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| | 3 | Trac is strong in basic, individual and small-team task management but lacks features for heavy-duty project management ''a la'' Microsoft Project, Project Manager Workbench, etc. This page discusses those missing features and how they can best be realized. |
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| | 5 | = Gantt Charts = |
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| | 7 | As discussed in [http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/browse_thread/thread/83c0b6a248040542?hl=en two] [http://groups.google.com/group/trac-users/browse_thread/thread/3084796acbc7233c/3f393a18f99cfebd?hl=en&tvc=2#3f393a18f99cfebd threads] on the Trac Users mailing list, a fundamental requirement for project management is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gantt_chart Gantt chart]. |
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| | 9 | Trac has three Gantt chart plugins: |
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| | 11 | * [wiki:FlashGanttPlugin FlashGantt] |
| | 12 | * [wiki:GanttChartPlugin GanttChart] |
| | 13 | * [http://willbarton.com/code/tracgantt/ TracGantt]. |
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| | 15 | !FlashGantt seems complex and stale. |
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| | 17 | !GanttChart is a very simple Gantt chart implemented in a formatted text region. It is manually edited, not data-driven. |
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| | 19 | !TracGantt has potential but has some funky fields (e.g., Due to Assign) that don't seem to be appropriate to what we want to do with a Gantt chart. |
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| | 21 | = Project Management Requirements = |
