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LibrePlan
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Description
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*LibrePlan* is a free software web application for project management,
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monitoring and control.
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*LibrePlan* is a collaborative tool to plan, monitor and control projects and
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has a rich web interface which provides a desktop alike user experience. All the
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team members can take part in the planning and this makes possible to have a
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real-time planning.
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It was designed thinking on a scenario where multiple projects and resources
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interact to carry out the work inside a company. Besides, it makes possible
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the communication with other company tools providing a wide set of web
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services to import and export data.
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Features
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* Resource management:
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* Two type of resources: machines and workers.
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* Flexible calendars easily reusable.
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* Resource configuration based on skills and roles.
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* Planning:
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* Simple way to configure and estimate the work to plan. It is carried out
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through Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) [1]_.
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* Different detail levels during the planning.
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* Two ways to allocate resources:
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* Specific allocation: Concrete individuals.
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* Assisted generic allocation: Based on skills and roles fulfilled by the
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resources.
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* Templates to reuse work. Projects can be created based on templates for
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repeatable tasks being able to save time.
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* Automatic resource reallocation in order to minimize overload (overtime).
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* Advanced allocation. Manual configuration of daily work hours on a task
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when automatic allocation does not suit your needs.
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* Monte Carlo method. Statistical simulation to calculate the possibility to
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complete a project in a range of dates.
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* Projects control and monitoring:
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* Company global analysis.
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* Earned Value Management [2]_. Project management method to objectively
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measure progress and performance of a project.
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* Planning quality management. It is possible to control quality of the tasks
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to be performed through forms.
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* Projects cost analysis.
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* Reported hours: worked hours are assigned to each task to track costs during
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the planning
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* Progress measurement through different unit types.
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* Outsourcing
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LibrePlan provides support for companies that do outsourcing:
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* Project tasks can be outsourced and sent to the LibrePlan installation of
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the supplier.
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* You can receive progress notifications of the subcontractors to know how
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outsourced tasks are evolving .
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* Other features:
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* Materials. You can manage the materials that planned tasks need to be
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carried out.
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* Complete users system with permissions, LDAP authentication, etc.
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Requirements
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* *JRE 8* - Java Runtime Environment
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Project depends on Java 8 JRE is needed in order to run it
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* *PostgreSQL* - Object-relational SQL database
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A database server is needed. You could use *PostgreSQL* or *MySQL* as you
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prefer.
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* *Tomcat 8* - Servlet and JSP engine
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Server to deploy the application. You could use *Jetty* instead.
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* *JDBC Driver* - Java database (JDBC) driver for PostgreSQL
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To connect application with *PostgreSQL* database in *Tomcat*
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* *CutyCapt* - Utility to capture WebKit's rendering of a web page
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Required for printing
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* *Xvfb* - Virtual Framebuffer 'fake' X server
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Used by CutyCapt for printing
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See ``INSTALL`` file for installation instructions.
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See ``HACKING`` file for compilation requirements and instructions.
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Availability
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The cutting-edge version of this project is always available from the Git
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repository at https://github.com/LibrePlan/libreplan
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Released versions are available at
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/libreplan/files/
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Webpage
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-------
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You can find more information about *LibrePlan* at
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https://www.libreplan.dev/home/
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For information related with *LibrePlan* development you can visit the wiki at
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https://wiki.libreplan.dev or have a look at the DeepWiki documentation: |Ask DeepWiki|
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.. |Ask DeepWiki| image:: https://deepwiki.com/badge.svg
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:target: https://deepwiki.com/LibrePlan/libreplan
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Reporting bugs
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Please use the bug tracker to report bugs at http://bugs.libreplan.dev/
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License
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*LibrePlan* is released under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public
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License version 3 [3]_.
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Please read the ``COPYING`` file for details.
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Authors
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This project was initially sponsored by *Fundación para o Fomento da Calidade
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Industrial e o Desenvolvemento Tecnolóxico de Galicia* [4]_.
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Please see ``AUTHORS`` file for more information about the authors.
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.. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_Breakdown_Structure
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.. [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earned_Value_Management
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.. [3] http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
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.. [4] http://gain.xunta.gal/
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