• Planning: task lists, milestones and development schedules.
• Collaboration: shared document and source code storages with check-in/check-out functions.
• Monitoring: daily progress reports, system-level and project-level summary reports, Gantt diagrams displaying development progress.
• Communication: discussion forums, customized e-mail notifications, announcements that everyone can see at once.
• Quality assurance: test planning and bug-tracking tools.
• Security: flexible role-based access control system,
• Convenient working environment: customized bookmarks and reminders, full-text search and more…

Architecture

Project Management System is a database-driven web-application. The heart of the system is the database storing all system data – projects, tasks, reports, forums, etc. Users access Project Management System via Internet using web-interface. Project Management System implementation as web-application gives following advantages:

• user don't need to install any software on his computer, all he needs is a web browser, therefore user can access application from any computer connected with Internet,
• all users share the same application data and executable code concentrated in one place - on the server, therefore users always deal with actual data and the latest version of the software,
• database and application code are hosted on high-stability server protected from viruses and intrusions. Daily backups guarantee the safety of data when high performance of the server and wideband Internet connection ensure excellent efficiency.