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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - AN FAQ
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SYNOPSIS
Introduction
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1) What version is this FAQ ?
2) What's this FAQ about ?
3) What's new in this version ?
4) What newsgroups discuss PM ?
5) What mailing lists discuss PM ?
6) Is there a WWW site for PM ?
7) What BBS's discuss PM ?
8) Are there any Reviews of Project Management Software ?
9) How can I get the latest FAQ ?
10) How can I contribute to the FAQ or Review file ?
UNIX Software
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11) What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ?
12) Is there any commercial PM software around for UNIX ?
PC/DOS Software
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13) What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is available ?
14) What MSDOS commercial project management software is available ?
Other Platforms
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15) Is there any project management software for the Psion Organiser ?
Training & Miscellany
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16) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the UK ?
17) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the USA ?
18) What do all these weird PM terms mean ?
19) What Books/References are available ?
20) What other information is available ?
21) What groups/organisations exist for project managers ?
22) Gosh - can there be anything else ?
23) Postscript
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Introduction
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1) What version is this FAQ ?
Version: $Revision: 2.34 $
Last-Modified: $Date: 1996/03/15 15:32:41 $
2) What's this FAQ about ?
This article contain the answers to some Frequently Asked Ques-
tions (FAQ) often seen in various newsgroups on the net, regarding
project management and project management software.
It is compiled by myself, Pete Phillips (pete@smtl.demon.co.uk),
with the help of hundreds of net.people.
Quite frequently on the net, you hear people asking the following
questions:
-- Is there project-management software that runs under
X/DOS/UNIX/SunOS ?
-- Is there any Public Domain project management software for
XXX ?
These questions come up quite a lot. I've been collecting most
responses to project management questions since around 1991, and
they are summarised in this FAQ. In addition, I've had quite a
bit of mail asking for information on books etc on project plan-
ning. All of the information I have so far is distilled into this
FAQ and its sister file which contains pointers to reviews of pro-
ject management software (see Question below on "Reviews").
I will use the term "PM" as shorthand for project management
throughout this file.
In addition it includes some extra information (such as a glos-
sary) to help those new to the field to understand some of the is-
sues discussed.
My background is in UNIX, and although I have access to PC's, I
have little or no interest in PM on PC's. Therefore I rely on
others to give me the PC/MSDOS info. This sometimes means that
the PC/MSDOS entries are sketchy. If you can fill in any of the
gaps (for any parts of this FAQ), then please do so.
Also, spelling is usually UK English, not USA English. Please
don't flame me for whatever mix of spelling is used - it's the in-
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fo that's important.
Finally, I get a lot of mail from people telling me that they've
looked at my WWW site for PM. I *DO NOT* have a web site (at pre-
sent) - if you are reading this on a web site, it has been put
there by someone else. I have no objection to this, but I want
people to know that the authoritative version of this FAQ is the
posting to the net.
If you need to mail me with info/queries, please quote the version
number of this FAQ, and the site you read it on if you read it on
a WWW site. This will allow me to update WWW site maintainers
with the latest versions of this FAQ.
3) What's new in this version ?
-- More New Web sites.
-- The "Reviews" file format has changed to being a list of
files that can be retrieved through the mail server.
4) What newsgroups discuss PM ?
Presently, [20th Sep 1994] no newsgroups purely to discuss PM.
Also there is very little discussion on the net about PM (unless
of course you know different).
5) What mailing lists discuss PM ?
I set up a mailing list in 1993 on our machine (smtl.demon.co.uk).
However, due to the fact that our machine is connected to the net
via a dialup PPP link, all access was through mail (no ftp, WWW
etc). In addition, the list was costing us a fortune each time a
message was disseminated to the 300 subscribers.
Then the mailing list was hosted by mailbase, at the University of
Newcastle. The numbers subscribed reached about 2,000 by July
1995.
However, to maintain a mailing list on mailbase you need a list
manager from a UK University, and the list manager (Nigel Mether-
ingham) left for another job. Luckily he found another site to
host the mail list, at The Project Management Learning Centre, at
the University of Technology, Sydney.
The new list is called pmnet.
To subscribe, send mail to
Majordomo@uts.edu.au
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containing the command
subscribe pmnet
To unsubscribe, send mail containing the command
unsubscribe pmnet
Other facilities are available - for information send it the com-
mand "help".
To Post to the list, send your message to:
pmnet@uts.edu.au
You will be sent some general information when you subscribe.
The aim of the list is to discuss project management techniques
generally, not just project management software and programmes.
6) Is there a WWW site for PM ?
Yes. the following is from an announcement to the PM mailing list
in March 95:
> Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 11:36:07 +0200
> To: project-management@mailbase.ac.uk
> From: " Njl S. Sletten" <njaals@idt.unit.no>
> Subject: web site annoncement
>
> Hear ye, hear ye!
