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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 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…
Agile project management - why and in what case?
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Agile project management - why and in what case?

The work environment has become more and more complex over the last decades: rapid market changes and the need to respond fast, unpredictability, a demand for fast product developments, bigger project…
Easy upgrade to the Enterprise on-premises edition - test for FREE
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Easy upgrade to the Enterprise on-premises edition - test for FREE

Have you wondered what the Enterprise on-premises edition of OpenProject brings along? With the release of OpenProject 10.5 it is now much easier to test the Enterprise add-ons of the Enterprise edition…
OpenProject BIM 10.5: BCF Management extends BIM project management
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OpenProject BIM 10.5: BCF Management extends BIM project management

We are proud to release OpenProject BIM 10.5. With the new release there will be significant improvements in the area of ​​BIM project management for the construction industry, especially in the area of…
OpenProject 10.5: agile assignee boards, new sorting of versions, and time tracking restrictions removed
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OpenProject 10.5: agile assignee boards, new sorting of versions, and time tracking restrictions removed

OpenProject 10.5 is here. The new release of the open source project management software contains new action boards for assignees, much more intuitive sorting of versions by name, the removed 24-hours…
What do Open Source Seeds and Open Source Software have in common?
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What do Open Source Seeds and Open Source Software have in common?

Did you know that the freedom of our seeds is in danger? I have to admit I just learned about it a few days ago! Just as for open source software, patents for seeds are owned by very few big monopolies…
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