GanttProject

Open source, free-to-use software that can be found here: GanttProject.

Very lightweight and relatively Git-friendly. Data is stored in XML, so merges make sense and should be easier to manage.

Features

• Resource Tracking
  • Time off tracking
  • Workload tracking
• Project Tracking
  • Tasks
  • Subtasks
  • Dependencies
  • “Trickle down” changes
    • One change will affect dependent tasks

Key Terms

• Critical Path - Chain of dependent tasks that lead to the project being complete
  • If there are many projects in one file, this results in the critical path system not working very well.
• PERT Chart: Project Evaluation and Review Technique
  • This shows the paths that result from the dependent items in the project.
  • Many little projects in a single file result in this not being very useful.