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title: Introduction to OpenProject
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description: Get and introduction to OpenProject - open source project management software.
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keywords: introduction to OpenProject
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# Introduction to OpenProject
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Welcome to OpenProject! We are glad to have you here. In this section we will cover an introduction to project management with OpenProject as well as general topics regarding OpenProject.
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## Overview
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| Popular Topics | Description |
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| ------------------------------------------------------------ | :----------------------------------------------------------- |
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| [About OpenProject](#about-openproject) | What is OpenProject? |
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| [First steps to get started](#first-steps-to-get-started) | The first steps to get started with OpenProject. |
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| [The entire Project Management Life-Cycle](#the-entire-project-management-life-cycle) | Find out more how OpenProject supports the different project phases. |
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| [OpenProject products](#openproject-products) | What is the difference between the Community, Cloud and Enterprise Edition? |
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## About OpenProject
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OpenProject is free and **open source software** for **classical as well as agile project management** to support your team along [the entire project life-cycle](#the-entire-project-management-life-cycle). OpenProject is available in more than 30 languages.
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OpenProject is licensed under **GNU GPL V3**. The source code is freely published on [GitHub](https://github.com/opf/openproject). We understand free as in free speech. We do offer [paid subscriptions](#openproject-products) for our software.
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OpenProject exists since 2011 and is a fork of the deprecated ChiliProject which was a fork of Redmine.
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## First steps to get started
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To get started with OpenProject, there are a few easy steps to follow:
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1. [Get an account and sign in](#sign-in-and-registration)
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2. [Create a new project](#projects)
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3. [Invite team members to collaborate](#invite-members)
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4. [Create work packages](#create-work-package)
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5. [Set up a project plan](#gantt-chart-introduction)
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## The entire Project Management Life-Cycle
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OpenProject offers a full feature set to **support project teams along the entire project management process:**
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OpenProject enables project collaboration and communication without system interruption from the initial project idea until project closure and documentation.
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The following sections provide links to the documentation for each project phase:
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| Project phase | Documentation for |
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| [Project concept and initiation](#project-concept-and-initiation) | Collect ideas and specify project scope and deliverables: set up a project, document initial ideas, project description, invite members. |
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| [Project definition and planning](#project-definition-and-planning) | Create a project overview with detailed information, set up a project plan, create your roadmap. |
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| [Project launch or execution](#project-launch-or-execution) | Manage all project activities, such as tasks, deliverables, risks, features, bugs, change requests. Use agile boards with your teams, document meetings, share news. |
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| [Project performance and control](#project-performance-and-control) | Create and manage project budgets, track and evaluate time and costs. Have custom reports for accurate, current insight into project performance and allocated resources. |
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| [Project close](#project-close) | Document project achievements, lessons learned, best practices and easily summarize the main results of a project. Archive projects for later reference and lessons learned. |
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### Project concept and initiation
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OpenProject supports the initial set-up and configuration of a project structure.
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| Features | Documentation for |
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| Create a new project | Create and set up a new project in OpenProject. |
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| Set up a project structure | Create a project hierarchy to structure your work in OpenProject. |
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| Document ideas | Create first ideas, tasks, rough milestones. |
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| Project description | Describe the goal and the way to reach them for your project. |
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| Invite members | Invite your team to collaborate in OpenProject. |
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### Project definition and planning
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Create a project overview with more detailed information, set up your project plan, structure your work, create a roadmap.
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| Features | Documentation for |
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| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| Project overview | Create a project overview with important project information. |
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| Project plan | Set up a project timeline. |
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| Structure your work | Create work packages and structure your work |
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| Roadmap planning | Create a roadmap for your project. |
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### Project launch or execution
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Manage all project activities, such as tasks, deliverables, risks, features, bugs, change requests in the work packages. Use agile boards with your teams. Document meetings, share news.
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| Features | Documentation for |
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| Work packages | Create and manage all project deliverables, tasks, features, risks, and more. |
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| Boards | Manage your work with an Agile approach in the flexible boards view. |
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| Meetings | Plan and document your project meetings and share minutes with all your team. |
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| News | Share project news with your team. |
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| Wiki | Document all important project information and keep it up to date with your team. |
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### Project performance and control
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Create and manage project budgets, track and evaluate time and costs. Have custom reports for accurate, current insight into project performance and allocated resources.
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| Features | Documentation for |
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| Dashboard | Visualize your progress within a project or project overarching (coming soon). |
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| Budgets | Create and manage budgets in your project. |
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| Time tracking | Track time for any work within your project. |
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| Track unit costs | Track unit costs for your project. |
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| Time and cost reporting | Have accurate detailed reports of current spent time and costs within your project. |
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### Project close
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Document project achievements, lessons learned, best practices and easily summarize the main results of a project. Archive projects for later reference and lessons learned.
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| Features | Documentation for |
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| --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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| Wiki | Document all relevant project information, lessons learned, best practices, results, and more. |
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| Project archive | Archive your project for further reference and documentation. |
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## OpenProject products
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### What is the differences between the Community, Cloud and Enterprise Edition?
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OpenProject can be used in three different Editions, either on-premise or as software-as-a-service.
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* [Community Edition](https://www.openproject.org/download-and-installation/): self-installed on-premise.
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* [Cloud Edition](https://www.openproject.org/hosting/): we host it, incl. premium features and support.
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* [Enterprise Edition](https://www.openproject.org/enterprise-edition/): self-hosted version, incl. premium features and support.
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To compare the features side by side, please visit our [Feature Comparison](https://www.openproject.org/pricing/#features) page.
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