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How universities and research institutes use project management software

How universities and research institutes use project management software

With the pandemic, like many others, also the education sector was forced into digitalizing. Project management software for universities and research institutions provides a single platform to exchange…
OpenProject at the forefront as open source project management software for universities

OpenProject at the forefront as open source project management software for universities

The results of the ZKI (The German association of Higher Education (HE) IT centers and public funded research organizations) Strategy and Organization working group on software solutions at universities…
OpenProject Nextcloud integration 2.1

OpenProject Nextcloud integration 2.1

We are delighted about our collaboration with the Nextcloud team and proud to announce the release 2.1 of the OpenProject Nextcloud integration. It is now much easier to access OpenProject from within…
Why to choose an open source cloud software?

Why to choose an open source cloud software?

Open source cloud software can be a very appealing, superior solution. Let us discuss why and in what case.…
Best practices for SaaS application security

Best practices for SaaS application security

The biggest concern when considering a SaaS application is data security. Is your data secure? Who has access to your data? What if the data center gets hit by a natural disaster or fire?…
Open Source Workplace for the Public Sector

Open Source Workplace for the Public Sector

Software, made in Europe — made for Europe.…
OpenProject 12.3: advanced scheduling with definition of a work week and duration of work packages

OpenProject 12.3: advanced scheduling with definition of a work week and duration of work packages

We are proud to present to you OpenProject 12.3. This release launches significant improvements to the scheduling of work packages and will make your life easier when creating timelines and scheduling…
Cloud project management software - OpenProject

Cloud project management software - OpenProject

Cloud computing is making storage, servers, databases, networking or software available remotely in the cloud or virtual space. This allows the users to access all data via the internet, and consequently…
OpenProject 12.2: file management with Nextcloud, improved scheduling and log time for other users

OpenProject 12.2: file management with Nextcloud, improved scheduling and log time for other users

We are proud to present to you OpenProject 12.2. This release makes us especially excited about the next step in the Nextcloud integration which is enhancing file management in OpenProject. For both OpenProject…
Release management software - OpenProject

Release management software - OpenProject

We as a software company of course use our own product to plan and manage our releases. OpenProject users know that we are trying to release often to bring incremental added value. So how do we manage…
Ticket management with OpenProject

Ticket management with OpenProject

If you are using OpenProject with your team to manage your projects, you could consider more use cases. We would like to show you how, besides project management, you could make even more use of OpenProject…
Project Management Software On-premises - OpenProject

Project Management Software On-premises - OpenProject

OpenProject is the leading open source project management software. While providing a premium, powerful project management software, OpenProject is highly committed to data security and privacy. Especially…
Successful project delivery: on time and on budget

Successful project delivery: on time and on budget

You deliver a successful project when meeting budget and deadline requirements as well as stakeholders’ scope and quality expectations.…
Project KPIs: How to track progress and measure success of your project

Project KPIs: How to track progress and measure success of your project

The objective of this article is to provide a short overview of KPIs that can be used to monitor a project’s progress. Of course, the list is not exhaustive and every project manager has to decide which…
Case study OpenProject as hybrid project management software

Case study OpenProject as hybrid project management software

OpenProject is the leading open source project management software. Thereby, it supports traditional waterfall as well as agile project management and also allows to combine both to a hybrid approach.…
OpenProject 12.1: a new team planner, a filter to include projects and basic agile boards for the Community

OpenProject 12.1: a new team planner, a filter to include projects and basic agile boards for the Community

We are proud to present to you OpenProject 12.1. This release will introduce a completely new module, the team planner. With this Enterprise feature, you can visually assign work packages in a weekly or…
Agile boards are now available in the OpenProject Community edition

Agile boards are now available in the OpenProject Community edition

The OpenProject team is busy developing new features and the Community edition will of course benefit as well. With the release of OpenProject 12.1, the Community edition will comprise basic agile boards…
What is hybrid project management?

What is hybrid project management?

Hybrid project management combines elements of waterfall and agile methodologies to make the project management approach best suited for an individual use case. A pure agile or waterfall approach can limit…
What are work packages and how to work with them?

What are work packages and how to work with them?

OpenProject is an open source project management software. There are plenty of competitors out there and every software has its own main focus.…
How to work with project templates

How to work with project templates

Using project templates will save your team a lot of time. No more repetitive work and you also streamline the way your organization works, making sure the structure of your projects is coherent.…