BookedWeb-based calendar and

schedule-ISOM 424 Professor Thomas

-Pengqia Chen

Booked- Introduction

• A simple but powerful reserve-anything scheduler. • With flexible layouts, custom rules, a powerful administrative

backend, and simple user experience.• 30 day test drive for free - no payment information required. • If you love it, you can continue for just $10 per month.

Booked- Advantages

• 100% free and open source.• Easy to use, easy to manage. No technical background needed.• Tons of options and customizations.• Pluggable framework.• OS independent. Only requires a web server running PHP and MySQL.• Configure Booked how you want.• Zero maintenance - always up to date with automatic upgrades. Up

and running in 5 minutes or less.

Booked- New Features

• Integration with Outlook® and Google® Calendar.• LDAP and Active Directory support.• User and group quotas.• Multiple languages and cultures.• Reservation start and end reminders.

Booked- Recommendation

Security Problems• Is the free trail version as secure as the pay version? • How to keep the users’ payment information safe?• Does the open source reliable?

Multi-platform• Can the booked system use by smartphone, tablet, and the other

mobile devices?

Booked- Recommendation

Price• Is that really open source?• Can the price reduce?

Future development• The focus point/direction to develop the project• What new feathers should included?

Reference

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpscheduleit/?source=directory#overview