Summary of the LibrePlan main features and some other relevant data.

2. What is it?
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LibrePlan is a web tool to plan, monitor and
control projects.
www.libreplan.com

3. History
● March 2009. Igalia wins a public tender published by
Fundacion para o fomento da calidade e
desenvolvemento tecnolóxico de Galicia to develop a
planning software for the regional naval auxiliary sector.
● Motivation: Lack in the ERP of a module which fulfills the
planning needs.
● Collaborative environment:
● Project with a free software license.
● Chosen name: NavalPlan.
www.libreplan.com

4. History
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Ended around April 2010.
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Igalia makes the decision to bet for the project:
evolve it, build a community, create a business model
around it.
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January 2011. Version 1.0 is published at
Sourceforge.net ( developed openly from its start).
www.libreplan.com

5. History
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April 2011, version 1.1 is published and a rename is
decided. New name LibrePlan.
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November 2011, LibrePlan 1.2 is published with a
new web (http://www.libreplan.com).
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July 2012. LibrePlan 1.3 is published.
www.libreplan.com

6. What stands out?
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It is a collaborative software (multi-user).
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It plans the whole company (multi-project).
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It is free software.
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It is web and provides a desktop alike user experience.
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It is ready to connect with other applications and
other LibrePlan deployments.
www.libreplan.com

7. Features
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Resources management :
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Two types: Workers and Machines.
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Calendar system flexible and reusable.
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Resource classification system based on criteria
satisfaction.
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Possible to bind workers to users.
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8. Features
● Planning:
● It allows to create projects, to define activities and to
estimate the time needed to do them (EDT
composition).
● It enables to configure the project Gantt chart.
● It is possible to assign resources to activities:
– Specific allocations.
– Generic allocations.
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9. Features
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Planning:
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Templates to reuse work.
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Monte Carlo simulation.
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Advanced allocation.
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Personal dashboard with assigned tasks.
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10. Features
● Monitoring and control:
● Resource load analysis:
– By project.
– At global level.
– By criteria.
● Earned Value Management (EVM).
● Quality assurance.
● Project dashboards with Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
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11. Features
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Data tracking:
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Hours worked by resources.
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Task progress.
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Follow up the cost planned/incurred.
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12. Features
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Outsourcing
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Activities can be subcontracted to providers
automatically.
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Providers can report progress and other data to
their clients.
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Changes in delivery dates are handled.
www.libreplan.com

13. Features
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Other features:
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LDAP Authentication and roles mapping.
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Labels.
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Materials management.
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Queue based resources.
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14. Features
Visit
http:/www.libreplan.com/features
to know more
www.libreplan.com

15. LibrePlan is doing well
● Among the most popular project management application
at Sourceforge.net
● Between 300 – 500 weekly downloads in average.
● LibrePlan is increasingly in more languages:
● Galician, Spanish, English, Russian, Portuguese, Italian,
Dutch, Polish, Czech.
● Community is growing: Messages in forums, users in IRC.
www.libreplan.com

16. LibrePlan is doing well
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It is a highly valued as free software project
(http://www.ohloh.net/p/libreplan).
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In the last year 21 people contributed to the
codebase.
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Cited in many articles and places in Internet.
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According to many people, it is the main candidate
to replace proprietary software.
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17. LibrePlan is doing well
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Lectures presented in international events:
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LinuxTag 2011 – Berlin (Germany).
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Libre Software World Conference 2011 – Zaragoza
(Spain).
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Open Source World Conference 2012 – Granada
(Spain).
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Fosdem 2012 – Brussels (Belgium).
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18. Philosophy
● Free software (AGPL license).
● Used for free without costs of any type.
● Open community.
● Development done in a public way.
– Public meetings (coordination, roadmap...)
– Requirements analysis, development blogs are publicly
available.
● We invite new actors and contributors to join.
www.libreplan.com

19. Business model
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Igalia offers services for:
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Development of new features.
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Customization.
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Support and maintenance.
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SaaS deployments.
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Training.
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20. The open source web application for
project planning, monitoring and
control.
www.libreplan.org