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BIM project management software available on-premises
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BIM project management software available on-premises

OpenProject is free and open source software for project management. It offers a great variety of features to support classic, agile as well as hybrid project management and team collaboration. The BIM…
OpenProject 11 with top-down scheduling, more agile boards, and project templates
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OpenProject 11 with top-down scheduling, more agile boards, and project templates

At OpenProject we are always focusing on how to improve team collaboration and project management to get projects done more accurately and easily. This new release will bring all sorts of features that…
Reporting your project status made easy
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Reporting your project status made easy

One of the most important aspects in project management is reporting. A project report shows the current status of the project at a given time. It is usually done on a regular basis, e.g. weekly or monthly…
How do you communicate with your project team?
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How do you communicate with your project team?

A project management software supports the project team in their collaboration and to deliver the project as efficiently as possible. It combines the power of several tools in one: timings, assignment…
How long will it take? Find out if you should schedule your project top-down or bottom up.
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How long will it take? Find out if you should schedule your project top-down or bottom up.

The most frequent questions you will get asked when managing a project are probably: When will you be finished? And: How long will it take? It might be annoying for you to hear the same questions repeatedly…
Forms help you to streamline your tasks
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Forms help you to streamline your tasks

OpenProject is an open source project management software that allows you to manage a wide variety of projects and tasks. With forms in OpenProject you can simplify the entry and management of tasks in…
How to work with agile boards
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How to work with agile boards

One of OpenProject’s most used features is agile boards. Agile boards support teams implementing their agile project management methodology, e.g. Scrum or Kanban. Typically, agile teams have shorter development…
OpenProject custom theme and logo
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OpenProject custom theme and logo

Branding is more than just a logo or advertising towards your customers. Your organization is a brand and your employees identify with its vision and values. In order to reinforce your branding, you want…
Customize and automate your workflows
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Customize and automate your workflows

Approving documents, processing ideas, doing investment calculations, hiring employees, developing a product, performance reporting, ordering - these are all examples of tasks and processes in an organization…
Digital product development in times of New Work
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Digital product development in times of New Work

What does an innovative product of tomorrow look like? Which user problems should be solved? What will be implemented to solve these problems and how can a digital product development process tailored…
What is free and open source software and why can it cost money?
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What is free and open source software and why can it cost money?

We keep getting questions from users and customers who wonder why some Enterprise add-ons of free and open source software cost money. Comments even go as far as saying that this does not make it true…
Project management terminology
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Project management terminology

Update July 2023: If you are looking for up-to-date definitions of OpenProject terminology, see our recently published glossary of OpenProject.…
Project management guide
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Project management guide

Today’s fast-paced and complex environment requires organizations to adapt to changes quickly. On top, to generate growth, an organization might need to venture out from its core business or core processes…
Remote working and security
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Remote working and security

Some companies were very slow in adopting remote working policies before the corona crisis. They were worried that working from home would make the performance of their employees drop. The other big concern…
#wirfürschule Hackathon: Digital project-based learning
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#wirfürschule Hackathon: Digital project-based learning

We are proud of the Hackathon for the future school #wirfürschule June 08. - 12. 2020 to have participated. We were looking for content-related and interdisciplinary project ideas for the hybrid school…
Reopening and reinventing after lockdown
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Reopening and reinventing after lockdown

After weeks of lockdown and strict work from home due to the Corona virus pandemic, economies in many countries are slowly opening up, employees are returning to their desks in the offices. However, reopening…
OpenProject rated top Project Management Software
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OpenProject rated top Project Management Software

June 2020 - We are proud to announce that OpenProject is ranking in Capterra’s Top 20 Most Popular for Project Portfolio Management Software. It is an honour to be listed as the ranking results from an…
OpenProject 10.6: improved table formatting, quicker time logging, support of Slovenian language
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OpenProject 10.6: improved table formatting, quicker time logging, support of Slovenian language

Welcome to OpenProject 10.6. The new release of the open source project management software brings improved table formatting, quicker time logging, the Slovenian translation, better overview over activities…
OpenProject BIM 10.6 released with improved BCF Management
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OpenProject BIM 10.6 released with improved BCF Management

We released OpenProject BIM 10.6. The new release contains improvements for BIM project management for the building industry, especially with improved features for BCF Management.…
Accelerate your project management for universities
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Accelerate your project management for universities

Schools, colleges, universities, research institutes are all under pressure from digitalization. Not only in teaching methods but also regarding processes in administration and collaboration across different…
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