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File management with OpenProject's OneDrive/SharePoint integration

File management with OpenProject's OneDrive/SharePoint integration

Every project needs a supportive file management. Whether it’s just a quick screenshot or a 20-page presentation – people collaborating in projects always involves handling files. This is why project and…
Permission management on a task level – with OpenProject’s Share feature

Permission management on a task level – with OpenProject’s Share feature

As a project manager, you want to make sure everyone can do exactly what they need to do to drive the project forward - no more and no less. On the one hand, this concerns people who are directly involved…
Separate Gantt charts for more clarity and better organization

Separate Gantt charts for more clarity and better organization

In the past, Gantt charts in OpenProject were always part of the Work Packages module. Although they are an essential and very central aspect of project management and therefore also an important feature…
Simplify your tools: Combine time tracking software and project management

Simplify your tools: Combine time tracking software and project management

Why waste time when tracking time? With OpenProject, you can track time spent on projects directly in the software that you use to manage your projects and tasks. Let’s take a look at typical requirements…
Enterprise add-on: Sharing a work package – How does it work?

Enterprise add-on: Sharing a work package – How does it work?

Collaborating in a project group usually also means restricting information. Whether for reasons of confidentiality, data protection or pure pragmatism – because restricting access often also means focusing…
Our commitment to accessibility: High contrast mode arrives with OpenProject 13.1

Our commitment to accessibility: High contrast mode arrives with OpenProject 13.1

Ensuring that every user can effectively use the OpenProject software is a core principle to us. Our community thrives on cooperation, and true cooperation can only take place if everyone has the necessary…
Project collaboration: 3 success factors and software features

Project collaboration: 3 success factors and software features

In theory, we all know it, in practice many of us struggle with it: Good collaboration is essential for the success of projects. In every project - whether it’s a private barbecue or a major software rollout…
Preview: OpenProject 13.1 – Automatic meeting agendas and more

Preview: OpenProject 13.1 – Automatic meeting agendas and more

Our next major release is planned for December 2023 – offering some great new features, like automatic meeting agendas, sharing single work packages with users outside your team and a long awaited integration…
News from the product desk: Calendar subscriptions

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

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

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…