TaskJuggler
# the task juggler is a very powerful project management tool that lets the user specify a task juggler project in a simple text format by listing all tasks and their dependencies. This text file is processed by TaskJuggler which produces various reports in html and xml format. The juggler does not only honor the task interdependencies, but also takes resource constraints into account. The user can create task lists, resource usage tables, status reports, project calendars, and project accounting statements by using the program's filtering and reporting algorithms. The program includes tools producing GANTT and Pert charts
Installation
# I got it working on debian following the following steps:
apt-get install libxml-xslt-perl apt-get install libpostscript-simple-perl apt-get install libclass-methodmaker-perl apt-get install xsltproc apt-get install docbook-utils apt-get install jade ./configure --with-kde-support=yes # apply the patch described on http://lists.suse.com/archive/taskjuggler-devel/2004-Oct/0011.html to tjx2gantt/tjx2gantt make sudo make install cd ~/taskjuggler wget http://www.taskjuggler.org/download/taskjuggler-cvs.tar.bz2 tar -xjf taskjuggler-cvs.tar.bz2 cd taskjuggler-cvs/ ./configure # edit docs/en/Makefile and remove all makefile bodies which call db2html make sudo make install
Basic usage
# once the task juggler has been installed, you can start experimenting with your first projects:
mkdir ~/examples cd ~/examples/ cp -a /usr/local/share/doc/packages/taskjuggler/Examples . cd Examples/FirstProject # generating the project overview sheets taskjuggler AccountingSoftware.tjp # regenerate the acso.eps and acso_poster.eps tjx2gantt AccountingSoftware.tjx