Monday, March 2, 2015

5 popular open-source project management softwares

-Collabtive
An open source web based project management software and the purpose of it is to offer an alternative to ActiveCollab and Basecamp which can deal with a any spectacular task. Additionally, the software isn’t as strong as ActiveCollab in other words it is just as intuitive and simple to use as Basecamp. Likewise, if we take a quick look inside, it might show that Collabtive has all the basic features including milestones, task management, time tracking, and calendar. Lastly, we can also import Basecamp projects and get RSS updates.


-dotProject
Enable us to work directly on the codes and customize projects for our business environment. It is clear to make us achieve a massive success on every project as it would be able to improve features of flexibility, adaptability that can be retained even if we tweak the freely available source code to our ecosystem. Similarly, what we get with dotProject is the satisfaction of monitoring our project management solutions on our time, strengths yet including with a well-developed and structured technology. As a matter of fact, thousands of users from software startups begin to build up companies, colleges, or industry to large organizations that have successfully used this software to manage projects.

-Project-Open
It is more than just a project management suite, but indicate that it may cover related business areas like CRM, invoicing and payments. Standing close to ERP software, project-open performs all basic project management tasks. Just like that, we can manage projects, assign tasks, generate reports and track overall results. Generally speaking, it is one of the largest open source projects which use widely by approximately 1000 companies around the world. Thereby, its features include task planning using GanttProject, resource assignment and tracking, budget setting, and invoicing for fixed price plus effort based projects.

-eGroupWare
A free open source groupware software deliver for businesses from small to enterprises. Its primary functions allow users to manage contacts, appointments, projects and to-do lists. Alternatively, it is used either via its native web-interface, making access platform-independent, or by using different supported groupware clients, such as Kontact, Novell Evolution, or Microsoft Outlook. Not only this but it also can be used by mobile phone or PDA via SyncML. Accordingly, it is the leading Online Collaboration Tool and the top choice for big enterprises, small businesses, and teams across organizations all over the world.

-Project’Or RIA

A collaborative project management software which design to be a Project Organizer as a Rich Internet Application. Obviously, it is very easy to use and target by including every functionality needed to the management of our projects. Consequently, it is listed as one of the underdog project management software combining with the frequent updates, the very active support and the growing community refers to it as a tool that is good for company to try.

Software
Name
Collabtive
dotProject
Project-Open
eGroupWare
Project’Or RIA
+Platform
Open source
Window
Mac
Linux/Unix
Other
Open Source
Online
Windows
Linux/Unix
Other
Open Source
Online
Windows
Linux/Unix
Open source
Windows
Mac
Linux/Unix
Open Source
Online
+Functionality
*Collaborative Software
*Web application
*Milestones *Task management *Time tracking *Calendar
*Document Management System
*Issue Tracking System
*Project Portfolio Management
*Resource Management
*Scheduling
*Web Application
*Flexibility *Adaptability
*Well developed
*Structure technology
*Collaborative Software
*Document Management System
*Issue Tracking System
*Project Portfolio Management
*Resource Management
*Risk Management Capabilities
*Scheduling
*Web Application
*Manage projects *Assign tasks *Generate reports
*Track overall results
*Fixed price *Effort based projects
*Collaborative Software
*Document Management System
*Issue Tracking System
*Project Portfolio Management
*Resource Management
*Web Application
*Manage contacts *Appointment project
*To-do lists
*Collaborative Software
*Document Management System
*Issue Tracking System
*Project Portfolio Management
*Resource Management
*Risk Management Capabilities
*Scheduling
*Web Application
+Collaboration Features
*Email Integration
*Message or Instant Messaging
*RSS Feed
*Team Calendars / Timelines

*Email Integration
*Forums
*Issue Tracking

*Dashboard
*Email Integration
*Forums
*Issue Tracking
*MS Project Integration
*RSS Feed
*Team Calendars / Timelines
*Wiki
*Email Integration
*Forums
*Wiki
*Email Integration
*Issue Tracking

+Project Management Feature
*Document Management

*Automatic Notification
*Calendars
*Document Management
*Event
*Gantt Chart
*Baseline
*Budgeting
*Bug Tracking
*Calendars
*Document Management
*Financial
*Gantt Chart
*Custom
*Document Management
*Events
*Automatic Notification
*Baseline
*Bug Tracking
*Document Management
*Events
*Financial
*Gantt Chart
*Interactive Gantt Chart
+Resource Management Features
*Time Sheets
*Check in / Check out
*Email Addresses
*Groups
*Resource
*Resource Detail
*Time Sheets

*Cost
*Email Addresses
*Groups
*Materials / Suppliers
*Resource Detail
*Skill Sets
*Time Sheets
*Cost
*Email Addresses
*Groups
*Time Sheets
*Cost
*Email Addresses
*Groups
*Resource
*Resource Detail
*Time Sheets


References


4 Popular Opensource Project Management Applications. (2013, May Thursday). Retrieved from unixmen.com: http://www.unixmen.com/4-popular-opensource-project-management-applications/
FindTheBest. (2013). Retrieved from project-management-software.findthebest.com/: http://project-management-software.findthebest.com/d/a/Open-Source
Online Project Management Software Review. (2012-2013). Retrieved from online-project-management.bestreviews.net/: http://online-project-management.bestreviews.net/top-5-open-source-web-based-project-management-tools/
Top 10 Open Source Web-Based Project Management Software. (2004-2013). Retrieved from cyberciti.biz/: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/open-source-project-management-software.html



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