Havana

What it is.

Havana is a project management application that delivers assistance during the whole projecttraject, from aquasition to the final delivery.

What it is not.

Focused only on ICT projects.
Limited to one development method.
A complete groupware solution.

Components.

Havana will be build out of different components that are easily extendable and adaptable to the organization it is deployed.

Havana/Core
Time management
Task Management
Knowledge Management
Asset Management
Resource Management
Release Management
Quality Management
Issue Management

Havana/Core.

The core of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Personal Portal with total control over the layout and content (Portlets).
Pluggable generic admin interface.

Time Management.

Time management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Full planning and scheduling features per project.
Time boxing of the different components within a project.
Time registration.
Overview features of planning and consumed hours for managers and client.
Report generation of consumed hours and declaration.
Chart generation of planning, timeboxing and project overview.

Task Management.

Task management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Task scheduling and delegation.
Task list.
Personal TODO lists.

Knowledge Management.

Knowledge management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Frequently Asked Questions
Knowledge base (Wiki Like)
Blog functionality for project members
Planet like Blogs and feed aggregator
Export/Generate public documentation.

Asset Management.

Asset management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

File sharing
Generic Source Control Management integration layer (Subversion first)

Resource Management.

Resource management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Scheduling, Planning of hardware and personel

Quality Management.

Quality management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Grade project parts
Manage project requirements list (Contract, Prospect)
Testing
Evaluation of project

Issue Management.

Issue management component of the Havana application will consist out of the following features.

Register and Manage Issues

Requirements.

Integration:
The different components should easily intergrate and interoperate with eachother in an innovative way. (Example: A new task should be able the be linked to an issue , an asset , an item in the knowledgde base or any other item within Havana.)

Usability:
The application will be used on a daily base by the project members, so its very important that application is userfriendly and nice to use.

Look and Feel:
The application should be adaptable to the requirement of the organisation it is deployed.

Extandability:
Havana will offer a remote API (XML-RPC or SOAP), that way other applications will be able to incorparate Havana support. (For example a Standalone GUI application).

Extra Requirements.

Advanced Searching:
All content in Havana should be searchable (Per project)

Syndication feeds:
Different components in Havana like TODO lists, Schedule, blogs etc should offer
Syndication feeds (RSS, ATOM).

Mobile Access:
Havana should offer a stripped down version of the interface of some parts of the application so that mobile and pda users can connect.

Notification:
Havana should offer notification using different mediums like email, im and sms.

Export:
Havana should be able to export content to different formats.