PHPCollab - group project module

Jeeeeezzzzzzz,

this absolutely ROCKS!!! =)

PhpCollab sure has some good things going for it. Compared to PHProjekt it
is a better design.
I do think however, that project management/groupware should be thought
through in ways that utilize the special strenghts of Drupal if Drupal
should try and go after groupware in that special sense.
Think about it. We have a real taxonomy system in Drupal which would
absolutely rock when put to use with a project. Time, resources and
hierarchy - there you have your project. A good calendaring system is
needed, but I think that you had some thoughts about that too.

I know I made some comments about Drupal and e-learning. I really mean that
Drupals success is due to a slim design and a superior category handling.
Now that it seems we're getting wysiwyg editing, liberate the visual design
in easily accessible way and get layered menus?, it is understandable that
thoughts about what next kicks in.

I'm quite sure you guys could do what-ever you put your mind to, but don't
let the focus slip!

Gunnar

Moved to a "Contributions" project

Yes, phpcollab is a great product. We use it at my company to handle project management, include time tracking and billing/invoicing.

However, the way it handles sessions is incompatible with the way Drupal does. I found this out the hard way -- I have phpcollab in a sub-directory underneath our Drupal site, and Drupal's .htaccess file breaks phpcollab. So, this needs to be added to an .htaccess file in the phpcollab directory:

I think it would be a lot of work to integrate the two code bases, time that is probably better spent developing Drupal's project module. Drupal will never be a project management tool -- if you need those functions, use phpcollab. We happily use both.

And what about phprojekt (http://www.phprojekt.org/)
will this be easier? It has almost the same features as PHPcollab has.
Anyone tried to integrate it?

Ber

There's even "moregroupware"

Gunnar - unlurking for a moment.

I have actively trialed all three systems (moregroupware, phprojekt, and phpcollab). Of those three, phpcollab has the best functionality (focused solely on project management, and does it well), is the most stable (everything works in every one of the stable releases), and -- by far -- the best code.

If I had to rank them, I would say 1 - phpcollab, 2 - moregroupware, and a distant, distant 3 - phprojekt.

Again, I'm convinced that focusing on Drupal's strengths (i.e. node-based content) is the key *IF* you want a system that runs on Drupal. The only type of integration that I would see as useful would be a shared user base, so you don't have to manage two sets of users. phpcollab has integration with xoops for this, so if people were interested, that would be where to look for as a starting point.

Try:

http://drupal.org/project/project