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News from the product desk: Calendar subscriptions
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News from the product desk: Calendar subscriptions

Starting with OpenProject 13.0, you can now synchronize your work packages with external calendar clients like Open-Xchange, Mozilla Thunderbird, Google Calendar and Apple Calendar. Calendar subscriptions…
How to create the best dashboard for your project
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How to create the best dashboard for your project

Project management is all about getting organized. What tasks are due this week? Where is my help needed? To best answer these kinds of questions, you need one overview page to display everything important…
Passion project: A time tracking button to simplify recording of working time
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Passion project: A time tracking button to simplify recording of working time

If you need to track your working time for various reasons, e.g. if you want to track your total working time, if you want to track the time spent on different tasks, or if you are paid per hour - you…
Passion projects: 6 small improvements with big benefit
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Passion projects: 6 small improvements with big benefit

During our passion time in Switzerland this June, we accomplished to create and develop a bunch of great features for OpenProject. In the last weeks, we already presented some of the projects we are passionate…
OpenProject 13.0: Great features will come this summer
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OpenProject 13.0: Great features will come this summer

Here comes a big preview on OpenProject 13.0: Stay informed and plan ahead! Some great features will be released with 13.0 this summer and enhance your daily work with OpenProject even more. With OpenProject…
Passion project: Introduce OpenProject Command Line Interface (CLI)
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Passion project: Introduce OpenProject Command Line Interface (CLI)

A command line interface (CLI) is a text-based user interface (UI) that allows users to run programs, manage computer files, and interact with the computer. CLIs accept only keyboard input as commands…
News from the Product Desk: PDF export of work plans
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News from the Product Desk: PDF export of work plans

TLDR: Project teams currently end up spending a lot of time creating work plans manually in word processors. Smart teams should focus on content rather than on text formatting. They should use their brain…
Record working time and manage projects – in one system
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Record working time and manage projects – in one system

Do you need to record the working hours of your employees or track your own working time? There are many working time tracking tools on the market. Why don’t you keep it simple and manage all in one system…
OpenProject and Nextcloud: a strong combination for project management at universities
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OpenProject and Nextcloud: a strong combination for project management at universities

The FutureWaterCampus is being built at the University of Duisburg-Essen, bringing together scientists and experts from different fields. To make the teams’ work more efficient and secure, a working group…
Deadline management made easy: Use customized date alerts!
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Deadline management made easy: Use customized date alerts!

Do you know the nagging feeling of missing an important deadline? With automized deadline management, you can say goodbye to this feeling and enjoy a more relaxed work environment. OpenProject offers you…
5 agile boards to boost efficiency in multi-team projects
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5 agile boards to boost efficiency in multi-team projects

Working with distributed teams on one or even more projects together can be quite challenging. You need to stay flexible, keep everybody informed, and quickly adapt to any kind of changes – and keep an…

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