Project Management in Drupal
Submitted by ravisagar on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 14:17
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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24 November 2007
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24 November 2007
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can you share the details?
Sometime back we created a small project management system in drupal.
Hi Guys,
Thought I'd add my own bit of advice to these posts about Project management. I use an Open Source ERP called xTuple. It is overkill if you're only needing project management, but it's worth considering.
The project management module is amazing. Really worth considering.
Similarly, I recently wrote a blog about how critical it is to use a project management software when building Drupal sites. You can find it here: http://www.drupalcreations.com/drupal-project-management Please add any comments you feel might help.
Sincerely,
Does anyone know of good open source PM software that I could use for a small company.
Thanks for sharing this post
Hi, I'm still looking forward to the promised tutorial. Will you be putting it up any time soon? Thank you! :)
you can add the subcriptions module to take care of notifications. it does a nice job. http://drupal.org/project/subscriptions
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-drupal.
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.
24 November 2007
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Ok, I will try it.
24 November 2007
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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 interesting Project Management solution out there, beside case tracker. It's called STORM.
Link: http://drupal.org/project/storm
Best regards,
Mike
24 November 2007
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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.