The talk is an introduction to the TaskJuggler Project Management Software. It will describe the concept and ideas behind TaskJuggler and then continue with a brief overview of the project description language. Basic topics like task hierachies, resource definitions, resource allocations, vactions, and shifts will be covered. </para> <para>Using a made-up software development project as an example, the whole workflow of project planing, project tracking and profit and loss analysis will illustrated. Finally report generation and XML exporting will be explained. </para> <para>The talk is intended for everybody that is involved with planing and tracking of projects. Basic project management skills are very helpful to follow the talk, but are not mandatory.
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Chris Schlaeger received a Master in Electrical Engineering from Aachen University of Technology. He worked for 3 years as General Manager of AXYS Design Automation GmbH. Since Jan 2000 he is the director of Distribution Development of SuSE Linux AG. He is also a long-time KDE Core Team member.