Open Workbench Features 

Open Workbench is the only open source Windows-based desktop application that provides robust project management functionality – and is free to distribute throughout your entire enterprise. Here are just some of Open Workbench’s key features:

Project Planning

• Define projects and create associated work breakdown structures with activities, phases, tasks and milestones
• Create dependencies as finish-start, start-start, finish-finish or start-finish 
• Create subprojects and link them to master projects 
• Create and manage inter-project dependencies 
• Associate guidelines with tasks 
• Manage advanced task properties such as fixed duration, dependency lag, imposed start/end dates and charge codes 
• Create, edit and delete calendars
  

Project Scheduling

• Schedule tasks manually or automatically using Auto Schedule
• Automatically schedule tasks forwards or backwards (the latter allowing tasks to be started as late as possible) and with or without resource constraints 
• Schedule across linked master and subprojects 
• Schedule to general or individualized calendars
  

Resource Management

• Define resources as people, equipment, materials or expense
• Assign resources to tasks 
• Configure resources on tasks with uniform, fixed, contour, front or back loading
  

Project Review

• Track status, percent complete and estimates to complete
• View Gantt charts (both detail and roll-up), PERT charts and the critical path 
• Conduct earned value analysis 
• Define, compare and reset project baseline settings 
• Customize project views including column layouts, filters, sorts and rule-based formatting
  

And More!

• Open Source - download the source code to customize or rely on the user, developer, and partner community for support
• Seamlessly integrate with the Clarity system from Computer Associates 
• Free!