Technological Educational Institute of Larissa School of Management and Finance Department of Project Management

Web-based Project Management Systems By: Poulianos Sotiris Santas Haris Tzavella Giota

What Is A Project? A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product or service.

What Is Project Management Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities in order to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations from a project.

Project Μanagers Οften Εxperience:  Completion delays  Budjet overruns  Bad quality performance

Why The Internet Is an Important Tool in Project Management  It best facilitates a collaborative working environment in a project.  Is the key to a change in global business an will impact professions, collaboration and the business structure.

What Is Web Based Project Management System  An electronic project management system conducted through the extranet.  A private network that uses internet protocols to transmit information.  Is only accessible by a project team.

Current Features of PM-ASPs  Document management  Project workflow  Project directory  Central logs  Advanced searching  Schedule and calendar  Information service

What Does WPMS Provide?  A centralized, commonly accessible, reliable means of transmitting and storing information.  Information exchange.  A unique opportunity for teamwork and workflow automation.

Access Of Project Team Members Access via a digital user ID and password from remote locations at any time, eliminating the problems that occur in liner communication schemes

Project Participants Can:  Insert  Search  View  Print  Update  Delete… information with the use of a web browser.

Four Categories of Information Carried Out Through WPMS  Project information: details about the project.  Design information: generated by the design team.  Management information: developed by the project manager.  Financial information: developed by the accounting staff responsible for the project.

Company Personel  Project Manager  Superintendents  Engineers  Equipment operators  Craftsmen  Labourers  Design engineers  Accountants

Outside Participants  Project owner  Subcontractors  Suppliers  Supervising authorities  Consultants  Financial institutions

WPMS Abilities  Tracks who entered the system.  What has seen.  What comments or changes have made.  Introduce a project hierarchy into the system.

Functional Scheme Of WPMS

Options of WPMS Implementation  Develop a customized WPMS in-house.  Develop a WPMS by purchasing commercial web-enabled packaged software and installing it on a company’s internal server.  Rent/lease a developed WPMS.

WPMS Purchased Packaged Software  Microsoft Project ® 2002(Microsoft)  P3ec TM & SureTrak TM ( Primavera ® )  Prolog TM Project Pack (Meridian Project Systems TM )  WebProject TM (Novient ® )

Rent or Lease WPMS  Buzzsaw TM (Autodesk ® )  Citadon TM ® )  ProjectTalk TM (meridian project systems ® )  PrimeContract ® (primavera ® )  VISTA 2020 ® (market street technologies ® )

System Design Consists of:  a repository database  a web server  a web application  end user terminals (End users access the database information through the internet using a web browser).

Potential Benefits of PM-ASPs  Cost advantage  Outsourcing advantage  Competition among IT professionals  ASPs competition

These Elements Empede Effective Information Collection:  The dispersed locations of the construction sites  The large amount and diversity of information  The wide variation of participant specialities  Computer acquaintance

The Future of PM-ASP  The number of ASPs will increase  A standard of features will be estalished  PM-ASPs will be easy to use and more integrated with other systems than today  The price will be decrease  Data security will become a major concern

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