Project manager program Russian version. Best Project Management Software. Key features and functions

Project management software allows you to effectively plan and manage the progress of your tasks. And as is the case with any management product, each user has his own opinion on what a project management tool should be able to do, besides keeping a to-do list and managing time.

This overview focuses on those programs that offer standard project management features such as task and resource scheduling, progress tracking, scheduling, project status charts, support for nested projects and tasks, as well as their dependencies.

Note: Do not use the well-known commercial product MS Project from Microsoft as a reference measure for project management programs. Not all projects need complex mechanisms. In addition, there are many projects that easily fit into the framework of maintaining simple hierarchical problem books, like ToDoList.

Review of free software for project management (Project Manager)

Open Workbench huge opportunities for project management

Topping the list is a source code project management tool called, which offers such a vast array of features and capabilities that it makes sense to consider it before making any decision to purchase a commercial project management suite. As with any commercial product, the application will take some time for you to look around among all its possibilities.

Note: If you are used to using MS Project, then you also need some time to look at the project from a slightly different angle. The point is that MS Project is task-oriented and Open Workbench is resource-oriented.

According to the developers, "Open Workbench is built on the basis of the cost estimates of the tasks being solved. The estimates are tied to the resources assigned to the tasks. The project duration will be calculated based on the number of hours that will be allocated by each resource on the project to cover total hours required to complete all project tasks. Open Workbench is best suited for teams that estimate the duration of projects based on the estimates of all tasks associated with a project and then create staffing table and planning resource allocation. "

Note: If you did not know, then according to everyone project programs, not only project management, a person is a resource and nothing more. However, don't take it seriously, it's just terminology.

Key features of the Workbench are project planning, scheduling, resource management, project revision, and more.

The program can also read MS Project files, which makes Open Workbench the most attractive. Many products, even commercial ones, have excellent set management tools, but sooner or later someone will definitely want to look at or edit your plan in the ubiquitous MS Project, and find that no compatibility is provided. The best you'll have on hand is a tool for exporting to tables or graphic equivalents.

Open Workbench is a complete product, not a hobbyist, with a bunch of half-finished functionality. Like Microsoft Project, it is best suited for medium to large projects that can serve as a basis for detailed study and use of the product. In the case of small projects, you will spend more time and effort learning the system than getting the benefit. On the other hand, if you are already familiar with it, then it will not present any difficulties for you to create and manage even small projects in the Workbench.

However, if you often manage small projects that require less functionality, then you should familiarize yourself with less functional project managers such as GanttProject or ToDoList (we'll talk about them later).

GanttProject is a good multi-platform project management solution

GanttProject

Supports Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Export to xml. Maintaining intermediate stages
Appearance and lack of some Open Workbench features.

dotProject

Web application. Huge experience (the project started in 2000). A huge number of people have used this application, so finding answers to questions is relatively easy
The site can appear gray compared to the colorful tools. Errors are slowly corrected

web2project

Web application. More suitable for joint projects with shared calendars. You can import projects from dotProject. Extensive documentation
You need your own server or hosting. Several dotProject features are still under development.

In this article we will do short review (list) programs for project management.
To keep the information alive, we will update it and add newly found programs. At first, it is quite possible that just the name of the program will be included in the list. As the information is received and the time to process it, the programs will become overgrown with a description.
The list of programs is not ranked, the programs are listed in no particular order.


1. TargetProcess
program website: www.targetprocess.com The program focuses on the world market. The website and the interface of the program are exclusively on english language, although the developers are Belarusians. Free license for up to 5 users when installed on the client's server. When using the online service, 10 users for 30 days are free. The program is implemented in asp, works only under IIS.

2. Teamwork program website: www.twproject.com Paid. There is a Russian-language interface. It is possible to obtain free licenses for non-profit organizations and bloggers. Project management. Agile, Scrum, Kanban support. Document management. Bug tracker. Integration with IT systems. Resource planning.


3. Project Kaiser program website: www.projectkaiser.com Paid. Up to 5 users are free. There is a Russian-language interface. Allows unlimited work hierarchy. Gantt chart. Progress in completing tasks, taking into account subtasks. Time tracking.

4. BaseCamp program sites: www.basecamphq.com and 37signals.com Paid. Online. There is a 30 days free trial period. There is a Russian-language interface. Well-known project management software from 37signals.com.