>
> Project 2000 (PS 2000) is a national research and developement program
> within the field of Project Management and Total Cost Management with the
> mission of
> identifying project management needs and improving the knowledge and
> implementation of project management in Norwegian industry. The program
> will consolidate the PM and TCM knowledge in Norway and further evolve
> cooperation with international experts in tasks related to challenges in
> our industry, thereunder securing university education adjusted to their
> actual needs.
>
> To facilitate communication and coordination between the scientist,
> researchers, and the program participants, we have in the past two weeks
> developed a WWW (World Wide Web) site (on an experimental basis).
>
> We welcome all PM'ers to visit our site based at:
>
> URL: http://www.idt.unit.no:80/~njaals/PS2000/Home/welcome.html
>
> Our "World Wide Project Management" pages should give you a "jumping start"
> exploring PM related information on the web.
>
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> Please send any questions or comments to:
> halvard.kilde@protek.unit.no
> or post them at the project managemnt mailing list.
In February, I received information about the following site:
http://www.synapse.net/PMForum/
The Web Project Management Forum is a not-for-profit resource for
information on international project management affairs. The Forum
is dedicated to supporting development, international cooperation,
promotion and support of a professional and world wide project
management discipline. [david.curling@bbs.synapse.net]
Welcom Software is now maintaining a WorldWideWeb server site.
The URL is: http://www.wst.com
The site includes client stories, product announcements etc. You
will be able to see screen captures of Welcom's all new Open Plan
Professional for Windows as well as the other Welcom Software
products.
Current events such as WST's US seminar schedule is available here
also.
[Chris Vandersluis <chrisv@cam.org>]
HMS Software, the Canadian-based publishers of TimeControl and Op-
tic and the Canadian distributors of Open Plan and other Welcom
Software products is now maintaining a WorldWideWeb site.
The URL is: http://www.wst.com/hms
Information included on this site includes:
* Product information on the project-oriented timesheet system TimeControl and
the project information system Optic including full-screen captures of these
products in action.
* White papers on a variety of generic project management topics
* Client stories showing case studies of companies using Welcom
software in Canada
* Course and current events schedules for happenings at HMS.
[Chris Vandersluis <chrisv@cam.org>]
Dick Billows <rbillows@msn.com> maintains a web site at
http://www.4pm.com
called the Project and Program Manager's Palette -- www.4pm.com He
describes it as follows:
"An Internet homepage dedicated to project and program management.
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Free book chapters from
PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT by Dick Billows
AT-HOME WORKERS: Converting in-office departments to at-home jobs by
Billows and Gooden
Project Management Discussion Forums on planning, teams software,
budgeting, tracking, risk assessment and more. Training over the
Internet on your schedule -- a variety of Project Management
courses for all levels over the Internet. Take them at your pace
and on your schedule with individual coaching from experts. The
SAGA of the Project from Hell the worst project management night-
mare you've ever read about and an opportunity to add your war
stories to it (disguise the names so we don't get sued)"
Wayne MacGregor Vice President Project Management Technologies,
Inc. tells me that they have a web site at
http://eazy.net/pmt/
WISE: Web Integrate Software Environment
http://research.ivv.nasa.gov/projects/WISE/wise.html
This site contains information about WISE. According to one of the
authors, it is the first WWW based project management and metrics
tool released on the WWW. Please have a look. It can be config-
ured to meet any organizations software process, helps in issue
tracking, dynamic metrics, maintains change data, and accessible
anywhere across the WWW.
sudha@informix.com (Sudhakar Ramakrishnan)
Also, try
http://coyote.csusm.edu/cwis/winworld/pim.html
for PIM shareware and other stuff.
Finally, johannh@lia.co.za (Johann J Hanekom), who was one of the
early contributors of a vast list of PC shareware PM software, has
opened his own WWW site, which makes available some of the appli-
cations he lists available for download. It also accepts anonymous
uploads, so if you find some good PM software which is public do-
main or shareware, why not upload it ? The URL is:
http://www.lia.co.za/users/johannh/index.htm
7) What BBS's discuss PM ?
There is, apparently, a Project Management BBS being run by the
Project Management Institute (PMI) in the USA. The number is
414-961-7807 (8,n,1).
[from a net posting by bergmap@govonca.gov.on.ca (Paul Bergman) to
news.newusers.questions on 21/October/1993]
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There is also a BBS with a project planning section in Canada:
> From: ag384@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (William R. Watt)
> Subject: Freenet Project Management SIG
> Sender: news@freenet.carleton.ca
> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 10:38:48 GMT
>
> The National Capital Freenet (Ottawa, Canada) now has a Project
> Management SIG. The host is freenet.carleton.ca (134.117.1.25).
