Comments on: Managing projects with no resources

Question: Managing projects with no resources

cereselle — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:55:03 -0800

I would like to use project management software to track medium- to long-term library public services projects. I need it to be a) free, b) web-based, and c) hosted. Am I SOL?

Unfortunately, my workplace does not have any PM software at all, and while I've pointed them to several open-source alternatives, I highly doubt (based on experience) that anything will be approved and installed before at least a year. We users have no admin rights, so cannot install anything on our machines. Likewise, we have no budget to pay for a hosted system.

I am particularly interested in open workspaces and assignable tasks and milestones. (Opengoo is my favorite so far.) I fiddled around with Google Sites, but I am not a designer, and lacking a template, I'm finding it slow going.

Advice and solutions are much appreciated. If there's no hope, well, I'd like to know that too.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:06:01 -0800

Tracks is a web-based implementation of the GTD methodology, but it's extremely flexible. In fact, one of the complaints about it in the forum is that it doesn't implement GTD strictly enough. That may make it perfect for you, though, since you can use it exactly how you want to while ignoring the whole GTD aspect.

I've been using it for personal day-to-day management for a few months and think it works fairly well.

By: cereselle

cereselle — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:51:03 -0800

Tracks looks really good, except for this part:

The Tracks interface is accessed through a web browser, so you need to run a webserver to serve the Tracks pages up to you. This isn't as daunting as it sounds, however: Tracks ships with a built-in web server called Mongrel which you can run on your own computer to serve the Tracks application locally.

Given that I can't install and run anything, this won't work. Neat thing, though.

By: chiefthe

chiefthe — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:31:39 -0800

How about something with 37signals?

Basecamp has a free option, if you scroll to the bottom of this page.

By: reddot

reddot — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:17:49 -0800

Dreamhost offers several installs: http://dreamhost.com/hosting.html and has non-profit accounts: http://dreamhost.com/hosting-nonprofit.html

By: Theloupgarou

Theloupgarou — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:18:35 -0800

Maybe Saiku? It's free for life; unlimited storage, tasks, and users and all that good stuff.