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Enterprise Grade Project Management Tools?

Posted by Cliff on from the here-we-go-again dept.

Gustavo asks: "My company is climbing the CMM ladder and the need for enterprise grade project management tools is growing. Currently we use a mix of MS-Project schedules and Excel spreadsheets, but this doesn't scale when one has a large pool of resources being used on several projects. Moreover, there being Project and Excel files are now scattered all around making it difficult to keep them up-to-date. One option is to go for the MS-Project Server but I was asked to find out if there is something free that we could use instead. Can you help me?"

"What I'm looking for is some web tool in which everyone involved in a project could make changes in their task's status. (Things like number of hours worked and percent completed.) Preferably, all data should be kept in a relational database for easy data gathering and reporting.

MrProject is a nice app but it's Linux only (so far) and doesn't seem to allow for resource sharing among projects.

ToutDoux, another Gnome app, promised much more, but its development stalled a while ago.

I looked at some of the project management tools I found at Freshmeat, like SiteScape, EPIWARE, ITMS, and A.C.E., but none of them satisfied my needs.

MimerDesk is a web-based groupware environment that has a very promising project management tool. It's not complete yet, but it's the best I could find so far.

So, what do your companies use for project management and how is it going?"

3 of 54 comments (clear)

  1. Not free, but... by psyconaut · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Try VPM (Virtual Project Management) from Scorpiosoft.

    http://www.scorpiosoft.com

    -psy

  2. Web based project management (phpgroupware) by JonnyRo88 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why dont you check out php PHPgroupware

    I used it a year ago and was pretty happy with it. You will need an apache web server (or similar) with php and mysql to use it.

    Good thing for you that all those things are free. If you are looking for a system to host it on, why not try gentoo

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  3. Web-based? by Joff_NZ · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Have you thought about implementing your own copy of Sourceforge or (the much easier-to-install version) GForge ??

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