Learning
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.…
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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…
Cases
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.…
Releases
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…
Releases
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…
Learning
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…
Features
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.…
Features
Project management now also in Ukrainian
For all those who collaborate even more. For all those who build bridges. For all those who have hired new employees from Ukraine. The project management software OpenProject is now also available in Ukrainian…
Learning Company
5 Tips for remote work and home office
Ever since the outbreak of the corona virus (COVID-19), we are increasingly called upon to take protective measures and avoid social contacts. In waves, events are getting cancelled, trips postponed, companies…
Company
OpenProject recognized as top product in 2021 by Gartner Digital Markets
As we move ahead in 2022, let’s take a pause and appreciate some of the accomplishments we earned throughout the last year. 2021 has been an amazing year for OpenProject. We stood out from the crowd with…
Company
11 February, International Day of Women and Girls in Science
The International Day of Women and Girls in Science was established on February 11 by a decision of the United Nations General Assembly on December 22, 2015. The day aims to raise awareness of the importance…
Company
Protection through frugality: 28 January is data protection day
Data Protection Day has been an international event since 2007. A lot has changed since the European Council initiated it, and data protection becomes more and more important each year.…
Company
2021: a year in review
2021 draws to a close and we are very proud of what we have accomplished this year. We would like to recap some of the things we did and share them with you. It was certainly another year full of challenges…
Features
New standard for OpenProject API
OpenProject offers a powerful API which allows other applications to access your OpenProject application for any kind of integration. However, we found that for some of our users the current OpenProject…
Open Source
OpenProject joins coalition for a level playing field with Microsoft
OpenProject is joining a new coalition for a level playing field with Microsoft. Nextcloud, the open source on-premises content collaboration platform, has filed complaints with both the EU and German…
Learning
BIM in project management: the most important BIM roles from client's perspective
Every BIM project needs a clearly defined distribution of roles. But what exactly are these roles and what responsibilities do they have? We have already dealt with this question in broad outline in the…
Releases
OpenProject 12.0: new in-app notifications keep you informed about changes in your projects
We are proud to present to you OpenProject 12.0. This release will change the way you work in OpenProject. We are introducing in-app notifications, which means fewer emails in your inbox. Notifications…
Learning
Static vs. dynamic websites: why we migrated from WordPress to a static website
Recently, we migrated our website from WordPress to a new static website. WordPress is one of the most widely used free Content Management Systems (CMS). With this homepage builder, you can easily build…
Learning
The BIM roles and organizational structure
To be able to execute BIM projects, not only BIM-capable software and new methods are required, but also adjustments in the structural organization of the project, in particular with the introduction of…
Company
OpenProject's guide for Hacktoberfest 2021
Support your favorite open source project in October! The importance of open source in the world is growing. At OpenProject, we often ask ourselves how we can further encourage participation. Hacktoberfest…