Technical stuff Requirements are like water. They're easier to build on when they're frozen.

Every project, be it small, medium or large, needs tracking down its status and pieces of work / research. A team of people will bring the project to completion, so even if the team has only one member, a way of tracking down its status and work left is extremely important for having always a quick and accurate overview.

For managing small projects, I have found a nice collaborative task tracker with minimal features. It allows for setting up projects, creating tasks, distributing them and tracking them down for completion.