"What's interesting is that in most cases, you don't need to see the entire hierarchical structure of a system or every single reference to a particular method to complete a programming task. For example, for any bug you fix or feature you add, you are interested in only a subset of the system. Mylyn is an interaction technology that makes that subset explicit by adding two facilities to Eclipse: integrated task management and automated context management. Task management integrates your task/bug/defect/ticket/story/issue tracker into Eclipse and provides advanced task-editing and task-scheduling facilities. Context management monitors your interactions with Eclipse, automatically identifies information relevant to the task at hand, and focuses structured views and editors to show only the relevant information. When combined, these facilities make up Mylyn's Task-Focused UI, which makes multitasking much easier and dramatically reduces information overload. (For field-study results, see Resources for a link to the "Using Task Context to Improve Programmer Productivity" research paper.)"
"I demonstrated in Part 1 how Mylyn's task management can integrate with Web-based repositories such as Bugzilla to provide the level of collaborative integration and responsiveness that you have come to expect from e-mail clients. This section explains how Mylyn's automated support for tracking change sets and task activity, combined with its support for context sharing, can further facilitate teamwork and capture expertise. As usual, you can pick and choose which features you use based on your needs and on the level of Mylyn's integration with your source and task repositories."
