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BrightWork vs Project Open System Properties Comparison

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Systems	BrightWork  Xexclude from comparison	Project Open  Xexclude from comparison
Description	BrightWork is a project and portfolio management system based on SharePoint.	]project-open[ is a project management and collaboration tool, available as open source community edition, commercial enterprise edition and as web-based service.
Category	Project Planning	Project Planning Issue Management Project Collaboration
Project Management Zone Rankingmeasures the popularity of Project Management Systems Ranking Trend	Score 6.38 Rank #94	Score 0.93 Rank #240
Developer	BrightWork	Project Open Business Solutions
Website	brightwork.com	project-open.com
Technical documentation	help.brightwork.com	project-open.com/­en
Social network pages	Facebook 620 likes LinkedIn 1,622 followers Twitter 1,545 followers	Twitter 368 followers
Initial release	1995	2003
License	Commercial Web-based service (SaaS)Software-as-a-Service model	Open Sourceproject-open "Free License" and "mixed source" model Commercial Web-based service (SaaS)Software-as-a-Service model
Web-based architecture	yes	yes
Programming language		TCL
Operating systems	Windows	AIX Linux NetBSD OS X Solaris Windows
Mobile apps	no	no
APIApplication Programming Interface	yes.NET	yes
Multi-user	yes	yes
Authentication mechanism	Password LDAPLightweight Directory Access Protocol SAMLSecurity Assertion Markup Language Active Directory	Password LDAPLightweight Directory Access Protocol OTPOne Time Passwords Active Directory
Notifications	Email RSS feeds	Email
Project Planning Properties
Hierarchical tasksSupport for parent-child relationships of tasks	yes	yes
Recurring tasksSupport for definition of tasks that occur repeatedly	no	no
Milestone trackingMilestones indicate the completion of major deliverables, normally by completing a set of tasks	yes	yes
Task dependenciesDependencies between tasks are logical relationships that restrict the sequence of task executions, e.g. one task must be completed before another task can start	noavailable via MS-Project integration	yes
Critical path managementThe critical path method calculates the set of tasks that cannot be delayed without increasing the project's duration, taking into account task dependencies	noavailable via MS-Project integration	yes
Critical chain managementThe critical chain method expands the critical path method by additionally taking resource constraints into account	no	no
Gantt chartsBar chart to visualize a project's tasks and milestones schedule	yes	yes
PERT chartsNetwork diagrams according to Program Evaluation Review Technique	no	no
BaselinesSupport for creating and using snapshots of a project's plan in terms of cost, scope and schedule	yes	yes
Resource managementSupport for managing a project's human and/or non-human resources	yes	yes
Resource levelingSupport for optimizing the allocation of a project's resources	no	nosupport for manual resource leveling
Time trackingSupport for estimating and monitoring the time spent on a project's tasks	yes	yes
Cost trackingSupport for monitoring a project's expenses	yes	yes
Earned value managementSupport for tracking a project's performance and progress via earned value measurements	yes	yes
Risk managementSupport for identifying and keeping track of project risks and risk-related activities	yes	yes
Scrum supportSupport for typical Scrum techniques such as sprints, backlogs and burn-down charts	yesvia Nintex integration	yesScrum processes can be supported by appropriate manual configuration
Kanban supportSupport for typical Kanban techniques such as visualization of tasks on boards using cards	yes	yesKanban processes can be supported by appropriate manual configuration
Project portfolio management Support for collectively managing a set of current or proposed projects, e.g. by evaluation and prioritization of projects	yes	yes
Issue Management Properties
Hierarchical issues		yes
Custom fields		yes
Custom workflows		yes
Project Collaboration Properties
Project wiki		yes
Discussion forum		yes
Online chat		no
Audio conferencing		no
Video conferencing		no
Screen sharing		no
Calendar sharing		yes
Contact sharing		yes
Document sharing		yes
File versioning		no
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