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====== miw09_pm_sol ======

=== Freeware On-line Project Management Software Review ===

 Author: [[tmiklis@gmail.com|Tomasz Miklis]] (4 AiR:Inf)


===== Introduction =====
{{  pl:miw:2009:dilbert2006915890209.gif |Project management}}

===== Project goals: =====

  *Research open on-line project management and collaborative work software.
  *Analysis of information available at official websites, Wikipedia and user forums.
  *Comparison of functionality of different platforms.

===== Project management definition =====

**Project management** is the discipline of planning, organizing and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives.

A project is a **finite endeavour**-having specific start and completion dates-undertaken to meet particular goals and objectives, usually to bring about beneficial change or added value.

The primary challenge of project management is to **achieve all of the project goals** and objectives while honouring the preconceived project constraints. Typical constraints are **scope, time and budget**. The secondary—and more ambitious—challenge is to optimize the allocation and integration of inputs necessary to meet pre-defined objectives.

===== Project management approaches =====

  * The traditional approach
  * Critical Chain Project Management
  * Extreme Project Management
  * Event chain methodology
  * PRINCE2
  * Process-based management

===== Project management software basics =====

Group collaboration solution include following features:
   * **Dashboard** - overview of data from all active projects,
   * **Messages** - communication between team members,
   * **Milestones** - project completion overview,
   * **Tasks** - To-Do list features,
   * **Calendar** - time frame for the project,
   * **Files** - data exchange space for team members.

===== 1.WebCollab =====

Main features:
   * Summary page (projects overview)
   * ToDo list
   * Calendar
   * Forum 
   * Archive

WebCollab is released under the General Public License (GPL).

===== 2.Codendi =====

Main features:
    * Customisable project environment
    * Security and permissions management
    * Software project management tools (Universal Tracking Tool, Test Management Tool, Source Control Manager, **Eclipse Integration**)
    * Collaboration Tools (Collaborative editing, Code Snippet Library)
    * Communication Tools (Instant Messaging, Mailing List Manager, Forums, News, RSS Feeds)


"Lutèce d'Or" prize for **"Best Open Source Project Undertaken By A Big Company"**

===== 3.Collabtive =====

Main features:
    * To-do lists
    * Milestones
    * Messaging / Instant Messaging
    * Calendaring
    * File management
    * Role based user permissions
    * Timetracking
    * Tagging
    * Search
    * Reporting (Excel, PDF)
    * Exporting (ZIP, XML, RSS, iCal, vCard)
    * Importing from Basecamp XML
    * Multilanguage

===== 4.eGroupWare =====

Main features:
    * Calendar (including support for scheduling of groups, resources and contacts)
    * Contact-manager using an SQL database or LDAP
    * Integrated IMAP webmail client (FelaMiMail)
    * Infolog, an application for tasks and notes
    * Element based project manager highly integrated with all other apps
    * Resources management (inventory) and booking tool integrated into eGroupWare calendar
    * File manager
    * SiteMgr: web based authoring system with fine granulated access control lists
    * Time-tracker application integrated with project manager
    * Tracking of bugs or other, integrated with project manager
    * Wiki
    * Knowledge base

===== 5.dotProject =====

Main features:
    * Projects and Tasks
    * Companies, Departments and Contacts
    * ToDo lists
    * Resources (rooms, equipment et al.)
    * Forums
    * Gantt charts
    * Access control via ACL
    * Reporting
    * History of all activities
    * Calendar

===== 6.OpenGoo =====

Main features:
    * Document management 
    * Contact management
    * Project management 
    * Time management

===== 7.ProjectPier =====

Main features:
    * To-do lists
    * Milestone management
    * Messaging system
    * Email notifications
    * File sharing
    * Project Oriented Access Control Management

===== 8.Redmine =====

Main features:
    *  Multiple projects support
    * Flexible role based access control
    * Flexible issue tracking system
    * Gantt chart and calendar
    * News, documents & files management
    * Feeds & email notifications
    * Per project wiki
    * Per project forums
    * Time tracking
    * Custom fields for issues, time-entries, projects and users
    * SCM integration (SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs)
    * Issue creation via email
    * Multiple LDAP authentication support
    * User self-registration support
    * Multilanguage support
    * Multiple databases support

===== Summary =====

Author's personal favourites:

1. **Collabtive** - functional, easy-to-use interface, sleek design, based on most popular commercial project management platform Basecamp.

2. **OpenGoo** - language versions (Polish support), report tools, suited for company use.