title: kanban scrumish tool(s) to get started
body: <p>After investigating a little bit scrum and kanban, I finally read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1367491/apply-kanban-in-an-agile-team/1367633#1367633">this answer</a> and decided to start using kanban, picking something from scrum (note that I'm working mostly by myself, and I do have read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1407189/can-agile-scrum-be-used-by-1-or-2-developers">this question and its answers</a>). </p>
  
  <p>Now, my question is: which tool would be best to get started? </p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>whiteboard and postit</li>
  <li><a href="http://agilezen.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">agilezen.com</a> </li>
  <li><a href="http://www.atlassian.com/software/greenhopper/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">JIRA with greenhopper</a> </li>
  <li>a spreadsheet (possibly on Google Docs)</li>
  <li><a href="http://www.brightgreenprojects.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">brightgreenprojects.com</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.agile42.com/cms/pages/agilo/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Agilo</a></li>
  <li><a href="http://www.targetprocess.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Target Process</a></li>
  <li>something else (please specify)</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Notes about each:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><p>I would lean towards the whiteboard, but there are several drawbacks (e.g. cannot make automatic charts, time measurements, metrics, and sometimes I work from home - where I need it most - and it's not convenient to carry :-) </p></li>
  <li><p>I don't want to remember another username/password (I promised to myself to signup only to OpenID-enabled services)</p></li>
  <li><p>My employer has JIRA but my group doesn't use it - I might ask for an account (it shouldn't require another password) and maybe later involve the rest of the group. But I don't know if they are using greenhopper and if it's a big deal installing it.</p></li>
  <li><p>I generally hate spreadsheets</p></li>
  <li><p>maybe overkill?</p></li>
  <li><p>I'd be happy to have a localhost instance, but it could be problematic to give access to the whole group (per network/firewalls) - not a deal-breaker but surely a concern</p></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>What I'd like to get from this?</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>being more productive</li>
  <li>tracking how much time I spend in any given task, possibly discussing the issue with my supervisor</li>
  <li>tracking what "blocks" me most often</li>
  <li>immediately see where I am compared to my schedule</li>
  <li>manage in a better way my long todo list (e.g. answering faster to the "what I should do next?" question)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Do you have any suggestion?</p>
  
  <p>Note on the scrumish tag: read the <a href="http://www.crisp.se/henrik.kniberg/Kanban-vs-Scrum.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Henrik Kniberg's PDF</a>. He first introduced the definition of scrumish on page 9.</p>