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Project Management in Drupal

Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 14:17.
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I was looking for a good Project Management Open Source tool for managing my Project and Tasks. I tried many tools like SugarCRM, dotProject and couple of other. I tried them but did not like them, I mean these tools could be very good for someone but not me.

I just need a simple tool where I can manage Project and Project Tasks. These tasks can be assigned to Resources. I don't really need Advanced features like Gantt Charts etc.

The other day I saw a post on Drupal.org where someone has mentioned that you can use Organic Groups and Case Tracker Module together and achieve a simple Project Management system. I liked the idea. I installed both the modules and to my surprise I was able to do exactly what I wanted to do.

The trick is actually very simple.

1. Use Organic Group to create Projects.
2. Add Group members that will act as resources
3. Use Case Tracker as a Post in Organic Group. This means that Cases can be associated with the Organic Groups (Projects).

When you create any case (task) and assign it to a member of that group (project) a mail is sent to the member. Which is great. It is like a Notification.

I will post a detailed tutorial soon. In the mean time if you are stuck somewhere please post your comments here. I am sure with some more experimenting you can setup a good Project Management system in our beloved Drupal.

One again Drupal saved my day.

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PM software

Submitted by prince2 training courses (not verified) on Mon, 09/28/2009 - 12:30.

Does anyone know of good open source PM software that I could use for a small company.

Project Management

Submitted by Project Management (not verified) on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 07:43.

Thanks for sharing this post

tutorial soon?

Submitted by Syaman (not verified) on Mon, 06/01/2009 - 12:59.

Hi, I'm still looking forward to the promised tutorial. Will you be putting it up any time soon? Thank you! :)

storm and notifications

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Tue, 12/09/2008 - 21:51.

you can add the subcriptions module to take care of notifications. it does a nice job. http://drupal.org/project/subscriptions

OG + Spaces + Context

Submitted by Matt Farina (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 14:39.

This is all still in beta (if that) but check out these modules together. Check out http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2008/jul/17/introducing-spaces-drupa....

Also try ProjectPier

Submitted by Guest (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 04:09.

If you're looking for something simple, you might also want to try out ProjectPier (http://projectpier.org) which sounds like it would meet all your needs.

Ok, I will try it.

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 06:23.

Ok, I will try it.

Actually I am so much

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 06:25.

Actually I am so much addicted to Drupal that I don't feel like using any other tool.

I wish someone create a Project Management Module for Drupal as well.

Hello Ravi, there is one

Submitted by hailstorm (not verified) on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 11:49.

Hello Ravi,

there is one interesting Project Management solution out there, beside case tracker. It's called STORM.

Link: http://drupal.org/project/storm

Best regards,

Mike

Mike, I tried STORM it has

Submitted by ravisagar on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 14:30.

Mike,

I tried STORM it has few things missing that I need.

1. Team of resources cannot be created.
2. Email notifications are not there.

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