Comments on: The Quest for Collabware http://kinshuksunil.com/blog/reviews/the-quest-for-collabware#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed it aint no, dessert if therez no caek Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:34:15 +0530 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ravi Sagar http://kinshuksunil.com/blog/reviews/the-quest-for-collabware/comment-page-1#comment-107 Ravi Sagar Sat, 18 Oct 2008 00:50:25 +0000 http://www.kinshuksunil.com/blog/?p=514#comment-107 Parameters. It should have. 1. Project Planning/Estimation. 2. Task assignment. 3. Resource should have a separate interface to submit task updates. They should be able to fill Time sheets against the assigned tasks. 4. Resources should be assigned across the projects. 5. Over-allocation/Under-allocation of the resources should be visible to all the manager, so they can assign the resources effectively. 6. GANTT charts (optional) These are the very basic but must-have features that a Project Management Software should have. I am looking for Open Source only. Dot project has almost all these features except Resource allocation view, but that is not a big issues, as you can write queries from the db. The biggest problem with dotproject is the interface. It is easy to install but end users find it confusing and hard to use. Parameters. It should have.
1. Project Planning/Estimation.
2. Task assignment.
3. Resource should have a separate interface to submit task updates. They should be able to fill Time sheets against the assigned tasks.
4. Resources should be assigned across the projects.
5. Over-allocation/Under-allocation of the resources should be visible to all the manager, so they can assign the resources effectively.
6. GANTT charts (optional)

These are the very basic but must-have features that a Project Management Software should have. I am looking for Open Source only.

Dot project has almost all these features except Resource allocation view, but that is not a big issues, as you can write queries from the db. The biggest problem with dotproject is the interface. It is easy to install but end users find it confusing and hard to use.

]]> By: kinshuksunil http://kinshuksunil.com/blog/reviews/the-quest-for-collabware/comment-page-#comment-106 kinshuksunil Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:24:28 +0000 http://www.kinshuksunil.com/blog/?p=514#comment-106 some of these are as good as dotproject and also easy to use and intuitive with all the web 2.0-ish glitz.. the trouble is they want $$$s :D I am going to compare them exhaustively.. what variables would you suggest for comparing these? some of these are as good as dotproject and also easy to use and intuitive with all the web 2.0-ish glitz.. the trouble is they want $$$s :D
I am going to compare them exhaustively.. what variables would you suggest for comparing these?

]]> By: Ravi Sagar http://kinshuksunil.com/blog/reviews/the-quest-for-collabware/comment-page-1#comment-105 Ravi Sagar Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:54:39 +0000 http://www.kinshuksunil.com/blog/?p=514#comment-105 What a long list. Only Dotproject has all the features of a complete system, but it is not user friendly. What a long list. Only Dotproject has all the features of a complete system, but it is not user friendly.

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