Finding resources automatically in OpenPsa

07 November 2006
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We rolled the initial Project Broker user interface into OpenPsa 2 with Rambo yesterday. Since we were on schedule we went to work in the countryside where we wouldn’t be disturbed. Fireplace, a bit of snow, and no Internet connection make it a perfect place for a coding sprint.

Ingels covered in early snow

The idea of the Project Broker is to be a DBE service that automatically looks for potential subcontractors in the Fada P2P network. Matching criteria include competence tags, schedule and endorsements given by other members of the network. In addition to DBE, the same searches also work inside a single OpenPsa installation enabling automatic scheduling and resourcing of tasks:

Selecting project schedule from available time slots

Another change we rolled in was a reworked hour reporting system to the OpenPsa front page. There are now two ways to report hours: by manually entering them using a composite widget, or by letting OpenPsa keep the time for you selecting what you are working on:

Hour reporting on the front page

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OpenPSA project in Rome

01 April 2005. 1 minute read.
We’re now spending a week in Rome to get a major OpenPSA development project started. The project is done for the Italian regional competence centers together with the local Midgard consultancy, Ware.it. This project will add much more granular access controls into OpenPSA, and will enable its usage as a more general project communication tool.
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OpenPsa Calendar goes horizontal

26 August 2005. 1 minute read.
After a bit of thought we’ve returned the Group Calendar module of OpenPsa 2 to using horizontal layout for days. The earlier versions used a vertical layout designed with Tigert that proved to be a problem with larger number of resources. This should solve the scalability issue: