Objective: Create a space for Project Management and Internal Communication
Key features
Casetracker system
File cases, tickets, and other tasks that need to be assigned, reassigned, and so on
Reference + documentation
Team members can keep a handbook of important information on a project
Milestones and scheduling
Keep track of important deadlines and scheduling.
Fund individual projects
A system for donations, sponsorships, etc. to fund individual projects
Day to day communication
- Blog per project where people can post progress, questions, and have a discussion around issues that are coming up
- Shoutbox where visitors can quickly post short messages
- Integrated chatroom and messaging
Resources
- d.o. issue - http://drupal.org/node/552134
- potential solution - http://groups.drupal.org/node/14388
Previous/existing Drupal efforts
- Project - http://drupal.org/project/project (Drupal 5)
- Case Tracker - http://drupal.org/project/casetracker (Drupal 5)
- Storm - http://drupal.org/project/storm (Drupal 6
- ToDoList - http://drupal.org/project/todolist (Drupal 5)
- Tasks Advanced - http://drupal.org/project/tasks_advanced (Drupal 5)
- Drupal Spaces (http://drupal.org/project/spaces) - Spaces allows features (a blog, calendar, casetracker, shoutbox, gallery, etc.) to be enabled and customized in different configurations in different spaces.
Additional resources
- Project Management Systems and Drupal based options - http://groups.drupal.org/node/17288
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management
- http://groups.drupal.org/projectManagement
- http://xamox.net/drupal/case+study
Similar sites/solutions
- Amazee (http://amazee.com) offers a free platform for people to come together and collaborate online on projects. Features include a project magazine (with cool drag and drop functionality), wiki, events calendar, discussion forums, sponsoring etc.
- Drupal case study - http://drupal.org/node/317253
- gdo post (with many references) - http://groups.drupal.org/node/15378
- FOSS Factory (http://www.fossfactory.org/) - FOSS Factory's mission is to accelerate the advancement of free/open source software by helping people collaborate on the design, funding, and development of innovative software ideas. All software solutions produced using their system are released under free/open source licenses.
- Cofundos (http://cofundos.com/) - Cofundos helps to realize bright ideas, by providing a platform for their discussion & enrichment and by establishing a process for organizing the contributions and interests of different stakeholders in the idea.
- Dreamfish (http://dreamfish.com/) - a community of social changemakers, artists, and activists, needed an online community where their members from around the world could share, collaborate, discuss, and create. The site offers blogging, audio and video integration, active topical forums, moderated special interest groups, tagging, and several social networking tools.
- The Collaboration Foundation will build a non-profit online community for facilitating global collaboration and social-change. Using Web 2.0, we will connect a global network of participants with collaborative projects, allowing people around the world to create art without borders.