Authors:
Antonio Oliveira
1
and
Jorge Bernardino
2
Affiliations:
1
Polytechnic of Coimbra – ISEC, Rua Pedro Nunes, Quinta da Nora, 3030-199 Coimbra and Portugal
;
2
Polytechnic of Coimbra – ISEC, Rua Pedro Nunes, Quinta da Nora, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal, CISUC - Centre of Informatics and Systems of University of Coimbra, Pinhal de Marrocos, 3030-290 Coimbra and Portugal
Keyword(s):
Project Management Tools, Open Source Tools, OSSPal Methodology, Open Project, ProjectLibre, OrangeScrum.
Abstract:
One of the major differences between a successful project and a failed one is the project management abilities. Project management leads to better alignment of projects within the business’ strategy, so that companies can reduce their costs, accelerate product development, and focus on meeting their customers’ needs. To help with that, project management tools are highly recommended, once they ease planning, scheduling, resource allocation, communication and documentation tasks. In this paper, we assess three popular open source project management tools: OpenProject, Orangescrum and ProjectLibre with the help of the OSSPal methodology. This study can help project managers and programmers on choosing an adequate, current, high quality and affordable tool to perform their projects.