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

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

3. 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

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

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

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

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

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

12. … 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

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

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

15. 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

16. …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 ]
Conduct Experiment [Feb 21 – March 4]
Analyze Experiment Results [March 7 – 18]
Write Final Report [March 20 – 31]
Complete Signoff/Closeout Protocols [April 1]

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