Lately I’ve been working on this project for a guy. It’s mostly just me working on it and I was using a todo.txt file to list things that needed to get done. One day I wanted to clean off my desktop a bit and I thought that this file could easily be trashed if I just put all my todo’s in a bug tracking system. It was easy to do and on top of that it gave me sorting and prioritization features that you don’t get with a plain text file. Also, the guy running the project feels more in the loop about my progress and time spent.

So, the PRO-tip here is: use a bug tracking system like you would use a todo list. You could use a traditional todo list application but bug tracking systems let others see your progress and that level of transparency keeps you accountable.