Open Source Project Management Software

In the wake of a post on the 37 Signals blog suggesting that we should more often call plans guesses I thought it was relevant to offer a free planning tool. Here’s the post on 37 Signals by way: http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1805-lets-just-call-plans-what-they-are-guesses 37 Signals is very often an insightful blog by the way and they are also makers of the hugely successful Basecamp software.

The software I want to share with you today though is OpenProj from Serena.. On the upside the software is both Mac and PC compatible and if you’re a user of Microsoft Project then you’ll be right at home. Another nice feature is that the software is open-source (yes, free). I’ve used the software on about a half dozen projects and it’s great to be able to do a detailed gantt and calculate your critical path. Now if you have access to Microsoft Project then you want to stick with that. This is very basic and has none of the use-ability enhancements that you find in Project.