project-open 3.2 released

Hi,

we've just release a major new version (V3.2) and released a bunch of
new RPM Linux installers. It would be great if you could include the PR.
]po[ is currently ranked #65 at SourceForge.net with >100,000 downloads...

For ChangeLog, Download etc. please see below.

Cheers,
Frank

mailto:fraber@fraber.de, http://www.project-open.com/

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]project-open[ V3.2 Integrates With GanttProject to form OSS Business
Application Stack


BARCELONA, Spain, May 9th -- The ]project-open[ development team is proud to
announce the release of version V3.2. of its project management and project
collaboration application. 

The main feature of the new version is an integration with GanttProject, the
no. #1 open-source project management application. Together, the two
applications form an integrated open-source based application stack covering
the complete project cycle for IT departments and IT companies from
definition and planning to execution, tracking and invoicing.

"]project-open[ and GanttProject together form the first one-stop solution
to managing project organizations." says Frank Bergmann, founder of
]project-open[. "I believe that application stacks are the key to the
success of OSS business applications in general".

While GanttProject is similar to Microsoft Project, ]project-open[ is
comparable to the Microsoft Project Server application, as it stores and
manages multiple projects and resources and financial information on a
server. In addition, ]project-open[ includes a number of collaboration
modules such as forums & tasks, full-text search, file storage, calendar,
wiki, bug-tracker and workflow plus a number of financial modules such as
timesheet management, expenses, travel costs, project controlling, invoicing
and support for backend accounting systems including SAP.

"We frequently see customers running a dozen applications ranging from
bug-trackers and wiki to timesheet management and travel costs, each with
different GUI and logins. Our goal is to integrate these applications into a
single system." says Klaus Hofeditz, the other founding member of ]po[.

With Version 3.2, ]po[ now presents a mature, industry-tested product. Using
the Open Source approach, ]po[ is able to offer enterprise class solutions
that require a considerably lower investment than comparable commercial
software.  


Application Scenario: IT Department or IT Company


The following application scenario demonstrates how ]project-open[ and
GanttProject can be used together to define, plan and execute a project:

A key account manager or a sales manager start the project cycle by creating
a new project in ]po[ as a container for requirement documents and
brainstorming results by using the file storage and forum modules. 

Also, the account manager starts to plan the budget top-down or bottom-up by
defining and estimating project tasks and resources using GanttProject.
The resulting project proposal often passes through a priorization and
approval workflow in order to enforce company policies on budgets, margins
and project approval. Using a graphical workflow editor, the approval
workflow can be defined and modified. Project attributes can be added and
customized.

A project manager then takes over the responsibility for the project
scheduling and resource planning using GanttProject. Using ]po[ reporting,
the PM identifies resources overallocations and bottle necks across
projects. 

During project execution, members of the project teams can use a large
number of ]po[ modules such as calendar, forum, wiki and bug-tracker to
collaborate across geographical and organizational boundaries. 

Meanwhile, the project manager tracks the project progress on a per-task
level and compares it with the internal costs from ]po[ timesheet management
and the external costs from the ]po[ expense & travel costs modules.
Alternatively, cost information can also be imported from external
applications such as SAP.

After delivering the project, an accountant or senior manager then uses the
]po[ invoicing module to create and track invoices for fixed-price and
effort-priced projects. The results can be exported via CSV or XML to
backend accounting packages such as Quickbooks, Lexware Buchhalter or SAP.


Resources & More Information:

]po[ Web Sites:
- http://www.project-open.org/ (Developer Site)
- http://www.project-open.com/ (Marketing Site)
- http://www.project-open.com/en/press/ (Press Kit)
- http://pcdemo.dnsalias.com/ (Online Demo)
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/project-open/ (Download)
- http://www.project-open.org/download/change_log.html (Change Log)

GanttProject Web Sites:
- http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/ganttproject/ (Download)

Developer Conference:
- September 27.-29., 2007 in Barcelona, Spain
  http://www.project-open.com/product/services/devcon/

Analyst Briefing:
- For questions and further information:
  Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 at 8pm CEST / 2pm EST
  Dial-in: +1-641-297-5600
  Participant Code: 78819

Press Contact:
- Frank Bergmann, Founder
  Tel: +34 933 250 914 (11am - 7pm CEST)
  mailto:press@project-open.com


Best regards
Frank

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Frank Bergmann
Dipl.-Ing., MBA
Managing Director ]project-open[

Tel: +34 933 250 914
Cell: +34 609 953 751
Fax: +34 932 890 729
mailto:frank.bergmann@project-open.com
http://www.project-open.com/ 

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