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BSCW vs Orbit vs SharePoint System Properties Comparison

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SystemsBSCWinfoBasic Support for Cooperative Work  Xexclude from comparisonOrbit  Xexclude from comparisonSharePoint  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionBSCW is a web-basd collaboration and task management system, available as hosted service and as self-hosted tool.Secoya Orbit provides a range of business applications including project management and collaboration.SharePoint is a web application framework and collaboration platform.
CategoryProject Planning
Project Collaboration
Project Planning
Project Collaboration
Project Collaboration
Project Management Zone Rankinginfomeasures the popularity of Project Management SystemsScore 1.13
Rank #228
Score 0.30
Rank #292
Score 3,287.72
Rank #1
DeveloperOrbiTeamSecoyaMicrosoft
Websitebscw.deorbit.onlineproducts.office.com/­en-us/­sharepoint
Technical documentationbscw.de/­en/­supportdocs.microsoft.com/­en-us/­sharepoint/­dev
Social network pages
Twitter105followers
Facebook127likes
LinkedIn324followers
Facebook99,044likes
LinkedIn59,263followers
Twitter207,635followers
Initial release199520062001
LicenseCommercial
Web-based service (SaaS)infoSoftware-as-a-Service model
Commercial
Web-based service (SaaS)infoSoftware-as-a-Service model
Commercial
Web-based service (SaaS)infoSoftware-as-a-Service modelinfoSharePoint Online
Web-based architectureyesyesyes
Programming languagePythonC#
Operating systemsAIX
FreeBSD
HP-UX
IRIX
Linux
NetBSD
OS X
Solaris
Unix
Windows
WindowsWindows
Mobile appsnoinfomobile version of web interfacenoAndroidinfonumerous 3rd-party apps
iOSinfonumerous 3rd-party apps
Windows Phoneinfonumerous 3rd-party apps
APIinfoApplication Programming Interfaceyesyesyesinfoseveral sets of APIs, including object models and REST web service.
Multi-useryesyesyes
Authentication mechanismPassword
LDAPinfoLightweight Directory Access Protocol
OpenID
CASinfoJA-SIG Central Authentication Service
Shibboleth
Password
Active Directory
Password
Active Directory
NotificationsDesktop push
Email
RSS feeds
Email
SMS
Email
Mobile push
RSS feeds
Project Planning Properties
Hierarchical tasksinfoSupport for parent-child relationships of tasksyesyes
Recurring tasksinfoSupport for definition of tasks that occur repeatedlynono
Milestone trackinginfoMilestones indicate the completion of major deliverables, normally by completing a set of tasksnoyes
Task dependenciesinfoDependencies between tasks are logical relationships that restrict the sequence of task executions, e.g. one task must be completed before another task can startyesno
Critical path managementinfoThe critical path method calculates the set of tasks that cannot be delayed without increasing the project's duration, taking into account task dependenciesnono
Critical chain managementinfoThe critical chain method expands the critical path method by additionally taking resource constraints into accountnono
Gantt chartsinfoBar chart to visualize a project's tasks and milestones scheduleyesyes
PERT chartsinfoNetwork diagrams according to Program Evaluation Review Techniquenono
BaselinesinfoSupport for creating and using snapshots of a project's plan in terms of cost, scope and schedule nono
Resource managementinfoSupport for managing a project's human and/or non-human resourcesnoyes
Resource levelinginfoSupport for optimizing the allocation of a project's resourcesnono
Time trackinginfoSupport for estimating and monitoring the time spent on a project's tasksnoyes
Cost trackinginfoSupport for monitoring a project's expensesnoyes
Earned value managementinfoSupport for tracking a project's performance and progress via earned value measurementsnono
Risk managementinfoSupport for identifying and keeping track of project risks and risk-related activitiesnono
Scrum supportinfoSupport for typical Scrum techniques such as sprints, backlogs and burn-down chartsnono
Kanban supportinfoSupport for typical Kanban techniques such as visualization of tasks on boards using cardsnono
Project portfolio management infoSupport for collectively managing a set of current or proposed projects, e.g. by evaluation and prioritization of projectsnono
Project Collaboration Properties
Project wikiyesyesyesinfoSharePoint pages
Discussion forumyesyesinfoOrbit Socialyes
Online chatnoinfosupport for integration of external chat systemsyesinfoOrbit Socialyes
Audio conferencingnoinfosupport for integration of external conferencing systemsnonoinfoavailable via Microsoft Lync and other products
Video conferencingnoinfosupport for integration of external conferencing systemsnonoinfoavailable via Microsoft Lync and other products
Screen sharingnonoyes
Calendar sharingyesyesinfovia Outlook pluginyes
Contact sharingyesyesinfovia Outlook pluginyes
Document sharingyesyesyes
File versioningyesyesyes

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