Peter Paolucci Evelyne Corcos paolucci@yorku.ca [x77307] ecorcos@yorku.ca [x88116]

Web-based PM reporting tool Ideal for faculty researchers Tracks tasks/subtasks, deadlines, timelines, costs, progress

Admin or manager can create new worker accounts/ pwds 3 levels of access admin manager Worker Admin or manager can create new worker accounts/ pwds Each worker only sees what they are working on

FUNCTIONS Create /edit Assign/edit tasks to workers a project workers (sub) tasks Assign/edit tasks to workers

FUNCTIONS Track worker availability Limit hrs per day/week/month Various status reports for time, costs, effort, progress

WHY SERVER-BASED? Input / reporting from anywhere Workers, managers, admins all synchronized immediately No special client-side software needed

SECURITY … Written in Perl, a very secure, Unix-based language All data is encrypted for protection and privacy (note: https:// in address)

… SECURITY … Something different: none of the pages in PT actually exist anywhere: they are all generated dynamically from the database [http://www.learncanada.org/Stong/l25194V23321X17947E10917a7188A1480.html] Dynamic generation makes it impossible to bookmark a page inside the program and then return later without a login

… SECURITY Perl is an open standard, non proprietary language, so all your data exports easily to XML, SQL, MySQL, Excel, Access, Cold Fusion, or any other platform or program The database architecture easily allows for customized expansion in other fields, and in the kinds of reports that might be needed

PLAN NEEDED … Project name /description Budget Tasks to be done and time line (start/finish)

… PLAN NEEDED Set up workers (rate of pay and max if appropriate, contact info, pwds) Assign tasks to worker Monitor project

TASKS… Literature Review [Jan 3 – Jan 14] [sub tasks are] Gather pdf and paper copies of relevant articles Input citation of relevant articles in RefWorks Identify issues and controversies and create a table

…TASKS Write Literature Review [Jan 17 – 21] Discuss Literature Review [Jan 24] Design Learning Experiment [Jan 25 – Feb 4] Create all components of the methodology of the Experiment [Feb 7 - 18] Conduct Experiment [Feb 21 – March 4] Analyze Experiment Results [March 7 – 18] Write Final Report [March 20 – 31] Complete Signoff/Closeout Protocols [April 1]

TODAY’S DEMO Add worker 3 Login as worker 2/3 and add some hours Then login as admin Run some reports