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kb:intranet:services:project:openproject:configuration

Configuration

Changelog

  • 2025-04-01: Init, relevant for OpenProject 14.6.3

Description of setup for personal use (context as a solo researcher with multiple ongoing project lines). This is an attempt to describe the slightly more unique configuration settings for project-specific structure, i.e. excluding basic settings including users.

Administration

Kanban boards are disabled because they require manual linking + upkeeping.

  • Work packages
    • Types: Task, Idea, Deadline (form: priority, date)
    • Status (in order): In Progress, New, Completed, Rejected, Delegated
    • Workflow: Delegated only for Task
  • Projects
    • New project modules: WP, Gantt charts, Calendar
  • Custom fields: None (including duration, effort, payoff, urgency, ...)
  • Enumerations:
    • WP priorities: Optional, Important, Must-do
  • Calendars and dates:
    • Working days and hours: All days in work week

Workflow

Dealing with the different views available in OpenProject is important.

  • Work packages: Most of the task editing happens in this page.
  • Gantt charts:
    • Useful for visualizing WPs in relation to each other, and the start date of proposed tasks (to get a sense of how much overdue a task is)
    • If the WP list becomes too long, upcoming deadlines fall off the screen and become not visible. Calendars are a better option here.
  • Calendars:
    • Plots deadlines in terms of urgency, and is more useful for overview of urgent taskings across all projects.
    • Need to figure out how to integrate this with personal calendars.
    • Subscription can be enabled. The directory regex is /projects/.*/calendars/{{ID}}/ical?ical_token={{TOKEN}}. Failure to match calendar ID with token yields HTTP 404.
kb/intranet/services/project/openproject/configuration.txt · Last modified: 48 hours ago ( 1 April 2025) by justin