Thank you for being a valued part of the CNET community. As of December 1, 2020, the forums are in read-only format. In early 2021, CNET Forums will no longer be available. We are grateful for the participation and advice you have provided to one another over the years.

Thanks,

CNET Support

Resolved Question

Which is the best Open source PPM software?

by Mar 16, 2014 5:26AM PDT

I'm in search of a good Open source PPM software for my office. My requirements are very simple and basic. There are too many in the market. Can any one help me with some suggestion.

Discussion is locked

DavidSmithAJ has chosen the best answer to their question. View answer
11 Posts
- Collapse + Expand Details

Best Answer

- Collapse -
You won't find it this way.
by Forum moderator Mar 16, 2014 5:30AM PDT

The problem is you asked for best without a full detail of the requirements and how to rank these.

As such you should receive pretty much what you can google/research for candidate titles.

Do you understand why your question can't be answered?
Bob

- Collapse -
Requirement
by DavidSmithAJ Mar 31, 2014 1:00AM PDT

Strange im just not able to submit my requirements here

- Collapse -
Requirements
by DavidSmithAJ Mar 31, 2014 1:03AM PDT

Bob, I have a team for 55 resources seated a various locations. Monitoring the project progress becomes very difficult even with regular update and daily scrums. I'm looking for a tool which can
Manage project effectively and efficiently
Timesheet with approval mechanism
Reports which could be generic and custom report
Get Project cost and project health at any given point of time
Invoice and Billing
Resource Management
Collaborative tool

- Collapse -
That's a very light requirements document.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Mar 31, 2014 1:47AM PDT

And given the list of other than project planning I didn't find any open source project that did all that.

I not going to insult you by supplying a google on open source projects. I think you'll have to look into what's for sale today.
Bob

- Collapse -
Thanks
by DavidSmithAJ Mar 31, 2014 2:39AM PDT

I'm explore few open source solution, hope to find the right one soon.

David

- Collapse -
(NT) I wouldn't call that "very simple and basic"
by Kees_B Forum moderator Apr 4, 2014 11:41PM PDT
- Collapse -
Answer
Re: PPM
by Forum moderator Mar 16, 2014 5:51AM PDT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ppm makes me ask what you mean. The last, maybe?
And why open source?

For very simple and very basic data I tend to recommend Excel.

Kees
- Collapse -
excel
by DavidSmithAJ Mar 31, 2014 2:33AM PDT

with a team scattered in different location excel is definitely out of question. Even with MSP we found it difficult, hence looking for a web based solution.

-David

- Collapse -
Answer
Project.net
by Nov 18, 2014 2:10AM PST

All,

Thank you for your help and suggestions. After a long research I have settled for Project.net.

It catered to all my requirement. The support team was very prompt and helpful.

- David

- Collapse -
Didn't meet one of my open source requirements.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 18, 2014 2:24AM PST

This one may be open source but it wasn't evident how to get the software up and running in house. Maybe I missed it but it looked to be nearly open source.
Bob

- Collapse -
sourceforge
by DavidSmithAJ Nov 24, 2014 2:55AM PST

I believe you downloaded the file from sourceforge.net. In case if you face any issue with the installation you may reach out to http://www.project.net/forum. They will help you out.

- David

Back to Office & Productivity Software forum

CNET Forums

Operating Systems
Software
Electronics & Gadgets
Hardware
Tablets & Mobile Devices
General Help
Brand Forums
Roadshow Autos
Off Topic

Other Forums

Forum Info