Project Management Tools for NGOs
Recommendations on NGO-friendly project management tools
Problem
A client has contacted us asking for a review or recommendations on a specific project management tools. We should help them identify the best tools based on their needs.
Solution
Initial Questions
Sample questions you can ask the client to help them assess a project management tool:
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Do they have the capacity to host the tool in their own network and in their own server?
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Do they need a project management tool that can integrate with other third-party applications (Google Apps, NextCloud, etc.)?
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Do they need the tool to also run in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets?
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What are their security considerations?
Recommended tools
- Framaboard
- Managed by the French non-profit organization for open source community software Framasoft, Framaboard is a simple and open source visual task board manager inspired by the Kanban method.
- Disroot Project Board
- Managed by Dutch autonomous server Disroot. Disroot is a platform providing online services based on principles of freedom, privacy, federation and decentralization. Disroot’s Project board is a project management tool powered by Taiga, working with agile methodology in mind.
- Features
- Documentation
- Zimbra
- Open source messaging and collaboration tool, offered by Greenhost among its managed services.
- Features
- Documentation
- Gitlab issue board
- Gitlab is a well-known Git-repository manager providing wiki, issue-tracking, and also boards for project management.
- Features
- Documentation
- Wekan
- Wekan is an open source Kanban board, it can be self-hosted, either on its own or as a Sandstorm app.
- Features
- Documentation
- Taiga
- Taiga is an open source project management platform for agile developers & designers and project managers.
- Features
- Documentation
Comments
Greenhost, Virtualroad, and other NGO-friendly hosting providers listed in Article #88: Advice on Hosting would be able to host one of the above self-hosted services in a VPS.