General Discussions

**ADAM Web Design** · 01-31-2008, 11:19 AM

Hi guys,

I'm not sure if any of you know of something like this, but I'm looking for a project manager piece of software for a client of mine.

The only two requirements (so far) are:

1) NOT Open Source.

2) Web-based.

I doubt it's out there, but I figured if it were, this would be the place to ask. Thanks.

**Learning Newbie** · 01-31-2008, 06:32 PM

Based on your two requirements, Team Foundation Server is exactly what you need. Well, exactly may be a stretch, but it meets #1 and #2.

TFS is also tightly bound to Visual Studio - the Integrated Development Environment for writing Microsoft code. It's also a source control system. Sounds like you don't need that, but it does it too. It also has

* Work Items
* To Do Items
* Bugs
* * (Regressions)
* Burn Down Charts
* A web interface

It's closed source, written by Microsoft, works with SQL Server, and keeps a record of everything forever for legal compliance.

**jamestl2** · 01-31-2008, 06:37 PM

If LN's suggestions don't fit what specific features you're looking for in the software, here's a sample list of applications out there:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ement_software

**Learning Newbie** · 01-31-2008, 08:24 PM

TFS is really sweet, but I think it's also about $15 K. The good news for ADAM is that's in US Dollars, so I think that accounts to about $7.05 in Canadian money.

Curious why it has to be closed source, though? Usually what people need software to do is more important than implementation details. I know you don't like open source ware in general, and I also know you're a Microsoftie which is why I suggested TFS. (In Visual Studio you can work with MS Access, ASP 3.0, all that.) But I'm not sure if there's any true benefit from whether the source code is public or not, so I woudln't spend extra for that feature.

Now I happen to think TFS is better than a lot of source control and project management software out there, based on features and ease of use and everything. But I still gotta ask, why? I guess I also have to qualify my advice with even though the web part of TFS is cool, I use it more from within VS and really, really really like that. If you use Visual Studio you'll be in love, but if you never do, it might be the same as any other web based tracking software. Only more spendy.

**ADAM Web Design** · 01-31-2008, 08:34 PM

John: thanks for the link, but the pricing (once I finally found it) was out of the budget (although I think at up to $100 CDN, they're not going to find much.)

James: thanks, too...didn't see something that would work for me there, but at least it eliminated some looking.

**EuroVPS** · 01-31-2008, 09:21 PM

What about Microsoft Project Server. Integrates with outlook and whole nine.

**ForrestCroce** · 02-02-2008, 01:54 AM

Project Server is probably your best bet ... and it's within your price range. Version One is popular, and supports five users for free.

What are your requirements? I'm guessing they're not trivial if you aren't writing the thing yourself, but do you need burndown charts, or a fancy to-do list?

**rose77mary77** · 02-02-2008, 04:32 AM

Hi,

Yes,it is a team covering software having many types. It includes scheduling, cost control and budget management.

**chrishirst** · 02-03-2008, 01:23 PM

What about BaseCamp