2.1.2. XOPPS (UNIX public domain Project Management software)
Description
This article is from the Project Management Programs FAQ, by Pete Phillips pete@smtl.co.uk with numerous contributions by others.
2.1.2. XOPPS (UNIX public domain Project Management software)
XOPPS was developed by a group at NASA/JPL, including Susan Murphy
susan@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov, who was responsible for getting it placed
on an ftp site along with Mike Tankenson mike@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov.
Xopps is available from JPL <ftp://devvax.jpl.nasa.gov/> via anonymous
FTP. I have used the pre-built binaries on a Sun with no problems,
but Andrew Davison davison@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au tells me that
although he has built it under Linux, it appears to be rather
unstable.
XOPPS is basically a tool which lets you draw gantt charts.
The structure of the file is available, so you could get your own
database system to print out good looking gantt charts. I had the file
structure by mail, and so will try and get this info placed on the ftp
site with the executable. However, you can always use the source!
Here is the README file which describes XOPPS.
README File for OEL Project/Planner Scheduler Program (xopps) From:
Susan Murphy, NASA/JPL, OEL, MS 301-345, 818-354-1948
The OEL Project/Planner Scheduler (xopps) program is an easy-to-use
graphics editing tool for generating milestone schedule charts. It
represents an application-specific editor with its commands and
functions tailored to plotting milestone events and activities on a
timeline display. The XOPPS graphics editor is written in C and runs
under X/Motif on a Sun Workstation.
The XOPPS program is a window-based graphics tool that provides easy
and fast on-screen WYSIWYG editing t; capabilities. The editing tool
is menu-driven with no need to memorize commands or functions. It has
a canvas area which displays a full image of the schedule being
edited. The canvas contains a header area (for text) and a schedule
area (for plotting graphic representations of milestone objects in a
flexible timeline). The XOPPS tool is based on an object-oriented
design, which provides objects with time attributes. The user can
position objects to pixel resolution but objects with an associated
date are positioned automatically in their correct timeline position
in the schedule area. The schedule area has horizontal lines across
the page with capabilities for multiple pages and for editing the
number of lines per page and the line grid. The text on a line can be
edited and a line can be moved with all objects on the line moving
with it. The timeline display can be edited to plot any time period in
a variety of formats (from FY to CY and from days to years). Text
objects and image (rasterfiles and icons) objects can be created for
placement anywhere on the page. Milestone event objects (with a single
associated date and optional text and milestone symbol) and activity
objects (with start and end dates and an optional completion date)
have unique editing panels for inputting data. A representation for
schedule slips is also provided.
A milestone schedule is saved to an ASCII file (*.xopps) which can be
input later into the XOPPS program for editing or printing. The
program can also print a schedule to a laser printer or a PostScript
file.
Availability
The planning tool, xopps, is available as a complete package through
NASA COSMIC (with source code, etc). The COSMIC phone number is
706-542-3265, it is managed by The University of Georgia. This
version is being made available as a test/demonstration copy of the
executable for your use.
For further information at JPL, contact: susan murphy
susan@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov 818-354-1948 cassie mulnix
clm@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov 818-354-1430
This is from an oldish README file, so some of this info may be out of
date.
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