This past week I took part in a 3 day project management training, from the PMI. which was great. In the training a few programs were mentioned. Naturally Microsoft Projects and a mind mapping software were mentioned. There is a free and open source alternative to Microsoft Projects called openproj. It’s a great option and it won’t break the bank. The other tool was mindjet which can be used for bainstorming, and exporting to MS Projects. This has a free opensource alternative called FreeMind, this tool can not export to MS Projects though. The reason I mention those is because it is always assumed that people use Windows computers, well I don’t. I am a happy linux user. And those tools will help me get things done even on my own computers. At work we use Windows most likely because as a corporation they can not just simply switch and start using opensource or linux. And probably becasue they are not even aware of some of the open source alternatives. If you can use an application for free to acheive what you could with a paid software, why would you spend the money?…
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