Should start up as an Imendio Planner clone, but have readily available all the
features of Microsoft Project or other project management software that are Real
World (tm) useful.

As easy for the casual user as a spreadsheet with the columns

Task
People/Resources
(Planned) Start
(Planned) End
(Actual) Start
(Actual) End

For those without access to Imendio, can you please elaborate on the startup
requirements?

On Fedora, installs on menu as Applications -> Office -> Project Management.

Opens with left hand panel of icons for different views, similar to MS Project,
Outlook, Evolution etc.  Icons are "Gantt Chart", "Tasks", "Resources",
"Resource Usage".  Default is Gantt Chart, with Task WBS, Name, Work in middle
panel, and Gantt Chart in right hand panel.  Tasks can be added and edited in
this view.

Second view is Tasks, similar to Gantt Chart view but with more columns and no
Gantt Chart.  Columns are WBS, Name, Start, Finish, Work, Duration, Slack, Cost,
and Assigned To.

Third view is Resources, with Name, Short Name, Type (Work or Material), Group,
Email, and Cost (presumably fixed for materials and hourly for personnel).

Last view is "Resource Usage", showing each resource, and each task allocated to
each resource.  There is a Gantt-like resource chart in the right panel, showing
time allocation for each resource and each task per resource.  The resources can
be collapsed outline style so that only the resource is shown with its usage
timeline, thus summarizing the individual tasks.

Saves files by default in ".planner" format (XML with MrProject DTD), can export
to HTML or import Microsoft Project XML.

Tasks and resources can be edited by right-click -> Properties.  There are very
few additional fields other than those mentioned above - predecessors can be set
either graphically or by entering them into the properties sheet for a task.

There is almost no provision for tracking schedule or costs to baseline.

Arbitrary custom fields can be added, which could presumably be used by external
report generators reading the XML file.

The first release needs a WBS, a way of saving the project (preferably with an
extension to the Open Document Standard), and some serious thought to the
internal data structures which the application will use.

I'll think the progress of the task is going very well.

With the wishes I have seen so far it will never become a clone of Microsoft
Project - or any other project management tool.

I'll change the status to WORKSFORME.

worksforme -> closed