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BROKEif you don’t know where it is
Options in Open Source Project Management
What
featuresare must-havein your project management tool
Are you tracking internal projects?
…or external projects?
Is there a PMO?
Are you managing business operations projects?
…or IT projects?
Image here for waterfall IT methodology
Are you usingtraditional methodologies?
… or managing Agile projects?
So many tools, so little time.
Open source, no usage limitationsCommercial & community Actively developed in last 12 months
Whoa, that’s still dozens.
Joomla 3 Drupal Community Ed. 9.2.5
Feature Category Feature Description ProjectFork Pro Open Atrium 2 EasyRedmine ProjectOpen Redmine Project.Net
Collaboration Discussions/Forums
Collaboration Wiki / Knowledgebase 3rd party Addon Lite
Collaboration Chat 3rd party 3rd party Addon Not active 3rd Party 3rd Party
Core Collaboration features
Core Document management
Core Document versioning
Core Calendars
Core Notifications / messaging
Core Project templates
Core Timetracking
Core Task Management Plugin
Core Milestones Plugin
Core Recurring Tasks 3rd Party
Core Task Lists by Milestone 3rd Party
Core Multi-language
External PM Invoicing 3rd Party 3rd Party Lite
External PM Ticketing / Helpdesk Addon 3rd Party
Integration Import/export MS Project Addon 3rd Party Planned
Program Mgmt Program level management features Lite Lite Lite Lite
Reporting Project budgeting
Reporting Gantt charts
Reporting Advanced management reporting 3rd party 3rd Party
Narrowing down the field
Etcetera, etcetera…
Advantages DisadvantagesProject budgeting
Baseline feature
Repositories (GIT)
AgileDwarf available
Established
No resource planning
Light on Program mgt
3rd Party addons:• Advanced task mgt
• External projects
• Advanced reporting
• Mobile
Usability
Advantages DisadvantagesUsability
Interactive Gantt
Mobile / responsive
Addons for:• Wiki
• MS Project import
• Resource planning
• Helpdesk
Cost (especially addons)
Light on Program mgmt.
Recurring tasks
Document versioning
No Agile enhancements
DareI call a project tool
?cool
Advantages DisadvantagesCollaboration
Runs on Drupal 7
ACL & Privacy
Mobile / responsive
Usability (D&D)
Beta 3 released July 2013
Focus shifted from v1.0• Task management weakened
• Recommend JIRA integration
Reporting
External & IT PM
Gantt charts
Advantages DisadvantagesCollaboration
Joomla 2.5 & 3.x
Usability (D&D in 3)
Document mgmt
Mobile / responsive
Reporting
Light program mgmt
IT PM; No Agile / scrum
MS Project import
Some external PM• Invoicing
• Ticket / Helpdesk
unique Design Panel feature
Advantages DisadvantagesPMI would be proud• Earned Value reporting
• Project initiation phase
Program management
IT service providers• ITIL based
• Helpdesk
• SLA performance tracking
• Config & release mgmt
So big, it hurts
Recurring tasks
Test case management
Mobile (3rd party)
Usability
Agile / scrum Consulting Projects User Stories Sub-projects Tasks Tickets + tasksBacklog Timesheets + ticketsSprints Software Release module
Advantages DisadvantagesCollaboration
Import from MS Project
Program management
Workflows
Project templates
Advanced reporting
External PM
IT / Software PM
Mobile
Internal Projects
External Projects
Business / Ops
IT / Software
Traditional /Waterfall
Agile / Scrum
PMO / Program Management
PRO Project.net Community
Indicates very strong in this area
Deb Cinkus,CEOTHE POLISH
PolishedGeek.com @PolishedGeek
Donald Champion,CTOTHE GEEK
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