5. ONLYOFFICEprogram website: https://www.onlyoffice.com/ru / There is a free version. Online and offline. You can install on your server, or you can use the server ONLYOFFICE... There is a Russian-language interface. Functionality: Project management; Collaboration (blogs, forums, Wiki); Document management; Instant messages (chats); The calendar; CRM system; Mail management; Version for mobile devices. Office apps (Office replacement from Microsoft).


6. Trac program website: trac.edgewall.org Free. Online. Partially Russified (highlights). Allows you to manage projects, compose tasks, there is a Wiki. OpenSource. We use it for software development, we recommend it. I am planning to write an article about using Trac.


7. Megaplan program website: www.megaplan.ru There is a free version. Online. Fully Russified. Helps to control the execution of tasks and assignments and manage projects without the cost of implementation and maintenance.


8. Copper program website: www.copperproject.com Paid. 30 days free trial. Online. English speaking. Copper is a project management tool that helps you and your team manage projects, tasks, clients, contacts and documents online.

9. Pivotal Tracker program website: www.pivotaltracker.com Paid. 60 days free trial. Online. English speaking. Pivotal Tracker is an Agile management tool that focuses on communication between the development team software.

10. Worksection program website: www.worksection.com There is a free version. Online. Originally in Russian. Easy start. Convenient, not overloaded design. Task Priorities and Labels. Calendar (integrates with Google) and Gantt chart. Time tracking. You can connect your FTP. Notifications about deadlines and burning tasks. Operational support.


11. Assembla program website: www.assembla.com Paid. 30 days free trial. Online. English speaking. Management of tasks and problems. Version control. Wiki and other communication tools to speed up development. A simple overview of the work.

12. TrackStudio program website: www.trackstudio.ru Free for 5 users. Paid for organizations and more than one user. Allows you to install on your own server. There is a Russian interface. Project management system, tasks, documentation and files, created for software developers and IT departments of companies.

13. LeaderTask Company Management program website: www.leadercommand.ru Paid. Test period 45 days. Allows you to manage personnel, control orders, manage projects, tasks and contractors, keep track of working hours.

14. ProjectMate program website: www.projectmate.ru Paid. Test period 30 days. ProjectMate, a system for professional services companies. The interface resembles Microsoft Outlook. Built on a modular basis. To date, ProjectMate has implemented seven main modules: "Time Tracking", "Billing", "Project Management", "Project Budgeting", "Request Management", "CRM", "Document Flow". In addition, additional modules can be connected to the system to ensure synchronization of information in ProjectMate with 1C: Accounting, Microsoft Project, mobile devices and Microsoft Exchange.


15. Open Atrium program website: www.openatrium.com Free. Based on Drupal. As part of the components: Blogs, Wiki, Calendar, Task List, Chat and Control Panel with all this stuff.


16. Simple business program website: www.prostoy.ru There is a free version. Includes components: Organization management. Project management. Document flow. Personnel Management. Customer management. Community. Finance and accounting. Personal effectiveness. Site management. The program is cloud-based, but it is convenient that there is a client that works autonomously, synchronizing when connected to the Internet.


17. PlanFix program website: www.planfix.ru Free. Easy to use. Projects. Tasks. Actions. The authors write about the unique ideology of the program.


18.Advanta program website: www.advanta-group.ru/ - online project management system focused on improving the efficiency of the entire organization. In terms of project management functionality, it is analogous to such products as MS Project, Primavera, Megaplan, but at the same time it has a number of undeniable advantages, and was originally developed for Russian companies.


19. Comindware program website: www.comindware.com/ - online system. Comindware Tracker simplifies the automation of your organization's workflows, streamlines the management of tasks and projects, tickets, requests and other workflow objects, and enables more efficient collaboration.

Recently, a large number of programs have been released that are aimed at working in different areas. So, there are software for journalists, content makers, designers, accountants, businessmen, etc. Today we will look at project management programs.

Software

Before you know what applications are on the market, you should find out what they are for. So, project management software is represented by a set of softwares that have schedules, price control, budget management, work with partners and employees, etc.

To create a project in this software, you need to spend just a couple of seconds. Enter the name and describe it with a few words. Next, you start entering tasks, messages, comments. You can break everything into parts and structure, sort by date, state, author, etc. You can add illustrated content to all comments.

It is possible to set access rights, create invitations for other employees, thanks to e-mail... There is also synchronization with third-party resources such as Google Calendar. To a greater extent, Lighthouse is designed for small companies or for single users. It is believed that this is a program for those who do not want to understand the multifunctional Jira, but are looking for a "light" version that can be mastered in five minutes.

