Project Management
What is Project Management?
Project Management is the acquired knowledge and skills applied using a formal set of tools and techniques to initiate, plan, execute, monitor, control and close projects.
Project Management has provided:
- A clear project framework for achieving project specific goals and business goals.
- An emphasis on phased development i.e. regular and measurable progress.
- A systematic approach to resolving high-risk factors associated with an objective.
- A focus on team thus inculcating the concept of teamwork and skill specialization – delegating tasks to team members selected for their skills that correspond to the requirements of the project, leading to specialized input into the development process.
- A built-in mechanism for assessing the feasibility of a proposed project – assessing requirements and matching available resources to those requirements.
- A process for involving all concerned parties into project execution, ensuring that the end product perfectly matches the requirements and thus avoiding last minute glitches.
- A measure for incorporating Quality Assurance within the project life cycle thus producing Quality Outputs.
Project Management Tools
1. TaskJuggler
· Free and Open Source Software project management tool.
· Comprehensive and flexible views and reports so you can find the information you need when you need it
· Built-in templates to get you started (you can also save your own schedules as templates for future use)
· covers the complete spectrum of project management tasks from the first idea to the completion of the project. It assists you during project scoping, resource assignment, cost and revenue planing, risk and communication management.
· Graphical User Interface to conveniently edit your projects, view and generate Gantt charts and reports
· Multiple time zone support
· HTML reports for Web based communication
· Built-in web server for dynamic and interactive reports
· Scales well on multi-core or multi-CPU systems
· Runs on Linux and Unix variants
· Runs on Windows and MacOS
License: TaskJuggler is free and
Open Source software licensed under the
GNU GPL version 2.
2. Planzone Software
http://www.planzone.com/
· An intuitive and comprehensive design. User interface is easy and pleasant interface every day.
· A very short learning curve. No technical knowledge is required; you just need 1 minute to learn how to manage your Planzone.
· Access your workspace from anywhere. You only need an Internet connection to be aware of the latest project events and monitor project progress.
· No need to be a project manager to be able to use your Planzone efficiently.
· free online project management solution Planzone is a Project Management Saas (Software as a Service). Being a Software-as-a-Service implies that our cost/new user is low and we can therefore afford offering you a free version of our collaborative project management solution.
License: Not define
3. Creative Pro Office
http://www.mycpohq.com/
· completely free
· has the usual tabbed navigation, including tabs for clients, projects, time sheets, finances and team members.
· The dashboard presents a calendar with upcoming events, a list of your projects, outstanding invoices, notes and search functionality.
License: Not define
4. Lighthouse
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
· tracks timelines and milestones, integrates with your email client and more. Update tickets through your inbox
· very easy-to-use interface
· Project creation is simple; only a project title and description is required. Once a project is created, tickets, messages and milestones can be entered. Ticket creation can be done by email (the email address to send tickets to is displayed on the “Tickets” page). You can show tickets based on a variety of criteria, including date, state (open or closed) and who is responsible for them.
· can attach files up to 50 MB in size.
· Integrate it with other services (such as Google Calendar), or make desktop applications that use Lighthouse.
· The free plan lets you manage one private project with up to two people on the account
License: Not define
5. airTODO
http://airtodo.sourceforge.net/
. can work with local and/or remote repositories
· Support Email task delegation.
· OpenOffice integration.
· Multilanguage.
· Platform independent (supports Windows, Linux, Mac, Solaris, AIX).
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
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