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Wekan

Source: https://wekan.github.io/wekan-logo.svg

Wekan allows you to organize projects according to the Kanban principle. It is a virtual Kanban board that can be accessed from any browser, regardless of location.

Brief description

Wekan can be used to maintain personal to-do lists, organize tasks within a team, and visualize the current status of projects. Wekan is relatively easy to use and quick to configure. Based on the Kanban approach, columns can be created for project phases and so-called swimlanes can be added to assign activities to different task areas. In this table/matrix, tasks can then be created for individual persons or work groups.

The ability to collaboratively edit a shared board provides a high degree of transparency and allows tasks to be taken over by other team members, for example. Wekan can be particularly helpful in agile teams or Scrum-based projects.

Features

  • Real-time user interface
  • Organize tasks within the team
  • Create personal Kanban boards
  • Create Kanban boards within a team
  • Share boards
  • Option to categorize, prioritize, assign, and schedule tasks
  • Attach documents to tasks
  • Create “swimlanes” and any number of columns
  • Categorize, color-code, and comment on tasks
  • Trello import

Screenshots

Source: https://wekan.github.io/wekan-markdown.png

QSource: https://wekan.github.io/wekan-dark-mode.png

Target group

Employees and students of the University of Hamburg with a user ID.

Registration/login

To use Wekan, you must first register/log in at https://wekan.rrz.uni-hamburg.de. To do so, log in to the service using your user ID (NOT your email address) and your corresponding password via the login screen. Access to the service is ONLY possible from within the university network. A VPN connection is required for external access.

Note: Within Wekan, additional users can be invited to a “board.” However, this is only possible if the users have already registered/logged in to the service (see first paragraph).

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