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Catch up with confidence: How to quickly understand changes in OpenProject after your absence

Catch up with confidence: How to quickly understand changes in OpenProject after your absence

Whether it’s a much-needed vacation or an unexpected illness, being away from work can make it challenging to stay on top of your projects’ progress. The pressure to get up to speed fast and efficiently…
Interview with Birthe Lindenthal on 10 years of OpenProject

Interview with Birthe Lindenthal on 10 years of OpenProject

OpenProject is special. Several of their employees have been with the company for over 10 years. Birthe Lindenthal is one. She built up the company from the very beginning together with her boyfriend and…
Escalate correctly!

Escalate correctly!

Should the messenger of bad news be killed? – Of course not! But if they only bring bad news, that’s a problem. In projects, escalation occurs when one’s authority is no longer sufficient to resolve an…
OpenProject 14.4: Dunkelmodus für OpenProject

OpenProject 14.4: Dunkelmodus für OpenProject

Wir haben OpenProject 14.4 veröffentlicht. Wir haben einen dunklen Modus für OpenProject hinzugefügt, die Berechtigungen für Projektattribute in Ansichts- und Bearbeitungs-Rechte unterteilt, die statusbasierte…
Interview with Kabiru Mwenja on work culture at OpenProject

Interview with Kabiru Mwenja on work culture at OpenProject

Hi, I’m Kabiru. I am a software engineer at OpenProject. I have been on the team for 1.5 years.…
The open project management methodology PM2 is the best alternative to PMI and PRINCE2

The open project management methodology PM2 is the best alternative to PMI and PRINCE2

Read why the free and open project management methodology PM2 is a superior alternative to proprietary and expensive frameworks such as PMI and PRINCE2.…
Beyond MS Word: Automatically generate beautifully styled pdf files for contracts, approval notices and project orders

Beyond MS Word: Automatically generate beautifully styled pdf files for contracts, approval notices and project orders

Successful teams always challenge the status quo and seek improvements. Top performers focus on high-value activities that contribute to project success—they avoid repetitive low-value tasks and invest…
Interview with Aaron Contreras on work culture at OpenProject

Interview with Aaron Contreras on work culture at OpenProject

Hi, my name is Aaron. I live in Panama City, Panama.…
Demokratisierung des Gesundheitswesens: Open Source MRT für alle

Demokratisierung des Gesundheitswesens: Open Source MRT für alle

Im Bereich der Medizintechnik war das Streben nach Innovation und offener Zugänglichkeit noch nie so wichtig wie heute. Herkömmliche MRT-Scanner sind unerschwinglich teuer, was ihre Verfügbarkeit auf finanzstarke…
Die beste Open Source Alternative zu Monday.com

Die beste Open Source Alternative zu Monday.com

Wenn Sie auf der Suche nach einer Projektmanagement-Software sind und verschiedene Lösungen vergleichen, werden Sie irgendwann über Monday.com stolpern. Wir haben uns die Software genauer angesehen und…
The role of a project Steering Committee

The role of a project Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is responsible for the success of a project. Anyone puzzled by this statement adheres to traditional project management, which views projects as delivery tasks and holds the project…
Insights: FAQ about our recruiting process

Insights: FAQ about our recruiting process

People often ask us about our interview process for hiring new employees: Whether they are considering applying or are simply curious about how we do it. We have invested a lot of time and effort into…
OpenProject 14.3: Projektlisten favorisieren und teilen

OpenProject 14.3: Projektlisten favorisieren und teilen

Wir haben OpenProject 14.3 veröffentlicht. Unter anderem haben wir die Projektlisten um einige großartige Aktualisierungen erweitert: Benutzer:innen können nun Projektlisten als Favoriten markieren. Auch…
Mit Technologie etwas bewirken: Wie die GIZ OpenProject für Entwicklungsarbeit in Ruanda einsetzt

Mit Technologie etwas bewirken: Wie die GIZ OpenProject für Entwicklungsarbeit in Ruanda einsetzt

Wir bei OpenProject freuen uns immer besonders, wenn wir Organisationen unterstützen dürfen, die soziale Projekte vorantreiben. Eine dieser Organisationen ist die GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale…
How to successfully implement a remote working culture

How to successfully implement a remote working culture

Not every organization that potentially was able to, was already set up for remote work when the Covid pandemic hit in 2020. It might have been for security reasons, not being in line with the working…
Lights out! Dark Mode is coming to OpenProject

Lights out! Dark Mode is coming to OpenProject

Exciting news: Dark mode is coming to OpenProject! With one of the next releases, users will be able to use OpenProject in a dark mode. Of course this is voluntary and a personal preference - anyone who…
News from the DevOps team: Improving our CI/CD reliability with RunsOn

News from the DevOps team: Improving our CI/CD reliability with RunsOn

OpenProject uses a large test suite for our Rails-based application, which includes a high number of compute-intensive system tests. In the past, we used Travis CI before moving to GitHub Actions with…
OpenProject 14.2: Fortschrittsberichte in Tagen

OpenProject 14.2: Fortschrittsberichte in Tagen

Heute haben wir OpenProject 14.2 veröffentlicht. Neben anderen Änderungen können Sie jetzt Aufwand und Verbleibenden Aufwand in Tagen angeben – zusätzlich zu Stunden. Damit das sinnvoll möglich ist, k…
Beyond projects: Boost your entire work cycle with the work management software OpenProject

Beyond projects: Boost your entire work cycle with the work management software OpenProject

How much of your time do you REALLY spend on projects? - Many people think and plan in terms of projects, but at the same time, a huge amount of their day-to-day work is done outside of projects: For instance…
How to get started with OpenProject on-premises installation

How to get started with OpenProject on-premises installation

We offer two versions of OpenProject on-premises: the Community edition and the Enterprise edition.…