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How do you manage feature requests and software changes?

I am a Software Engineer and over the past few years I have become the de-facto software project manager simply because there isn't one. So to keep our sanity in the R&D/Engineering department, ...
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How to handle “can you add just a few more fields” type of requests from customers?

Very commonly we have feature requests for fields that only one customer wants. This, at best, clutters the application's code. Often when we look in their database a few months after adding the ...
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how to break up feature requests into work units

Im not a paid developer, I spend two or three hours a day working on a development project as a hobby. As time goes by, I come up with "good-ideas" for the project, that are generally features or bug ...
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Does anyone know of a simple (free?) feature request tracking system we could use internally for sales people? [closed]

I sometimes hear about pain points of customers using our app from sales people, but there really isn't a good way for us to currently keep track of these. I was going to write one myself but figured ...
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Querying types in a co- or contravariant way

I posted a c# feature request here; however, I do not get a lot of attention there. Therefore I am asking you here, what you think of it. The in and out keywords in generic type declarations are ...
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How do you address or avoid problems with new features being quickly added to the scope of a project?

I am working on a project with a single developer (so far) and myself in a testing role. There are a bunch of new features being added. The project is .NET4.0 based, but some users need 3.5 ...
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Crowdfunded feature request system

I develop a free webapp and am thinking of taking some of the most popular and time consuming feature requests and turning them into mini, crowdfunded projects. I would post those on the site and ...
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I am trying to figure out how difficult or expensive it would be to add this feature

I am trying to figure out how difficult/time consuming it would be to add the following feature: We have a database with our subscribers and we want to send updates to paying subscribers. The catch ...