The document discusses building your own project management software. It describes common problems with existing software options and recommends building your own tool using open source frameworks. Specific frameworks mentioned include Penelope, an open source project management software built by RedTurtle, and CSS frameworks like Bootstrap. The document outlines features of Penelope like integrations, reports, and customizability. It argues building your own tool allows for more flexibility and control over features and integrations.

1. how to build
project management
software
of your dreams
Mün chen , 24-0 2-20 12

2. author
Andrew Mleczko
integrator
amleczko@redturtle.it
amleczko

3. We all need
s o me sort of
project
man agemen t
s o f t w ar e

4. what is a project
man agemen t s o f t w ar e ?
★ groupware ★ resource management
★ issue tracking ★ document management
★ scheduling ★ reports
★ worklog ★ ...

5. do you have a choice ?

7. most of them sucks...

8. common problems
★ they are good in some tasks ★ minority of the software is
but not in all Python based...
★ every company is an island ★ ...or even Open Source
★ most of them lacks
integrations with your
existing software...
★ ...and easy to use API

9. do you really have a choice ?

10. you s ho u ld
try to build
your own
tool

11. That’s why we’ve built
penelope

12. started in 2011 by
r ed t urtle
biodec
elogic

13. is n ’t that
e x p e n s iv e ?

14. co- f un de d by
Emilia-Romagna
Region an d eu
with budget
over € 200k

15. long term project

16. focused on integrations

17. current status

18. beta version
★ reports
★ bug tracking
★ worklog
★ scheduling
★ document management
status

20. intranet and
knowledge base
main application
bug tracking

21. oauth, scheduling and
document management
CSS framework

22. the
deta
ils

23. why
★ out of the box intranet with
knowledge management
★ easy to integrate with
and
★ hundreds of add-ons
★ we have more then 8 years of
experience

24. why
★ great for massive issue tracking
★ flexible reports
★ supports WSGI - easy to integrate
with
★ hundreds of plugins
★ we are using it for over 6 years

25. why
★ easy to integrate with
and
★ good support for third-party
authentication thanks to
Velruse
★ easy development thanks to
fa.bootstrap
★ we have 2 years of
experience

26. why
★ we have used as corporate
mail
★ great online document collaboration
thanks to
★ hundreds of add-ons in marketplace
★ it has API (almost)

27. why
★ powerfull and easy to use
css framework
★ the most popular
repository on github with
3800 forks
★ from version 2.0 with
responsive design
★ customizable thanks to

28. demo

29. what’s next ?

30. next integrations

31. questions?

33. questions?
Andrew Mleczko
amleczko

34. credits
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35. the end
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