Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Open Source Project Management Tool: 2-plan Team

Open Source Project Management Tool: 2-plan Team:

2-plan Team is an open source project management tool which is completely web-based. In addition to that you can also use it in collaboration with the 2-plan Desktop which will give you a better experience. Managing projects online is a tiresome job and most of the times the solutions offered for that are not free. But 2-plan Team is a quality, free web-based project management tool which will offer you all the features that a premium service can offer. As it is web-based you are not bound to any platform and if you are willing to use from a desktop software it has that option too via the 2-plan Desktop software which is also a freeware.

2-plan team

2-plan Team is an open source PHP application. So you can install it on any web server with PHP support. Installation of this free project management tool is easy and it takes only few minutes. LAMP is recommended to use 2-plan Team though Windows Servers might work but those are not recommended. There is no restriction in the choice of browsers as you can use it from any browser like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Opera, etc. Even you can use the interface from the smartphones like iPhones, BlackBerry phones and Android phones. All you need is a JavaScript enable browser. To start using download the provided archive, unpack and upload everything to the server and make these files writable:

/templates_c

/files

/config/standard/config.php

and create a MySQL database. After that go to www.yourdomain.com/install.php. The rest will be guided by step by step instructions.

There are all the essential features included in it and the software is constantly being updated for new features and bug fixes. You can create project milestones, work packages, timelines, record time spent on tasks and view status from any computer or even smartphones. You can subscribe to email or RSS Feeds for updates.

You can also try Open Atrium, MIE Dashboard and phpGroupWare reviewed by us.

Features of 2-plan Team:

  • There is no platform restriction. Available for all platforms
  • Easy to track the status of the tasks from different devices
  • Easy to set up and use

Download the PHP script of 2-plan Team free.

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