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Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by SyneRyder on Monday April 18, 2016 @07:21AM (#11519011)
On the Mac, Merlin Project [1] and OmniPlan [2] might be worth a look. They've both been around a long time and seems to be the MS Project equivalent for Mac. Not having a PC version is a pain though.

On the web, Harvest Forecast [3] looked tempting, but I haven't dived into using it. I love Harvest for my solo time accounting though.

For solo projects, I really like Mr Schedule [4] and its keyboard driven outliner type interface (inspired by Joel Spolsky's Painless Software Schedules). It doesn't do resource management, so is unlikely to be helpful to you (but maybe to someone else here). Sadly it seems abandoned & requires Java, so I've been making my own cross-platform clone of it (just for my own use for now).

I tried ProjectLibre and it just felt horribly, horribly broken.

I wish someone would make a decent Android tablet app for project management, bonus points if it supported the Samsung Galaxy S-Pen for reordering tasks etc. I tried several Android apps & didn't find anything I liked.

[1] http://projectwizards.net/en/products/merlin-project/what-is

[2] https://www.omnigroup.com/omniplan

[3] https://www.getharvest.com/forecast

[4] http://pietschy.com/products/mr-schedule/screenshots.html

Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by fidz on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:42PM (#11508675)
We use Phabricator and Scrum Sprint Plugin from Mediawiki. It fits our workflow. IMO, it is a hybrid between Pivotal Tracker and JIRA.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by tonteldoos on Thursday April 14, 2016 @08:49PM (#11501360)
What level of functionality do you require? The solutions mentioned below (and in your question) provide quite a wide range.

Are you trying to track a team, or a single person? Do you want to use it to plan (at full project manager level) multiple projects, or do you just need to see where you're at with a handful of projects?

Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by ipunchghosts on Friday April 15, 2016 @10:09AM (#11504375)
I need to track tasks over several members of a team.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by jbchoo on Friday April 15, 2016 @02:55AM (#11502660)
It's interesting to see such thread asking abt project mgt tools. Some time last year in forum like reddit or hn (cant rmb), i rmb seeing similar thread and i saw Trello mentioned many times.

At here i don't even see trello.

Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by e19293001 on Friday April 15, 2016 @08:43PM (#11508678)
If you're using emacs. Check out org-mode. With org-mode, you can organize everything in plain text.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by iamtrying on Friday April 15, 2016 @01:04AM (#11502307)
Use Google Drive? its old school you have excel, words, drawing.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by ipunchghosts on Friday April 15, 2016 @10:09AM (#11504380)
I cant level tasks and see if resources are overallocated.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by memonkey on Thursday April 14, 2016 @05:09PM (#11500371)
We use Wrike at current job. I use Asana for side projects.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by pestaa on Friday April 15, 2016 @03:03AM (#11502692)
We use Wrike too. Getting rid of it completely can't happen soon enough.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by manibatra on Friday April 15, 2016 @09:37AM (#11504149)
Using Asana. Integrates nicely with Slack.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by mgberlin on Thursday April 14, 2016 @04:07PM (#11499921)
I use RowStack.com, it's my project.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by sidcool on Sunday April 17, 2016 @01:42PM (#11515418)
Mingle
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by romanr on Saturday April 16, 2016 @05:48AM (#11509976)
hiTask.com - simple project management dashboard.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by flignats on Friday April 15, 2016 @04:01PM (#11507208)
Freedcamp
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by Kinnard on Thursday April 14, 2016 @02:47PM (#11499366)
Pomotodo!
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by ipunchghosts on Thursday April 14, 2016 @03:03PM (#11499475)
Can you use this to find out how much a person is tasked?
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by Kinnard on Friday April 15, 2016 @12:21AM (#11502124)
How much time there spending on what. You can even calculate the ROI of time investments.
Re:Ask HN: What software do you use for project and resource... by BrianHyman on Friday April 15, 2016 @06:31AM (#11503295)
i was used joomla