Orangescrum

Score7 out of 10

8 Reviews and Ratings

What is Orangescrum?

Orangescrum has cloud, cloud self-hosted & Open Source Enterprise editions with multiple features like Agile Scrum Project Management, Gantt chart, Time log, Kanban View, Daily Catch-Up, Recurring Tasks, Project & Task templates, Invoicing, task labels and reminders.

Orangescrum Cloud also offers Scrum Project Management capabilities such as Epics & Stories, Sprints (tasks & subtasks), Scrum Boards, Sprint reports & Velocity chart.

The Cloud and Cloud Self-Hosted editions are alike in their feature offerings and allow from 10 to unlimited users, projects & tasks.

The Open Source Enterprise edition hosts additional features like Timesheet with approvals, project portfolio dashboard, checklists, subtasks, custom task status, task reminders, custom user role permissions, LDAP/MS AD integration (SSO), bug & issue tracking, document management, role based hourly rates, and expense tracking with approval workflow.

Orangescrum feature snapshot -

Assign, schedule, collaborate and track tasks
Custom task status, task labels and reminders
Scrum Boards, Sprint Reports and Velocity Charts
Displays resource availability and resource utilization
Supports email notifications and replying on the go
Team, tasks and projects can be managed on the go using Mobile apps
Integrations with Google Calendar, Slack, Google Drive and Dropbox

Categories & Use Cases

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Task Management
This includes the ability to plan, track, collaborate and report on tasks.
Category average: 9.1
Resource Management
Resource management is workload planning to maximize resources.
Category average: 8.6
Gantt Charts
Gantt charts are charts that show tasks or events along the y-axis displayed against time along the x-axis.
Category average: 8.3

Workflow Automation
Workflow automation is the ability to route work requests along an approval process automatically.
Category average: 8.6
Email integration
Email integration allows work requests to be made directly from email.
Category average: 8.3
Budget and Expense Management
Budget and expense management provides the capability to track all expenses by employee or department and link them back to department. It also enables hourly rates to be set.
Category average: 8.5

Miroslav Bobryshev View profile

3D artist in Professional Services at Main Road|Post (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

We tested the free version of the program. It improved communication within the team.
Allowed to trace performance and time spent on tasks. Each team member was aware of the status of the tasks and could plan their work.
Simplified interaction with managers, as it could present the results in the form of Gantt charts.

Cons

The program interface is overloaded. Especially when there is little time for a detailed description of the tasks.
I would like a faster way to publish the result at the completion of the task.
Projects and tasks are two different workspaces/pages. Personally, it would be more convenient to combine these things.

Return on Investment

It accelerated the work of the team, but the mastering of the program interface was slow.
The interface is not intuitive. It proved to be quite complicated.
For managers, the program has facilitated reporting and streamlined team tracking.

Alternatives Considered

Trello

Other Software Used

Trello, Google Drive, MindMeister

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