This software is a project management tool specifically designed for research projects where precise deliverables and activities cannot be fully defined up-front.

It has three main components:

• Project management
• Contact Relationship Management
• Event Management

Each of these components differ from the "standard" tools in these categories in that they are developed for use in academic and research environments. They focus on typical tools and processes found within those environments.

The project is a consensus based, open source project. We welcome any constructive participation and recognise/reward sustained contribution by inviting people into the project to help out (will you be the first). Mind you, right now it's just little old me so consensus means I say what happens - why not come and force me to listen to someone who knows better than me?

Status

This is an early stage project, but is in use within OSS Watch, a UK based advisory service specialising in open source software. In other words it works within the confines of we use it, but it is certainly not feature complete.

Implemented features include:

• Project management of research projects using:
• work packages
• aims
• objectives
• deliverables
• tasks
• Status tracking and reporting
• Resource allocation and management
• Activity notifications (ATOM, EMail and HTML)
• Bookmark management
• Contact relationship management (in progress)
• Event management (in progress)

Planned Features

Planned feature and their status include:

• integration with Simal, a project repository system
• social networking between research teams