyBot | Maybe ( useful for standups and check-ins, as it automates them) | -- | X (free plan, up to 10 users, offers check-ins) or Basic Plan ($3/user/month, offers advanced reporting) | ~ / X? (free/Basic) | ~ ? | -- (no app) | X | X | |
| Hypercontext | No | -- | X / ~ ($6/user/month) or Free Forever Plan | -- / ~ | X | -- (no app) | X | X | Loom |
| Swarmia | No | -- | -- ($20/user/month) | ~ ( needs GitHub) | ~ / -- | -- (no app) | X | X | |
| Polymer | Maybe in the future (see Linear task) | Marketing Insights | X, if we don't need the most expensive plan | X (lots, but they require a lot of manual work) | ~ / -- | ? | ? | X | |
| Yarn | No, it's macOS only | Extends Linear functionality, team-only |
Legend
X = Criteria fulfilled
~ = Criteria medium fulfilled
-- = Criteria not fulfilled
() = Footnote
Criteria description
Consider? - final conclusion of including the app as a candidate and continuing with future testing
Alternative usecase - other possible usecase for the app, other than the one it was tested for on this article
Affordable - decided by comparing all apps ( using most criteria, especially metrics offfered) and will determine which app is best value for money
Metrics offered - amount and importance of metrics offered by the app, with which team progress can be tracked, supervised and insights can be gained
Ease of use - Answers the question How easy is it to use the app?
Mobile - How mobile friendly is the app? Does it offer an dedicated mobile app?
Accessibility - How easy is it to get everyone on-board? If we want to share something with the community, how easy is it to do that, without giving them full member access?
Linear Integration - is it a Linear integration ( because that's the easiest way to link the app to where our team data is, meaning Linear)
Additional Comments
- Teamplify - offers a decent amount of metrics. Easy to use/
- Status Hero - here's a video on how it works. Easy to use, offers a decent amount of metrics, can put absent days, don't have to sign up to respond and can use it on mobile. $7/user/month
- Intuned - will have to check later as their website is not working. I managed to get on a link where I'm scheduling an appointment
- Daily Bot - managed to start it. Will have to invite at least 2 other people. Will have to look at more videos on how it works and what it does.
- Hypercontext - here's a presentation video. The app is too simple, it doesn't really offer any valuable information.
- Swarmia - more suited for software engineers, as you have to connect with GIthub to display stats such as how many commints were made,etc. Price is way too big anyways, at $20/user/month.
- Polymer - you can get a lot of statistics using this app, but it's a lot more manual work than most apps. We have to decide if we want to use it or if we want to have ready-made insights like Teamplify offers, without any effort.
- Yarn - extends linear functionality, as it syncs 1-1 with Linear. We could probably only use it for the team, not as a open source project management tool. It's only available on macOS, with no plans of extending support to Windows or Web. Therefore, we aren't considering using it as of now.