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Gantt, PERT, Work Breakdown Structure, Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban
This web site lists free and open source project management tools and task management software that can be used to manage software development projects. Project management tools are often specialized according to a specific project management approach: traditional (Waterfall), Agile, Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc. The traditional project management approach is supported by the Project Management Institute (PMI) that proposes the Project Management Professional (PMP) and CAPM certifications. This approach uses sequential phases of different activities to deliver software. The features provided by traditional open source project management tools are the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), the Gantt and PERT charts to describe the sequences of tasks, find the critical path, resource allocation graphs, mind maps and risk management. Some allows also to do some time tracking and document sharing.
Scrum is an Agile project management framework used mostly in software development. Free and open source Scrum tools allow to manage user stories, epics roadmaps, releases, product backlogs, retrospectives, planning poker, sprints definition and tracking, using for instance burndown charts and velocity. Kanban is a Lean approach that was initially used in Japan in industrial production contexts. It encourages a pull approach to project management and the limitation of the work in progress (WIP). It also uses the concept of swimlanes to separate different types of work on the visual board.
