[kwlug-disc] What collaboration software am I looking for?

[William Park]

I would start by asking, 
    - How would you do this with pen, paper, and other supplies from
      Staples?
-- 
William

On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 11:58:15PM -0500, Paul Nijjar wrote:
> 
> I am trying to research some FLOSS alternatives for a problem some
> people at my work are having. They are trying to track the following
> things: 
> 
> - A (growing) list of potential employers
> - A bunch of people who are looking for placements (which we call
>   "participants")  
> - Actual placements that are made between the participants and
>   employers
> 
> They want to do things like the following: 
> - Make notes about each participant, including which employers they
>   have approached for each participant
> - Keep track of employer information (such as contact information and
>   prior placements)
> - Keep track of tasks to be done with each participant and employer
> - Record and evaluate placements that are made
> - Generate reports on all of the following
> 
> 
> I am looking for something maintainable, somewhat customizable (in
> case they have extra fields to add to the different groups), 
> installable on an internal Debian or Ubuntu server, and relatively
> lightweight (this is a team of a few people, not a Fortune 500
> company). 
> 
> Some jargon I have been looking at includes: "ERP", "CRM". I am not
> even sure what category of things I am looking for. It feels like I am
> looking for some collaborative project software, maybe. 
> 
> In my mind this does not seem that different from the problem the
> infamous UW Jobmine system is trying to solve. 
> 
> Rolling our own database-driven application is a possibility, but one
> I would prefer to avoid unless there is nothing that does what I want
> (especially if the database application we end up using is Microsoft
> Access, which would break my stony heart). 
> 
> I am sure that this is a solved problem. What software am I looking
> for? Categories of software to search for would be helpful. Individual
> software packages to try would be helpful. Personal experiences of
> solving these problems would be very helpful. I am in the beginning
> stages of my research and I am flailing around. 
> 
> - Paul 
> 
> 
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