This page is for listing other software and the pros/cons of them, also to see who is using what since the poll only provides for choosing one option. You might find inspiration from this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software
Legend: (open for change)
Licensing/Costs
- OS - open source project
- CO - commercial
Platform
- DTP - desktop
- WEB - web-based/hosted
Primary Audience
- PM - project management
- COOP - collaboration/cooperation
- GW - groupware
- IT - Issue tracking
Usage
- add a "CU" for currently using
- add a "+" if you like it or "-" if you don't or 0 if no opinion or neutral
add Initials and optionally put short comments in brackets
dotProject (OS / WEB / PM)
Link: http://www.dotproject.net/
Pros
mature and has lots of features
Cons
too many features in core, very poor and ugly interface, several bugs
extremely slow, even with 1-3 users
Usage
CU0RC
ProjectPier (OS / WEB / PM)
Link: http://www.projectpier.org/
Pros
very simple
Cons
still a little rough around the edges
Usage
CU+RC
MS Project (CO / DTP / PM)
Link: http://office.microsoft.com/project
Pros
very mature, professional, semi-standard file format
Cons
Not geared towards multiple users & collaboration
Usage
-RC
OpenGroupware (OS / WEB & DTP / PM, COOP, IT, GW)
Link: http://www.opengroupware.org/
Pros
Full enterprise feature set:
ACLs for access control on Contacts, Enterprises, Appointments, and Projects.
Schedular supports proposals, conflict detection, free/busy, and IETF roles & status attributes.
WebDAV, CalDAV, and GroupDAV support (and thus Mobile Device support via Funambol GroupDAV connector)
File management including versioning, access logging, and lock/release.
Task workflow
Easily extended via ZideStore protocol bundles.
Easy to use XML-RPC API for integrating with custom applications (includes a PHP wrapper of API)
Cons
Packing / installation could use improvement
Native web interface is some what dated
Usage
CU+WM
Planner (OS / DTP / PM)
Link: http://live.gnome.org/Planner ??
Pros
Simple and exports in pdf
Cons
Lacking in productization
There is no critical path method (CPM) chart
Usage
CU-
Gantt (OS / DTP / PM)
Link: http://ganttproject.biz/
Pros
Cross Platform, Fairly mature, able to import (and export?) MS Project files
Cons
Interface should be improved to make certain functions more convenient/efficient to work with.
Usage
CU0RC
Open Workbench (OS / DTP / PM)
Link: http://www.openworkbench.org/
Pros
Aims to replace MS Project I think
Cons
Haven't used it.
Usage
Group-Office (OS / WEB / GW)
Link: http://group-office.com/
Pros
Looks like an online Lotus Notes or Outlook
Very simple to use
Easy enough to extend with custom modules
Cons
Limited flexibility
Usage
Centric Team Elements (OS / WEB / PM)
Link: http://www.centriccrm.com/ProjectManagement.do?command=ProjectCenter&pid...
Pros
Integrates with CRM platform
J2EE Architecture
Cons
Not yet final release
Usage