1. What is ZenTao for? =====================

ZenTao, developed by Nature Easy Soft Network Technology Development Co. Ltd, is an open source project management software. Combining product management, project management, quality management, document project, organization management and todo management, ZenTao is professional R&D project management software, completely covering the core processes of R & D project. Results-oriented with perfect functions, easy operation, beautiful interface, powerful search functions, various statistical statements and complete API, ZenTao is reasonably structured and can be extended flexibly.

ZenTao - focuses on R & D project management.

2. Why are we called ZenTao? ============================

In Chinese, Zen(禅) and Tao(道) are two words that have rich meanings in both religion and culture. ZenTao Project Management Software is originated in the cultural meanings of Zen and Tao, expecting to convey our understanding and thinking on management. Inspired by two books The Tao of Programming and The Zen of Programming, we name our software ZenTao.

3. Design philosophy of ZenTao Project Management Software ==========================================================

The main management theory of ZenTao Project Management Software is based on Scrum, an internationally popular agile management methodology. Results-oriented and operable, Scrum is very suitable for the fast sprint development of software development projects. However, Scrum only defines the core management framework. There are still many details and processes needing to be extended by the teams. On the basis of following the management methods of Scrum and with the consideration of the current domestic R&D status, ZenTao integrates the functions, such as bug management, test case management, release management and document management and completely covers the entire life cycle of software R&D projects. In ZenTao, the concepts of product, project and test are clearly defined. Product team, development team and testing team coordinate and check with each other while they are separated. With the interaction through requirements, tasks and bugs between the three teams, qualified products are ultimately made within the project.

4. Why choose ZenTao Project Management Software ===============================================

• ZenTao is a professional R&D project management software, beyond comparison with any other simple project management software.
• Precise and pragmatic management theory, which will help companies achieve fast and agile development.
• Complete functions: you don’t need to integrate several systems together, like mantisbt + trac + testlink.
• Open source codes and flexible extension mechanism, convenient for uses and secondary development of companies.
• Underlying framework and front-end UI framework developed independently: robust and stable with beautiful interface and friendly interaction.
• Perfect community mechanism: you can get timely technical support and help.
• Zero input: you have no risk for choosing ZenTao compared with other commercial software of tens of thousands of dollars.
• Various deployments supported, either private deployment or cloud services.

5. Function lists of ZenTao Project Management Software ======================================================

• Product management: including products, requirements, plans, releases and roadmaps;
• Project management: including projects, tasks, teams, versions and burn-down charts;
• Quality management: including bus, test cases, test tasks and test results;
• Document management: including product document library, project document library and user-defined document library;
• Affair management: including to-do management and personal affairs management like my tasks, my bugs, my requirement and my projects;
• Organization management: including department, users, groups and authorities;
• Statistics function: various statistical statements;
• Search function: powerful search functions to help you find the data you need.
• Extension mechanism:extensible nearly anywhere in ZenTao;
• API mechanism, visible API: convenient for integration with other systems.

6. Website ==========

Our website is: www.zentao.pm