Open Source agile project management tool
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XPlanner is a new and rapidly adopted APM tool.
VersionOne and IBM/Rational Rose are well known agile project management
(APM) tools. These APM tools are widely used in development
environments. Developers are constantly looking out for a good agile
tool to help them plan and track their stories. A fellow co-worker and
blogger recently mentioned to me an open source project management tool
called XPlanner. XPlanner is a Java based Web application.
Interestingly, it has been around since early 2002, but the project has
caught some interest in last couple of years. According to Trail
Ridge Consulting survey, it is the fourth most used APM tools right
behind VersionOne, Rally, and ScrumWorks.According to its project manager Jacques Morel, the software is being adopted by some large organizations over VersionOne. The software was mainly developed to deal with big teams (15+ members) in eXtreme Programming (XP) environments, hence large organizations find it more useful and adopt it. It uses virtual note card method for planning. Here are some notable features for the developers to think about:
- Ability to attach notes to stories and tasks (with attachments).
- Export project information to XML, MPX (MS Project), PDF, and iCal formats
- Virtual note cards
- Language support for English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Danish, Russian, Japanese and Chinese
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