[wplug-board] Project planning tools

[Justin Smith]

What about something with a Web interface? That way, we'd only have to 
install it once, and people could access it from any computer and any 
platform.

During my ill-fated stint as a grant writer, I used Collabtive[1] to keep track 
of my work. It isn't as convoluted as a lot of the management software I've 
seen, but it's still flexible enough that I think it might fit our circumstances. 
You can define milestones and tasks, there's a convenient calendar view 
of upcoming deadlines, and comments & file uploads are both supported.

Take a look at the demo on the official site. The default language is 
German, so you'll have to change that first. Here's how to do it:

1) In the top right corner, move your mouse over the wrench. Three new 
icons appear under it. Click on the wrench and gear.

2) Open the dropdown menu next to the “Sprache” field and select 
Englische (100%).

3) Click Abschicken.

--
*Justin S. Smith*
Vice chair/secretary, WPLUG Board of Directors
http://www.wplug.org[2] 

/"Isn't it ironic that the proprietary software developers call us 
communists? We are the ones who have provided for a free market, where 
they allow only monopoly."/
-Richard Stallman


> If I make a project plan, the "least common denominator" open source
> planning tools seem to be TaskJuggler, and GNOME Planner (plus maybe
> KPlato if you're a KDE person).
> 
> I personally lean towards TaskJuggler (since the project plan is a
> simple text file, and the TaskJuggler GUI just lets you view the file in
> "interesting" ways).  But if anyone has any particular preferences
> (i.e., what is available for your OS, what is not available for your OS,
> etc.), speak now (or soon...).
> 
> --Pat.

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[1] http://collabtive.o-dyn.de/
[2] http://www.wplug.org
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