Redmine: a Project Management System that's easy to acquire, but expensive to set up (but well worth it)
January 06, 2019
Redmine: a Project Management System that's easy to acquire, but expensive to set up (but well worth it)
Score 10 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with Redmine
Redmine is a great product to have in an organization: It's extremely flexible, costs much less to maintain than Remedy, and is a far faster experience than other products on the market (i.e. Remedy, ServiceNow)
The primary issues that Redmine addresses are: flexible platform, API, open source and highly configurable, stability
The primary issues that Redmine addresses are: flexible platform, API, open source and highly configurable, stability
- FAST! - Redmine is responsive, and works much faster than its alternatives
- A very complete Project Management / Team Collaboration system
- utilizes SQLLite3 for its backend, making it rock-solid
- Not doing anything new in the PM space: while it is a complete system, it lacks any new contributions to PM
- Memory hog--will often consume more memory than should really be needed
- Lacks a real, meaningful KPI dashboard
- Positive: Redmine's initial impact is minimal: in terms of Dollars-the cost of acquisition is the price you pay for Electricity, Internet bandwidth and hardware
- Redmine's REAL cost is time and knowledge: You will need a Linux expert to implement Redmine.
- Readmine's configuration is also Time intensive, and it's better to augment your current staff, or hire someone directly to implement your Redmine configuration changes.
JIRA is new: it is easier to deploy in a cloud/managed environment: it also has better "apps" support.
However, Redmine benefits from maturity, as well as a large base of experts who manage Redmine on a constant basis. Additionally, Redmine is fairly "easy" to set up: as long as you have an appreciable background in Linux/Unix, you can deploy Redmine in a weekend (vanilla, no configurations).
Also, REST API. Important feature! All new PM systems employ REST as a means of exchanging data with their engines. Redmine also does this. This feature alone is extremely helpful.
However, Redmine benefits from maturity, as well as a large base of experts who manage Redmine on a constant basis. Additionally, Redmine is fairly "easy" to set up: as long as you have an appreciable background in Linux/Unix, you can deploy Redmine in a weekend (vanilla, no configurations).
Also, REST API. Important feature! All new PM systems employ REST as a means of exchanging data with their engines. Redmine also does this. This feature alone is extremely helpful.