Development Roadmap

]project-open[ Development is advancing module by module since the modularization of the application in 12/2003. The download status table shows the current state of development.

]project-open[ V4.0

• Expected Release: Mid to End of 2006
• Current Status: planning

V4.0 will include a complete overhaul of the GUI and incorporate important new developments from the OpenACS 5.2 platform and dotLrn.

Anybody wants to participate in the design of a new GUI?

]project-open[ V3.1

• Expected Release: 10/2005
• Current Status: This is the current "development version".
  The code is available from CVS already but is not supported.

V3.1 is suposed to include "DynField"s, a dynamic field extension package that allows you to add and remove fields from your ]project-open[ objects at runtime. This feature is extremely useful for the classification of users (CRM) and for customizing ]project-open[ for different companies and industries. DynFields will als be integrated into the standard ]project-open[ ListPages and into the full text search engine.

Further enhancements in V3.1 will include:

• A slighly improved GUI
• A full text search engine (based on PostgreSQL TSearch2)
• A full-fledged reporting module, similar to Jasper Reports (this is probably not going to be GPLed...)
• Project Milestones (implemented using configurable "surveys")
• A calendar view to project and tasks deadlines
• ... and many more

]project-open[ V3.0

• Has been released in: 5/2005
• Current Status: This is the current "stable version"

V3.0 is the result of porting porting ]po[ V2.1 from Oracle to PostgreSQL. V3.0 is available for both Linux and Windows.

V3.0 alrady includes a completely new implementation of a project controlling (cost accounting modules) and includes internationalization for German, Spanish and French.

V3.0 does not include PostgreSQL versions of the "Translation Quality" and "Translation Marketplace" functionality.

]project-open[ V2.1

• Last Release: V2.1.1 in 8/2004
• Current Status (9/2004):
  Part of the new funcionality (intranet-hr, intranet-costs, intranet-cost-provider) has been implemented and has been deployed with individual customers.
• Payroll costs (intranet-hr-costs) and fixed costs (intranet-cost-fixed) have not been implemented yet. These modules have been depriorized, as the V3.0 PostgreSQL port has become more important. Their implementation will become part of V3.1 (see above).
• The Search and KM functionality has been depriorized in favor of V3.0.

Finance

• intranet-costs
  "Costs Base Module", including cost centers and base cost items.
• intranet-cost-fixed
  Front-end module to intranet-costs, allowing to distributed fixed costs (rent etc.) to projects according to different criteria.
• intranet-cost-provider
  Front-end module for intranet-costs, allowing provider to post their bills in the intranet.
• intranet-hr-costs
  Front-end module for intranet-costs, allowing to distribute employee costs to projects according to timesheet information

HR

• intranet-hr
  Basic HR module: Headcount, basic payroll information etc.

Search & KM

• search
  Finish intranet and filesystem search for Intermedia
• expert-finder
  Search for experts in your organization based on document authorhip information

]project-open[ 2.0 ( finished 6/3/2004)

Completion of the ]project-open[ port from ACS 3.4 to OpenACS 5.0 including the packages:

• Core 2.0 (no templates yet)
• Filestorage 2.0 (with +/- open-close and permisions)
• Forums 2.0
• Freelance 2.0
• Cost-Timesheet 2.0 (including absences)
• Translation 2.0
• Translation-Invoicing 2.0
• Translation-Quality 2.0