Comparison of Public 2009 FPT Project Management Suite and Redmine 2.0.4

1. FMS vs Redmine
Report by: Le Ngoc Thach

2. Reporter
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Lê Ngọc Thạch 0908 550 642
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HCMC University of Technology - Engineer
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Computer Science: 1995 ~ 2000
√ HCMC University of Information Technology (∈VNU HCMC) – Master
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Computer Science: 2004 ~ 2007
Works: Project Manager, Technical Traning Manager, CEO of a IT
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Academy, building a new company MKS.com.vn
Researching/Orientation: Applying software development
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processes; HR development in IT, building IT Community Open-Ones
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3. Content
Overview FMS and Redmine
Compare FMS and Redmine by CMMi's PA
Others
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4. What?
FMS Redmine
FMS is Fsoft Project Management Redmine is a flexible project
Suite. Written using J2EE (JSP, management web application. Written
Servlet, EJB), it is cross-platform. using the Ruby on Rails framework, it
is cross-platform and cross-database.
FMS is open source and release Redmine is open source and released
under the terms of BSD and third- under the terms of the GNU General
party licenses: Apache, GPL, LGPL, Public License v2 (GPL).
OTN Development and Distribution,
MIT/GPL, Artistic
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5. Features
FMS Redmine
●Designed to support tasks related to software ● Multiple projects support
project management such as: ● Flexible role based access control
• Project planning ● Flexible issue tracking system
• Tracking ● Gantt chart and calendar
• Performance ● News, documents & files management
• Monitoring ● Feeds & email notifications
• Dashboard ● Per project wiki
• Communication ● Per project forums
• TimeSheet tracking ● Time tracking
• Defect management ● Custom fields for issues, time-entries,
• Report projects and users
●Improve quality by apply standard ● SCM integration (SVN, CVS, Git,
processes: Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs)
• Planning process ● Issue creation via email
• Risk managemnet process ● Multiple LDAP authentication support
• Effort management process ● User self-registration support
• Estimation process ● Multilanguage support
• Requirement management process ● Multiple databases support
• Defect management process
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6. Brief in CMMi's KPA
Level Focus Process Area
5 Optimizing Continuous Process Organizational Innovation and Deployment Causal
Improvement Analysis and Resolution
4 Quantitatively Quantitative Organizational Process Performance
Managed Management Quantitative Project Management
3 Defined Process Standard Requirement Development
Technical Solution
Product Integration
Verification, Validation
Organizational Process Focus
Organizational Process Definition
Organizational Training
Integrated Project Management
Risk Management
Decision Analysis and Resolution
2 Managed Basic Project Requirement Management
Management Project Planning, Project Monitoring and Control
Supplier Agreement Management
Measurement and Analysis
Process and Product Quality Assurance
Configuration Management
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7. KPA by Category
5 ●Organizational Causal Analysis and 5
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Innovation & Resolution
Deployment
4 Quantitative Project
● ●Organizational 4
Management Process
Performance
3 ●Validation ●Risk Management ●Organizational Decision Analysis &
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3
●Verification ●Integrated Project Training Resolution
●Product Integration Management ●Organizational
●Technical Solution Process Definition
●Requirement ●Organizational
Development Process Focus
2 Requirement
● ●Supplier Agreement ●Configuration 2
Management Management Management
●Project Monitoring and ●Process and Product
Control QA
●Project Planning ●Measure & Analysis
Engineering Project Management Process Support
Management
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8. Engineering KPA
PA Main Output FMS Redmine
REQM Requirement
Y N
Traceability Matrix
RD SRS +Manual
TS SAD +Manual
Unit Test Manual
PI Product Integration
Y N
plan
Product Integration
Y N
status
VER Peer review report
VAL Defect tracker Y Y
Test plan Manual
Test Case Manual
Test report Manual
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9. Project Management KPA
PA Main Output FMS Redmine
PP Estimate Y N
Project Planning Y N
Schedule Y Y
PMC Project status Y Y
Task list Y Y
Project Quality
Y N
Objectives
Closure report Y
Historical data Y
Time, effort, tracking Y N
IPM Tailoring Y N
Risk Risk Register
(Analysis/Mitigation Y N
plan/Contingency plan )
Risk Database Y N
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10. Support KPA
PA Main Output FMS Redmine
MA Measurement & Analysis
Plan
Y N
MA monitoring and report Y
MA DB Y
PPQA PPQA plan Y
PPQA audit report Manual
CM CM Plan Manual
CM Audit report Manual
CI List & Status
Accounting
Baseline Management Y N
Release Management Y N
DAR DAR form Y + Manual
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11. Good features in Redmine but not in FMS
 Gantt chart and calendar
 News, documents, and files management
 Feeds and email notifications
 Per project wiki and forums
 SCM integration (SVN, CVS, Git, Mercurial,
Bazaar and Darcs)
 Multiple LDAP authentication support
 User self-registration support
 Multilanguage support
 Multiple databases support
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12. Summary
 FMS and Redmine:
Web-based, Open-Source, cross-platform
Support basic tasks of project management
Support multi project
FMS Redmine
●Is designed to support many CMMi's Not design following CMMi
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KPA
●Focus on processes ●Focus on flexibility, web 2.0
●Support project team, senior ●Support projec team mainly
manger, customer
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13. Reference
 http://redmine.org
 http://project360.googlecode.com
 Version of Redmind: 2.0.4
 Version of FMS: Fixed bug Project360
version 1.1.1 at
(https://project360.googlecode.com/files/Pr
oject360-1.1.1.tar.gz)
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