OpenProj – An Open Source Project Management Software

OpenProj is an open source project management software intended as a complete desktop replacement for Microsoft Project.  This application is an alternative to Microsoft Project. OpenProj provides control, tracking and management of projects.

It was developed by Projity in 2007. OpenProj runs on the Java Platform, allowing it to run on a variety of different operating systems.
To create a new project the field required is

•    the Project Name on the Create New Project window
•    the start date of the project can be changed, if you don’t want to start the day that you’re creating your project.

OpenProj is ideal for desktop project management and is available on Linux, UNIX, Mac or Windows. It even opens existing Microsoft or Primavera files. OpenProj is an user interface and even opens existing MSProject files.

OpenProj shares scheduling engine with Project-ON-Demand and provides Gantt Charts, Network Diagrams (PERT Charts), WBS and RBS charts, Earned Value costing and more.
The OpenProj solution has been translated into French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Swedish, Finnish, Galician, Persian, Russian, Korean and Chinese.

Features:

•     Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) used to order and control the tasks of the project for people who manages projects
•     Resources Breakdown Structure (RBS) used to define the structure of the resources, teams, providers, etc.
•    Task Usage and Resource Usage are used to control your project and provide a good track on it.
•    The Report tool provides information about the current status of your project.

OpenProj provides tools to open at the bottom of the window and provide different views of the project at the same time; Histogram, Chart, Task Usage and Resource Usage.

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