Primavera

Program and portfolio management is possible thanks to Primavera. This software is clearly focused on working with projects, helps to manage and control, track resources, materials and equipment. The software first appeared in 2008. It became the brainchild of Oracle, although it was developed by another company - Primavera Systems, Inc.

It is a comprehensive program that works with complex projects, multifunctional and structured. It is especially popular in the field of mechanical engineering and construction.

"Primavera" is a project management program that helps to choose the right combination of strategy, provides project management with all its might, improves the way and progress of promotion. Promotes meaningful communication, measures the progress of actions and achievements, connects the project with the strategy, or forms work in several directions at once according to a template.

Other options

If you have small organization, it is much easier to use web services. They are both easier to learn and have wide access to use. Asana may be available on both iOS and Android devices. Creates individual tasks, sets projects, deadlines, priorities, statuses, etc. The software is easy to use, makes it possible to create several complex tasks at once.

Redbooth is another project management program implemented in a web service. Deals with errors and bugs, analyzes them and fixes them. Helps to plan a project, form tasks, manage resources. Facilitates employee communication, creates tasks for them, deadlines and analyzes expenses.

Teamweek is a similar application to the above. Also, work with it is carried out in the browser. Creates Gantt charts. Has a simple and intuitive interface. This application and similar ones are hardly suitable for project management, they are used more often individual entrepreneurs and small firms. If you need serious software, then you should turn to the already described or such popular giants as Microsoft Project.

The list of programs is not ranked, the programs are listed in no particular order.

1. TargetProcess
www.targetprocess.com
The program focuses on the global market. The website and the interface of the program are exclusively in English, although the developers are Belarusians. Free license for up to 5 users when installed on the client's server. When using the online service, 10 users are free for 30 days. The program is implemented in asp, works only under IIS.

2. Teamwork
www.twproject.com
Paid. There is a Russian-language interface. It is possible to obtain free licenses for non-profit organizations and bloggers. Project management. Agile, Scrum, Kanban support. Document management. Bug tracker. Integration with IT systems. Resource planning.

3. Project Kaiser
www.projectkaiser.com
Paid. Up to 5 users are free. There is a Russian-language interface.

4. BaseCamp
www.basecamphq.com
www.37signals.com
Paid. Online. There is a 30 days free trial period. There is a Russian-language interface. Well-known project management software from 37signals.com.

5. TeamLab
www.teamlab.com/ru/
Free. Online. You can install on your server (IIS), or you can use the TeamLab server. There is a Russian-language interface. Functionality: Project management; Collaboration (blogs, forums, Wiki); Document management; Instant messages (chats); The calendar; CRM system; Mail management; Version for mobile devices.

6. Trac
www.trac.edgewall.org
Free. Online. Partially Russified (highlights). Allows you to manage projects, compose tasks, there is a Wiki. OpenSource. We use it for software development, we recommend it.

7. Megaplan
www.megaplan.ru
There is a free version. Online. Fully Russified. Helps to control the execution of tasks and assignments and manage projects without the cost of implementation and maintenance.

8. Copper
www.copperproject.com
Paid. 30 days free trial. Online. English speaking. Copper is a project management tool that helps you and your team manage projects, tasks, clients, contacts and documents online.

9. Pivotal Tracker
www.pivotaltracker.com
Paid. 60 days free trial. Online. English speaking. Pivotal Tracker is an Agile management tool that focuses on communication between the software development team.

10. Worksection
www.worksection.com
There is a free version. Online. Originally in Russian. Easy start. Convenient, not overloaded design. Task Priorities and Labels. Calendar (integrates with Google) and Gantt chart. Time tracking. You can connect your FTP. Notifications about deadlines and burning tasks. Operational support.

11. Assembla
www.assembla.com
Paid. 30 days free trial. Online. English speaking. Management of tasks and problems. Version control. Wiki and other communication tools to speed up development. A simple overview of the work.

12. TrackStudio
www.trackstudio.ru
Free for 5 users. Paid for organizations and more than one user. Allows you to install on your own server. There is a Russian interface. Project management system, tasks, documentation and files, created for software developers and IT departments of companies.

13. LeaderTask
www.leadercommand.ru
Paid. Test period 45 days. Allows you to manage personnel, control orders, manage projects, tasks and contractors, keep track of working hours.

