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Project Management and Diagramming Software

Project Management and Diagramming Software

Rizaldy Rapsing (King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
Copyright: © 2013 | Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3679-8.ch005

Abstract

There are numerous methods in managing project activities. Apart from it all, people involved in the project must carefully consider the project’s objectives, timeline, cost, and roles of the participants. The complexity of the project challenges them in estimating, planning, scheduling, budget monitoring, resource management, and documentation. Many use word processors, presentations, or graphic software for some of these activities, but project management and diagramming software are offered now, supporting almost all of these tasks. This chapter aims to make readers aware of the different software that they can use in project management and diagramming. It lists the currently available commercial software, shareware, and freeware; and reviews four project management and two diagramming software.
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Introduction

In reviewing the project management software, a simple project with 3 resources and 3 tasks has been applied to each tool. Later, the other features are briefly mentioned.

The 4 project management software or tools are:

  • 1.

    5pm by Quattre Group LLC,

  • 2.

    Dolibarr by Dolibarrr Team,

  • 3.

    Endeavour Software Project Management by Ezequiel Cuellar, and

  • 4.

    GanttProject by The GanttProject Team.

In reviewing the diagramming software, the frequently used diagrams in software engineering are designed in both tools. Some of their features are also discussed.

The 2 diagramming software or tools are:

  • 1.

    Dia by Dia Developers, and

  • 2.

    yEd by yWorks GmbH.

This chapter intends for students and industry practitioners to be able to experience project management and realize the easy control and effectiveness of using any of these tools.

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Project Management Software

Listed in Table 1 are some of the project management software available. They are obtainable as SaaS (software as a service), GPL (General Public License), proprietary, or open source.

Table 1.
List of available project management software
5pm Easy Projects .NET Launchpad phpGroupWare
24SevenOffice eGroupWare LibrePlan PHProjekt
AceProject enQuire - Grants Project & Contract Management LiquidPlanner Pivotal Tracker
Apollo Exia Process LisaProject Planbox
Assembla FastTrack Schedule MacProject Plandora
AtTask Feng Office Community Ed. MantisBT Planisware 5
Basecamp FinancialForce.com MatchWareMindView 4 Business Edition Planner Suite
Binfire FIT Issue Management Mavenlink PLANTA Project
Bontq FogBugz Merlin PPM Central/WorkLenz
BrightWork Ganttic MicroPlanner X-Pert Primavera Project Planner
CA Clarity PPM GanttProject Microsoft Office Project Server Principal Toolbox
Central Desktop Gemini Microsoft Project Project KickStart
Cerebro Genius Inside Microsoft SharePoint Server ProjectManager.com
Clarizen Glasscubes Microsoft Team Foundation Server Project.net
CMiC Goplan Milestones Professional Project-Open
codeBeamer GroveSite MindGenius Projectplace
Collabtive HP Project & Portfolio Mingle ProjectSpaces
Compuware Changepoint Huddle NetPoint Projecturf
ConceptDraw Project Hyperoffice NetSuite Projektron BCS
Contactizer iManageProject MyWorkPLAN Proliance
Copper Project InLoox O3spaces Prolog Manager
Deltek Open Plan in-Step OmniPlan PSNext
DeltekWelcomHome JIRA OnePager Pro QuickBase
DeskAway Jonas Software Onepoint Project Rachota
Dolibarr ERP/CRM Journyx OnTime Rally Software
Doolphy Kayako helpdesk software Open Workbench Redmine
dotProject KommandCore OpenERP Rplan
DynaRoad KForge OpenProj SAP RPM
Endeavour Software Project Management KPlato Oracle Project Portfolio Management SAP Business ByDesign

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