The case for switching to Timebars Ltd. products.

Written from the problem that sent you searching rather than the feature list. How to prioritise an IT demand backlog of hundreds of requests. How to run agile teams and scheduled programmes against one pool of people without either side losing. What two-way OpenProject sync actually moves, and what it refuses to.

Every guide is free to read in full, and most end with a link straight into the customer documentation that proves the claim — the same manuals our customers use, published without a form. Already a customer? Those manuals live in the knowledgebase.

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Who we are and which of the three you actually need.

  • Which product do I need?new

    Three products, one codebase, one database. They are not three tools that pass work to each other — they are three views of the same records, which is why adding the second one…

  • Who Timebars Ltd is

    We are two small corporations, Creative IS and Timebars Ltd. , who build visionary management tools.

  • What every product shares

    Welcome to the Core Product Functionality page, where you'll discover the foundational features that drive productivity across Agilebars, Timebars, and Costbars.

  • The case for all three

    Each product is a Web App designed for specific management processes with simple drag and drop functionality thus reducing the user interface clutter and complexity.

  • What we built that nobody else did

    At the heart of Agilebars, Timebars, Costbars, and our Cloud Dashboard is a bold idea: management tools shouldn’t be clunky, device-specific, or tethered to outdated tech.

The problem you have

Start from the symptom rather than the product name.

The three products

One page each, plus the deeper pieces worth their own read.

  • Agilebars — sprint planning for Scrum teamsnew

    Most Agile tools make you choose. Either you get a visual Kanban board, or you get a time-phased schedule — and if you want both, you get an export, an import, and two versions…

  • Timebars — resource scheduling across projectsnew

    The question that sinks delivery is rarely "what is the plan". It is "is the person we just committed already committed somewhere else" — and in most organisations the honest…

  • Costbars — portfolio prioritisation and pipelinenew

    Every planning cycle asks the same four questions. Which projects should we approve, delay or kill? Are we funding what we said we valued?

  • Timescale and Kanban, kept in step

    Agilebars provides dual project management perspectives—Timescale and Kanban views—that work in tandem to streamline task scheduling, progress visibility, and resource planning.

  • How the Kanban board keeps work moving

    If you’ve ever wondered how a Kanban board app magically updates your task dates, hours, and progress as you drag tasks across lanes, you’re in the right place!

  • Building a resource pool, and levelling it

    A Strategic Guide to Balancing Workforce Capacity with Project Demand Resource supply and demand management is the foundation of strategic business planning.

  • Baselines: why, and how

    A schedule baseline represents the original approved plan for a project's schedule.

  • Designing a PPM process

    Project Portfolio Management is a strategic approach to managing multiple projects as a unified portfolio, ensuring they align with organizational goals and available resources.

  • The executive alert hub

    Summary This feature is your Portfolio Risk Early-Warning & Executive Alert Hub.

How it fits your stack

What it talks to, and what stays yours.

  • Two-way OpenProject syncnew

    If your organisation already runs OpenProject, you have work packages, a type hierarchy and a team that knows where things live.

  • Your configuration is data, not codenew

    Every project management tool evaluation reaches the same moment. Someone from the business says "we track a field you don't have", and the vendor says one of three things: it is…

  • The spreadsheet stays in charge

    Synchronizing your scheduling data with a spreadsheet offers several benefits: Spreadsheets allow for extensive data manipulation and customization.

  • The technology stack

    The Timebars Ltd. products utilize the following technologies: The entire Timebars solution is containerized and deployed using Docker, with all images hosted on Docker Hub.

Architecture & ownership

Where the data sits, and what exactly you are buying.

  • Your plan lives in your browsernew

    Most project tools put a server between a planner and their plan. Drag a bar, wait for a round trip. Open a report, wait for a query. Lose the network, lose the afternoon.

  • Air-gapped and on-premises deploymentnew

    Some organisations cannot put their project portfolio in somebody else's cloud. Defence programmes, critical national infrastructure, parts of health and finance, and any…

  • Own the code: the buyer’s guide

    Download PDF Version of this Guide Timebars Ltd. is offering something most software companies never do: the full source code of a proven, production-ready project management…

  • The design strategy behind all three

    The following product design goals guided us throughout product development. We do not guarantee that they will all be met to your satisfaction at all times because web…

  • A backup strategy that survives a bad day

    Here’s a proofread and polished version of your text. I’ve corrected grammar, improved clarity, standardized formatting, and fixed typos (e. g.

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