14. ProjectMate
www.projectmate.ru
Paid. Test period 30 days. ProjectMate, a system for professional services companies. The interface resembles Microsoft Outlook. Built on a modular basis. To date, ProjectMate has implemented seven main modules: "Time Tracking", "Billing", "Project Management", "Project Budgeting", "Request Management", "CRM", "Document Flow". In addition, additional modules can be connected to the system to ensure synchronization of information in ProjectMate with 1C: Accounting, Microsoft Project, mobile devices and Microsoft Exchange.

15. Open Atrium
www.openatrium.com
Free. Based on Drupal. As part of the components: Blogs, Wiki, Calendar, Task List, Chat and Control Panel with all this stuff.

16. Simple business
www.prostoy.ru
There is a free version. Includes components: Organization management. Project management. Document flow. Personnel Management. Customer management. Community. Finance and accounting. Personal effectiveness. Site management. The program is cloud-based, but it is convenient that there is a client that works autonomously, synchronizing when connected to the Internet.

17. PlanFix
www.planfix.ru
Free. Easy to use. Projects. Tasks. Actions. The authors write about the unique ideology of the program.

18.Advanta
www.advanta-group.ru
Online system project management focused on improving the efficiency of the entire organization. In terms of project management functionality, it is analogous to such products as MS Project, Primavera, Megaplan, but at the same time it has a number of undeniable advantages, and was originally developed for Russian companies.

19. Comindware
www.comindware.com
Comindware Tracker simplifies the automation of your organization's workflows, streamlines the management of tasks and projects, tickets, requests and other workflow objects, and enables more efficient collaboration.

20. Merlin
www.projectwizards.net
Project management software for Mac OS. It is possible to install a server, there are clients under mobile devices... Paid, trial version available.

21. Papirus
www.papirus.net
Ability to create, delegate, control tasks. Combine tasks into projects. Create multi-level scripts for performing tasks. Library for common documents. Synchronization with Active Directory. Clients for mobile devices.

22. Ti-Systems
www.ti-systems.ru
Offline system. One space for project management. Project workspace and tools for managers. Project cards. Stages. Tasks. Participants. Discussions. Materials. The calendar. There is no free version.

23. Rillsoft
www.rillsoft.ru
Offline system. 30-days free. Project planning. Resource planning. Planning specialties. Planning performers. Capacity planning. Resource balance. Snap to location. Project execution control. Liquidity planning. Multi-project management. Project reports

24. @ Control
www.infortech.ru
Offline system. 30-days free. Project management. Task management. Document management. Version control.

25. Spider Project
www.spiderproject.ru
Offline system. There is a demo version. An expensive and probably powerful system. "Project management technologies and the Spider Project system help to make informed and proven decisions, execute projects faster, better and with lower costs, and always have the most complete and diverse information about the projects being implemented.

Gantt charts, graphs and histograms, network and organization charts, flow charts, as well as all kinds of tables allow our users not only to analyze the project from different angles, but also to present any information about the project in a qualitative way. "

26.qdPM
www.qdpm.info
System in PHP for installation on your WEB-server. Free. Management of projects, tasks, users, contacts. Reports. There is a more powerful paid version.

27. JIRA
www.atlassian.com
System for installation on your WEB-server. Paid. Up to 10 users, symbolic $ 10. English speaking. Partners in Russia sell Russian localization for $ 50. It is very popular for software development. Management of projects, tasks, users, contacts. Reports. There is integration with version control systems and many more features.

28. Projects Manager
www.projects-manager.com
Online system for project management, task setting and execution control. Generation of reports, fixing the working time, notifications, individual settings, attaching accompanying documentation and images to projects and tasks, and much more.

Project Manager is a program that will become a reliable assistant for business people, as well as for those who prefer to do time management. The application will allow you to compose overall plan work, as well as a detailed schedule. As the task is completed, the user will be able to "cross out" tasks from the list. In addition, Project Manager allows you to set execution timers for individual tasks and set up sound alerts when the time expires. The program saves a detailed history of the actions performed, so that you can later see what and when you were doing.

Before starting work with the application, the user will need to create a database and specify its name. If you need to reinstall the operating system or transfer personal data to another computer, you can create a backup of the database and import it into a new copy of the program. In addition, the Project Manager can export the database as an XML table.

Key features and functions

  • allows you to draw up work plans and schedules;
  • has a native and easy-to-use interface;
  • enables database management;
  • uses NET Framework technology;
  • allows you to customize timers and sound alerts.