An independent review of several different open source project management tools and how they compare. Includes: - Redmine - EasyRedmine - ]ProjectOpen[ - Project.net - ProjectFork on Joomla 3 CMS - Open Atrium 2 on Drupal 7 Presented October 24, 2013 at the All Things Open conference in Raleigh, NC by Deb Cinkus, CEO of Polished Geek, a Joomla web development company

1. How will you
know it’s
BROKE
if you don’t know
where it is
Options in Open Source Project Management

2. What
features
are must-have
in your project management tool

3. Are you tracking
internal projects?

4. …or external
projects?

5. Is there a PMO?

6. Are you managing
business operations
projects?

7. …or IT projects?

8. Image here for waterfall IT methodology
Are you using
traditional methodologies?

9. … or managing Agile projects?

10. So many tools,
so little time.
Open source, no usage limitations
Commercial & community
Actively developed in last 12 months
Whoa, that’s still
dozens.

11. Narrowing down the field
Feature Category
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
Core
External PM
External PM
Integration
Program Mgmt
Reporting
Reporting
Reporting
Feature Description
Discussions/Forums
Wiki / Knowledgebase
Chat
Collaboration features
Document management
Document versioning
Calendars
Notifications / messaging
Project templates
Timetracking
Task Management
Milestones
Recurring Tasks
Task Lists by Milestone
Multi-language
Invoicing
Ticketing / Helpdesk
Import/export MS Project
Program level management features
Project budgeting
Gantt charts
Advanced management reporting
Joomla 3
ProjectFork Pro
3rd party
3rd party
Drupal
Open Atrium 2
EasyRedmine
3rd party
Addon
Addon
Community Ed.
ProjectOpen
Redmine
9.2.5
Project.Net
Not active
Lite
3rd Party
3rd Party
Plugin
Plugin
3rd Party
3rd Party
Lite
3rd party
Etcetera, etcetera…
Lite
3rd Party
Addon
Addon
Lite
3rd Party
3rd Party
3rd Party
Lite
3rd Party
Lite
Planned

13. Advantages
Disadvantages
Project budgeting
No resource planning
Baseline feature
Light on Program mgt
Repositories (GIT)
3rd Party addons:
AgileDwarf available
• Advanced task mgt
Established
• External projects
• Advanced reporting
• Mobile
Usability

15. Advantages
Disadvantages
Usability
Cost (especially addons)
Interactive Gantt
Light on Program mgmt.
Mobile / responsive
Recurring tasks
Addons for:
Document versioning
• Wiki
No Agile enhancements
• MS Project import
• Resource planning
• Helpdesk

16. Dare
I call a
project
tool
cool
?

18. Advantages
Disadvantages
Collaboration
Beta 3 released July 2013
Runs on Drupal 7
Focus shifted from v1.0
ACL & Privacy
• Task management weakened
Mobile / responsive
Usability (D&D)
• Recommend JIRA integration
Reporting
External & IT PM
Gantt charts

20. Advantages
Disadvantages
Collaboration
Reporting
Joomla 2.5 & 3.x
Light program mgmt
Usability (D&D in 3)
IT PM; No Agile / scrum
Document mgmt
MS Project import
Mobile / responsive
Some external PM
• Invoicing
• Ticket / Helpdesk

21. unique Design
Panel feature

23. Advantages
Disadvantages
PMI would be proud
So big, it hurts
• Earned Value reporting
Recurring tasks
• Project initiation phase
Program management
IT service providers
• ITIL based
• Helpdesk
• SLA performance tracking
• Config & release mgmt
Test case management
Mobile (3rd party)
Usability

24. Agile / scrum
User Stories
Tasks
Backlog
Sprints
Consulting Projects
Sub-projects
Tickets + tasks
Timesheets + tickets
Software Release module

26. Advantages
Disadvantages
Collaboration
External PM
Import from MS Project IT / Software PM
Program management
Workflows
Project templates
Advanced reporting
Mobile

27. Indicates very
strong in this area
Internal Projects
External Projects
Business / Ops
IT / Software
Traditional /
Waterfall
Agile / Scrum
PMO / Program
Management
PRO
Project.net
Community

28. Interested in learning
more about
ProjectFork & Joomla
CMS for your
business?
Let’s talk about your project.
Deb Cinkus,CEO
THE POLISH
deb@PolishedGeek.com
Donald Champion,CTO
THE GEEK
PolishedGeek.com
@PolishedGeek
donald@PolishedGeek.com