Comparison of Educational Project Management Tools

Project management tools are mandatory to properly manage software projects. The teaching of the usage of these tools is carried out in higher education computer courses and, usually generic tools are adopted, such as MS-Project. However, their lack of educational features has motivated the development of several educational project management tools. This study aims at the analysis of such existing tools, carrying out a systematic comparison. Therefore, we selected the most relevant educational project management tools based on the results of a Systematic Literature Review. These results were updated, including newly available tools and excluding proprietary and no longer available ones. The selected tools are presented, highlighting their educational features, supported functionalities and content coverage considering the whole project management process. A systematic comparison is conducted, discussing each evaluation criteria, resulting in a guideline for choosing the proper educational project management tool according to the educational goal. The presented results may be useful for instructors of Project Management courses as well as for researchers, to guide further research based on the identified gaps in this area. Keywords-Project Management; Project Management Tool; PMBOK; Teaching; Education; Open-source.