PMAsta

PMAsta is an open-source software toolkit designed to support project management and data analytics. It provides a framework for modeling tasks, resources, dependencies, and risks, with capabilities for planning, simulation, and reporting. The project emphasizes extensibility and is built to integrate with existing productivity tools and data sources.

The acronym PMAsta stands for Project Management and Analytics Studio Toolkit for Automation. The project originated in 2015 as a collaboration between researchers at the Institute of Computational Management and a community of developers. After a series of beta releases, the first stable version appeared in 2016, with major updates in 2019 adding risk analysis and Monte Carlo simulations.

Core components include a task modeller, a dependency graph engine, a resource allocator, and an analytics dashboard. It supports Monte Carlo risk analysis, scenario planning, and KPI reporting. A plugin system allows connectors to Jira, Trello, and CSV data sources, and it includes a REST API for external applications.

Architecturally, PMAsta separates the core planning engine from the user interface. The core is implemented in Python, while the browser-based UI is written in TypeScript. Data is exchanged in JSON, and the project is released under an open-source license. The design emphasizes reproducibility and auditability of project plans.

Adoption has grown among small to mid-sized teams, consultants, and researchers. Praise focuses on its extensibility and transparent modeling, while critics point to the learning curve and limited out-of-the-box templates compared with some commercial tools. As a flexible framework, PMAsta has become a platform for experimentation in project analytics.