Release 0.6
11/22/2007 | Permalink
Factory 0.6 is now available for
download. This release focuses on network security and bug fixes.
In addition, it's worth mentioning that more than 50% of the
application (100% for the user interface) has been rewritten using
Factory itself. Those new capabilities (not documented at the
moment) will speed up the development of forthcoming
functionalities.
Release 0.5
03/24/2007 | Permalink
Release 0.5 of
Factory is now available for download. The major introduction of
this release is networking.
Users (defined as actors in the system) can share information
across the network (local network, over the Internet) as easy as
they can share music or folders. An actor can decide to
share
his
data with others, others can access to different actors' data.
Using the same application, actors are client
and/or
servers
very
easilly (no third party software is required). In addition, data
can synchronized
between actors
(automatically) using a direct connection (via the network) or
indirect (using emails).
This release does not support any security (except the encryption
of data over the network): this is scheduled for 0.6.
Please note Factory now requires Java 5 to run.
Thank you all who reported bugs.
Please note Factory now requires Java 5 to run.
Thank you all who reported bugs.
Release 0.4
03/24/2006 | Permalink
Release 0.4 is
now available for download. This release introduces
risk
management and
project
tracking. It features
also several additions (including phases and availability of actors
on projects), calculation of totals on every page, cosmetic changes
(including bug reporting and better printable documents) and fixes
lot of issues. Performances and data storage are optimized, and
management of errors is improved in addition. Thus, this release is
much more stable and represents halfway, which is still a research
project as of now. Next final steps will be essential in this proof
of concept prototype. Next phase will 100% concentrate on
networking and final phase will integrate everything.
Once again the home page has been moved, the whole project is now fully hosted by SourceForge. Please note sources are now managed on CVS repository, even the project plan for Factory is posted on the Web! You are welcome to test the application and enter bug reports on developers' site.
Once again the home page has been moved, the whole project is now fully hosted by SourceForge. Please note sources are now managed on CVS repository, even the project plan for Factory is posted on the Web! You are welcome to test the application and enter bug reports on developers' site.
Release 0.3
01/30/2006 | Permalink
Release 0.3 is
released. As a major milestone, Factory is almost not a prototype
anymore but not a product yet. The application contains now project
definition, management of version-based plans, forecast generation
and status in addition to definitions of actors, teams, location
and holiday schedules. Forecast generation includes management of
defined actors and anonymous, events, absences, holidays, multiple
assignments and constraints on tasks. Forecasts are shown on a
daily or weekly basis and as a summary. This release contains also
full support of localization, backup and database restore, print
capabilities (via a web document), export (from web document) to MS
Project (copy and paste) and Gantt diagrams.
Release 0.2
04/18/2005 | Permalink
Factory 0.2 is
released. Including now real foundations for project management,
you can have a look of what this application will look like in the
future. In addition to actors and teams definitions, you can now
create projects, version-based plans, generate forecasts and enter
statuses. This is one important milestone for Factory, but there
are many more to come. Today, the information is stored only
locally on your computer, but the plan is to turn project tasks
into actions and run into a collaborative tool. But the next step
is to include an enhanced user interface, print capabilities and
diagrams.
Factory has joined the open source community, based on GPL license, and a project has been created on SourceForge.net.
At the moment, the application can't be stressed too much. You can see it as a prototype, but you can play with it and give me your thoughts.
Factory has joined the open source community, based on GPL license, and a project has been created on SourceForge.net.
At the moment, the application can't be stressed too much. You can see it as a prototype, but you can play with it and give me your thoughts.
Release 0.1
02/09/2005 | Permalink
As you know, I'm working on a very
minor personal project, trying to learn Java, UML and XML and doing
things better than others together. Here is the web site where you
can see what it looks like and find some information on what I'm
doing : http://sdlambert.free.fr
Forget the web applications for a moment, have a look and please don't send me any issue report. But, stay tuned, it will take some time. Release 0.1 is available for you to play with, you won't be able to do anything, but you'll get the idea.
Forget the web applications for a moment, have a look and please don't send me any issue report. But, stay tuned, it will take some time. Release 0.1 is available for you to play with, you won't be able to do anything, but you'll get the idea.