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How to create, configure and manage your projects with OpenProject

How to create, configure and manage your projects with OpenProject

You decided to take your project management to the next level and chose OpenProject as your open source project management software? You might be excited to get started. But as usual with a new tool: where…
Migrating between installation types: What to consider when switching OpenProject setups

Migrating between installation types: What to consider when switching OpenProject setups

Whether you’re moving from Docker to a package-based installation, changing databases, or upgrading an older setup, migrating your OpenProject installation can raise important questions. To help you navigate…
Best practice: Efficient ticket management for municipal administrations

Best practice: Efficient ticket management for municipal administrations

How do cities and municipalities keep track of internal tasks, complaints, and maintenance requests? Without a structured solution, delays, unclear responsibilities, and high coordination efforts arise…
Agile administration made easy: Digitalize internal tasks with OpenProject

Agile administration made easy: Digitalize internal tasks with OpenProject

Agile methods make administrations more effective - but without the right software, good ideas often remain good ideas. Modern task management makes it possible to control processes efficiently and react…
How to use status transitions for custom workflows

How to use status transitions for custom workflows

OpenProject is a powerful tool, but with great power comes the complexity of customization. If you’re new to OpenProject and having trouble setting up statuses for workflows, you’re not alone. Once you…
Escalate correctly!

Escalate correctly!

Should the messenger of bad news be killed? – Of course not! But if they only bring bad news, that’s a problem. In projects, escalation occurs when one’s authority is no longer sufficient to resolve an…
The open project management methodology PM2 is the best alternative to PMI and PRINCE2

The open project management methodology PM2 is the best alternative to PMI and PRINCE2

Read why the free and open project management methodology PM2 is a superior alternative to proprietary and expensive frameworks such as PMI and PRINCE2.…
The role of a project Steering Committee

The role of a project Steering Committee

The Steering Committee is responsible for the success of a project. Anyone puzzled by this statement adheres to traditional project management, which views projects as delivery tasks and holds the project…
News from the DevOps team: Improving our CI/CD reliability with RunsOn

News from the DevOps team: Improving our CI/CD reliability with RunsOn

OpenProject uses a large test suite for our Rails-based application, which includes a high number of compute-intensive system tests. In the past, we used Travis CI before moving to GitHub Actions with…
Beyond projects: Boost your entire work cycle with the work management software OpenProject

Beyond projects: Boost your entire work cycle with the work management software OpenProject

How much of your time do you REALLY spend on projects? - Many people think and plan in terms of projects, but at the same time, a huge amount of their day-to-day work is done outside of projects: For instance…
How Santa organizes the present distribution around the world

How Santa organizes the present distribution around the world

Every year, Santa Claus takes care of the distribution of countless presents worldwide. What he used to record in Excel until a few years ago, he now successfully manages with the open source project management…