<s>
dotProject	B-Application
is	O
a	O
web-based	B-Application
,	O
multi-user	O
,	O
multi-language	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
and	I-Application
open	I-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
maintained	O
by	O
an	O
open	O
community	O
of	O
volunteer	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dotProject	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Will	O
Ezell	O
at	O
dotmarketing	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
replacement	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Project	I-Operating_System
,	O
using	O
a	O
very	O
similar	O
user	O
interface	O
but	O
including	O
project	O
management	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Begun	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
SourceForge	B-Application
in	O
October	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
,	O
from	O
version	O
2.1.8	O
onwards	O
,	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
stalled	O
in	O
late	O
2002	O
when	O
the	O
original	O
team	O
moved	O
to	O
dotCMS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
continued	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
until	O
he	O
moved	O
on	O
to	O
Mambo	B-Language
and	O
later	O
Joomla	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2007	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
dotProject	B-Application
team	O
began	O
a	O
major	O
redevelopment	O
using	O
the	O
Zend	B-Language
Framework	I-Language
,	O
with	O
version	O
3	O
(	O
dP3	O
)	O
the	O
expected	O
target	O
release	O
to	O
be	O
utilising	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fork	O
called	O
web2project	B-Application
was	O
initiated	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
dotProject	B-Application
core	O
team	O
has	O
focused	O
its	O
efforts	O
on	O
keeping	O
dotProject	B-Application
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
latest	O
versions	O
of	O
PHP	B-Application
and	O
MySQL/MariaDB	O
and	O
updating	O
its	O
dependent	O
packages	O
;	O
the	O
overall	O
look	O
and	O
feel	O
remains	O
notoriously	O
similar	O
to	O
what	O
it	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
2000s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dotProject	B-Application
is	O
mostly	O
a	O
task-oriented	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
predating	O
contemporary	O
tools	O
addressing	O
methodologies	O
such	O
as	O
Agile	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
display	O
such	O
relationships	O
visually	O
using	O
Gantt	B-Application
charts	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
contemporary	O
software	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
tools	I-Application
,	O
dotProject	B-Application
cannot	O
be	O
easily	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
usual	O
constellation	O
of	O
'	O
business	O
tools	O
 '	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
complete	O
,	O
standalone	O
application	O
,	O
not	O
requiring	O
anything	O
else	O
besides	O
a	O
platform	O
that	O
supports	O
PHP	B-Application
(	O
it	O
is	O
web	O
server	O
agnostic	O
)	O
and	O
MySQL/MariaDB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
its	O
conceptual	O
simplicity	O
,	O
dotProject	B-Application
nevertheless	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
or	O
integrated	O
with	O
other	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
plugins	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
pre-activated	O
;	O
there	O
is	O
even	O
a	O
repository	O
of	O
independently	O
maintained	O
'	O
mods	O
 '	O
(	O
or	O
plugins	O
)	O
available	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
which	O
include	O
a	O
Risks	O
management	O
module	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
2020	O
)	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
dotProject	B-Application
is	O
self-contained	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
user	O
authentication	O
and	O
management	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
integrate	O
with	O
an	O
external	O
LDAP	B-Protocol
server	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
synchronise	O
its	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
phpNuke	B-Language
installation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
of	O
dotProject	B-Application
focuses	O
on	O
Companies	O
,	O
which	O
may	O
have	O
subunits	O
known	O
as	O
Departments	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
turn	O
,	O
have	O
Users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
even	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
having	O
a	O
'	O
public	O
 '	O
role	O
with	O
no	O
access	O
to	O
any	O
information	O
but	O
nevertheless	O
able	O
to	O
submit	O
tickets	B-Application
via	O
the	O
integrated	O
ticketing	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
is	O
common	O
with	O
other	O
project	B-Application
management	I-Application
tools	I-Application
,	O
tasks	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
as	O
mere	O
stubs	O
and	O
completed	O
later	O
;	O
assigned	O
and	O
reassigned	O
to	O
team	O
members	O
;	O
or	O
even	O
moved	O
across	O
projects	O
(	O
or	O
becoming	O
subtasks	O
of	O
other	O
tasks	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
often	O
one-line	O
comments	O
with	O
an	O
estimate	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
consumed	O
(	O
but	O
can	O
optionally	O
have	O
much	O
more	O
information	O
)	O
;	O
dotProject	B-Application
will	O
take	O
those	O
logs	O
into	O
account	O
when	O
calculating	O
the	O
workload	O
,	O
the	O
overall	O
cost	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
so	O
far	O
(	O
and	O
compare	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
budget	O
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
figuring	O
out	O
what	O
tasks	O
are	O
being	O
completed	O
in	O
due	O
time	O
or	O
are	O
overdue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optionally	O
,	O
dotProject	B-Application
can	O
send	O
emails	O
to	O
the	O
involved	O
parties	O
,	O
triggered	O
by	O
special	O
conditions	O
—	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
task	O
being	O
overdue	O
,	O
or	O
having	O
been	O
completed	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
customer	O
can	O
be	O
invoiced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
dotProject	B-Application
is	O
not	O
a	O
fully-fledged	O
invoicing	O
system	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
produce	O
enough	O
data	O
output	O
to	O
send	O
reasonably	O
detailed	O
invoices	O
to	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
via	O
its	O
reporting	O
facility	O
,	O
the	O
management	O
or	O
the	O
board	O
can	O
get	O
properly	O
formatted	O
reports	O
about	O
ongoing	O
projects	O
,	O
besides	O
having	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
Gantt	B-Application
charts	I-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Communication	O
between	O
team	O
members	O
can	O
be	O
as	O
simple	O
as	O
leaving	O
comments	O
on	O
tasks	O
and/or	O
logs	O
,	O
but	O
dotProject	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
minimalistic	O
Forum	O
facility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
while	O
dotProject	B-Application
is	O
not	O
a	O
sophisticated	O
document	O
management	O
system	O
,	O
it	O
nevertheless	O
allows	O
files	O
to	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
a	O
special	O
directory	O
,	O
also	O
assigned	O
to	O
specific	O
projects/tasks	O
,	O
and	O
under	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
permission	O
system	O
(	O
file	O
names	O
get	O
hashed	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
someone	O
with	O
the	O
proper	O
permission	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
retrieve	O
those	O
files	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
file	O
folder	O
can	O
theoretically	O
be	O
mounted	O
on	O
an	O
external	O
file	O
system	O
on	O
a	O
cloud	O
storage	O
provider	O
—	O
so	O
long	O
as	O
this	O
is	O
achieved	O
at	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
level	O
;	O
dotProject	B-Application
,	O
by	O
itself	O
,	O
does	O
not	O
connect	O
directly	O
to	O
any	O
storage	O
provider	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
dotProject	B-Application
also	O
includes	O
a	O
very	O
simple	O
versioning	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
dotProject	B-Application
community	O
mostly	O
volunteers	O
time	O
to	O
reply	O
on	O
dotProject	B-Application
's	O
GitHub	B-Application
issues	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
other	O
form	O
of	O
getting	O
any	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
over	O
50,210	O
registered	O
users	O
in	O
the	O
dotProject	B-Application
forums	O
and	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
500	O
–	O
700	O
downloads	O
each	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
website	O
mentioned	O
before	O
—	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
rich	O
community	O
of	O
users	O
—	O
does	O
not	O
exist	O
any	O
longer	O
,	O
although	O
is	O
still	O
actively	O
maintained	O
and	O
points	O
to	O
some	O
key	O
resources	O
(	O
mostly	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
