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* {{quotation | Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication and documentation systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_software Wikipedia: Project-management software] {{retr}})
* {{quotation | Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication and documentation systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.}} ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management_software Wikipedia: Project-management software] {{retr}})


See also [[project management]].
See also [[project management]], [[issue tracking system]]


== Technologies ==
== Technologies ==
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== Links ==
== Links ==
Links haven't been updated for a while ... ⁻ [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]] ([[User talk:Daniel K. Schneider|talk]]) 11:01, 10 July 2014 (CEST)


=== General links ===
=== General links ===
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; Directories
; Directories


* [http://www.capterra.com/project-management-software Captera Project Management Software Directory]
* [http://www.capterra.com/project-management-software Project Management Software Directory by Capterra]


* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software List of project management software] (Wikipedia).
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software List of project management software] (Wikipedia).
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* [http://live.gnome.org/Planner Planner] (Linux)
* [http://live.gnome.org/Planner Planner] (Linux)
; Online services for agile PM
* [http://basecamp.com/ Basecamp] Allows to manage and track project in a single page
* [http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Pivotal_tracker Pivotal tracker]


; Open source and/or free web-based applications
; Open source and/or free web-based applications
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* [http://www.wrike.com/ Wrike] (Free online task management collaboration tool, a kind of [[collaborative planning software]].
* [http://www.wrike.com/ Wrike] (Free online task management collaboration tool, a kind of [[collaborative planning software]].
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrike Wrike] (Wikipedia page)
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrike Wrike] (Wikipedia page)
; Mediawiki extensions (could work in this wiki ...)
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Project_Management Semantic Project Management] is a [[semantic MediaWiki]] extension that enables the user to display and export project structures. I.e. it helps collaboration (as opposed to measuring it). See this [http://km.aifb.kit.edu/projects/process/index.php/Project_Management Gannt chart demo] at kit.edu.


; Special purpose tools for education
; Special purpose tools for education
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* See also [[LMS]] that have student management / control features
* See also [[LMS]] that have student management / control features


[[Category: Technologies]]
 
[[Category: Design methodologies]]
[[Category: Design methodologies]]
[[Category: Portalware]]
[[Category: Portalware]]
[[Category: Project management and planning]]

Latest revision as of 10:01, 10 July 2014

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Definition

  • “Project management software is a term covering many types of software, including scheduling, resource allocation, collaboration software, communication and documentation systems, which are used to deal with the complexity of large projects.” (Wikipedia: Project-management software retrieved, 17:17, 15 September 2006 (MEST))

See also project management, issue tracking system

Technologies

Types

(some of these come combined)

  • Planning and scheduling tools help to organize a project in terms of work-packages assigned to people and milestones to reach. (the essence of project management in the "classic" formal sense). These tools also include various information/monitoring tools like task lists for people, progress reporting etc.
  • Ticketing applications assign tasks to people and can monitor progress. This can be combined with calendaring software.
  • Help desk applications are similar.
  • Groupware applications that include task management tools.
  • Learning management systems include student management tools like homework management or progress metering regarding course materials to study.
  • Special purpose environments for project-oriented teaching
  • Environments for agile methods, e.g. collaborative writing tools like wikis or blogs.
  • Collaborative planning software (also includes groupware and social software aspects)
Related tools
  • Group Decision Support Systems
  • ...

In education

There are 2 big categories of usage:

Links

Links haven't been updated for a while ... ⁻ Daniel K. Schneider (talk) 11:01, 10 July 2014 (CEST)

General links

Software packages

Directories
Open source and/or free desktop applications
Online services for agile PM
Open source and/or free web-based applications
  • PHProjekt (Web-based). PHProjekt is a modular application for the coordination of group activities and to share informations and document via intranet and Internet. Components of PHProjekt: Group calendar, project management, time card system, file management, contact manager, mail client and 9 other modules.
  • dotProject is a volunteer supported Project Management application.
  • Achievo
  • Keystone is web-based ticketing system for keeping track of tasks and other items within a small to medium sized work group. (Free for less than 10 users).
  • Tutos is a tool to manage the organizational needs of small groups, teams, departments ...
  • eGroupWare is a free enterprise ready groupware software (contacts, appointments, todos, ProjectManager, TimeSheet, Workflow engine etc.)
  • ActiveCollab is a web based, open source collaboration and project management tool (The light version is free). Still beta on 12:17, 12 May 2007 (MEST).
  • GForge helps you manage the entire software development life cycle.
  • Wrike (Free online task management collaboration tool, a kind of collaborative planning software.
Mediawiki extensions (could work in this wiki ...)
Special purpose tools for education

Note: Educators don't necessarily need "educational tools". Any project management or other tool - that fits a given purpose and that a specific group of learners (and teachers) are able to use - will do.

  • NoteStar is an Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page.
  • See also LMS that have student management / control features