Project management

The secret to making self-organized teams work in open source

Kelsea Zhang — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 07:00:00 +0000

The secret to making self-organized teams work in open source Kelsea Zhang Mon, 07/25/2022 - 03:00

Self-organization requires effort and it requires skill. Ultimately, it builds stronger teams of stronger individuals.

Managers and executives are in the business of managing people and resources. Because many of our models for organization are built with the assumption that there's a manager…

Top 8 open source project management tools for agile teams

admin — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:04:00 +0000

Top 8 open source project management tools for agile teams admin Mon, 06/13/2022 - 03:04

In this roundup of open source project management tools, we look at software that helps support Scrum, Kanban, and other agile methods.

Opensource.com has surveyed the landscape of popular open source project management tools. We've done this before—but this time we've added a twist. This time, we're looking…

Open source mind mapping with Draw.io

sethkenlon — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 08:00:00 +0000

Open source mind mapping with Draw.io sethkenlon Sun, 12/05/2021 - 03:00

Next time you need to brainstorm, organize ideas, or plan a project, start with Draw.io.

There's something special about maps. I remember opening the front book cover of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit when I was younger, staring at the hand-drawn map of Middle Earth…

13 ways to get involved with your favorite open source project

MikeCamel — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:00:00 +0000

13 ways to get involved with your favorite open source project MikeCamel Mon, 04/19/2021 - 03:00

Apply GET/SET principles to connecting with open source projects.

Many of my blog's readers already know lots about open source, but I'm also aware that many know little, if anything, about it. I'm a big, big proponent of open source…

My favorite open source project management tools

fraber — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +0000

My favorite open source project management tools fraber Wed, 03/17/2021 - 03:00

If you're managing large and complex projects, try replacing Microsoft Project with an open source option.

Projects like building a satellite, developing a robot, or launching a new product are all expensive, involve different providers, and contain hard dependencies that must be…

Set up a Wekan kanban server on Linux

srujan.gudisa@icloud.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 07:00:00 +0000

Set up a Wekan kanban server on Linux srujan.gudisa@… Fri, 09/18/2020 - 03:00

Manage your projects with an open source kanban application.

Wekan is an open source kanban board application that allows you to manage your daily tasks with (virtual) cards. You can create boards and cards and move them between columns…

6 open source alternatives for Google Calendar

jehb — Sat, 02 May 2020 07:03:00 +0000

6 open source alternatives for Google Calendar jehb Sat, 05/02/2020 - 03:03

For many of us, our calendar is our lifeblood. While some people can get away with a wall calendar or a paper day planner to organize their schedule, a whole lot of us have…

sethkenlon

5 open source alternatives to Trello

jehb — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 12:00:00 +0000

5 open source alternatives to Trello jehb Sat, 01/04/2020 - 07:00

Track your tasks and projects with these open source organization tools.

I have to admit, I've fallen in love with Trello as a productivity tool. If you like keeping lists as a way to organize your work, it's a very good tool. For me, it serves two…

sethkenlon

A comprehensive guide to agile project management

mshealy — Tue, 13 Aug 2019 07:01:00 +0000

A comprehensive guide to agile project management mshealy Tue, 08/13/2019 - 03:01

Agile project management's 12 guiding principles can help your team move faster together.

With a focus on continuous improvements, agile project management upends the traditional linear way of developing products and services. Increasingly, organizations are…

3 types of metric dashboards for DevOps teams

danieloh — Wed, 24 Jul 2019 07:00:00 +0000

3 types of metric dashboards for DevOps teams danieloh Wed, 07/24/2019 - 03:00

Dashboards help DevOps teams observe and monitor systems to improve performance.

Metrics dashboards enable DevOps teams to monitor the entire DevOps platform so they can respond to issues in real-time, which is critical in the event of downtime or…