> Login as "guest" and chose menu items
>
> 12 Special Interest Groups
> 4 Computer Related SIG's
> 12 Menu Part 2...
> 8 Project Management SIG
>
> There is also a local software engineering SIG on this host
> Chose menu item 10 Software Engineering SIG as above.
Thanks to Priit Parmakson <pp@cc.ttu.ee> for picking this up.
Also, a project management conference on ILink, on the FONiX In-
formation Systems BBS. The name of the sysop is Chris Kenward,
and the BBS details are as follows:
.DS FONiX Info Systems _ Berkshire, UK _ +44 (0)344 306986 [jo-
hannh@lia.co.za]
In Feb 94, I received this from Chris Vandersluis <chrisv@cam.org>
on the PM list:
"The HMS Software BBS can be reached at 514-333-6846 at speeds
from 300baud to 57kb. The BBS is dedicated to project management
support and information with particular support for the Welcom
Software project management systems as HMS is the Canadian dis-
tributor for WST.
Still, the general areas for generic project management is an area
for project managers and users of PM systems to network together
and we make a point of keeping the file area current with items of
interest to project managers.
No validation is required to access the system. "
8) Are there any Reviews of Project Management Software ?
There is a sister file to the one you are reading,
PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - REVIEWS
which is NOT posted to the net, but is available from a mail serv-
er. You can retrieve a copy of the review file from the mail
server or ftp sites specified in the question "How can I get the
latest FAQ ?". I will be phasing the mail server out at some time
soon, as all the files will, hopefully, eventually be located on
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the machine running the new pmnet mailing list. Watch this space.
I am desperate for some more decent reviews of software. Please
contribute to the reviews file by sending email to myself at <pe-
te@smtl.demon.co.uk>.
9) How can I get the latest FAQ ?
Both the latest version of the FAQ, the Review file, the book file
and the glossary will hopefully be available soon in the pmnet
mailing list machine.
They may also be obtained from the SMTL mail server (for the pre-
sent):
Send mail to
mail-server@smtl.demon.co.uk
with
send <FILENAME>
end
in the body of the message, where
<FILENAME> = proj-plan.reviews - for the reviews file
= proj-plan.FAQ.1 - for the FAQ file
= proj-plan.glossary - for the PM glossary
= proj-plan.books - for the PM book list from
Kurt Aerenlund Pedersen
All files are (or should be) available for ftp from:
ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/misc/proj-plan
The FAQ, and glossary documents are available in World Wide Web
(WWW) form on the WWW server at Welcom Software. The URLs for
these documents are:
http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.FAQ.html
http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.glossary.html
The reviews document is no longer there.
These seem to lag behind the latest FAQ substantially. Again,
thanks to Alun Jones <alun@huey.wst.com> from Welcom for this and
to Victor Schwartz <victors@informix.com> for the latest update on
that site.
10) How can I contribute to the FAQ or Review file ?
I'm glad you asked me that!
If you have any info or opinions on the FAQ or Reviews file, I'll
be glad to add them to this file. Mail them to myself (Pete
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Phillips) at
pete@smtl.demon.co.uk
As there is a huge amount of mail I've been receiving on this sub-
ject over the last year, I can't promise to respond to it all. I
will try to acknowledge all contributions - if I forget to do
this, please remind me !
UNIX Software
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11) What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ?
XPLAN Mark Lacey and a tea from Michigan State University wrote
a project planning tool for their software engineering class.
It was available at:
cpsacs.cps.msu.edu (35.8.56.92)
in pub/xsrc, with the name xplan-1.0.tar.Z. However, from
mail I received from Evelyn Mitchell <efm@tummy.com> (30th
Oct 95) it appears that this site no longer allows anon ftp.
The tool supports entering and saving of task information
(task name, description, relevant dates, etc.). Project
files can be loaded later for consultation. The tool graphi-
cally generates both PERT and Gantt charts on screen, and has
an option to generate LaTeX source for Gantt charts and task
sheets.
Xplan has been tested on Sun SPARCstation IPC's, IPX's, 1's,
1+'s, 2's, and 10's. It requires the XView libraries and
header files to compile. A Sun binary is available for ftp at
the above site.
Mark and his team do not intend to support xplan in future,
but it does seem as if there is sufficient here for someone
to develop a package that is less platform specific. Any of-
fers ?
**** Please Note - XPLAN needs Xview 3.0 ****
**** and Guide to compile. If you are ****
**** running Non-SUN h/w, you are probably ****
**** out of luck ****
[Information provided by Leon Dent <lcd@ais.org>, Dec 92.]
XOPPS XOPPS was developed by a group at NASA/JPL, including Susan
Murphy <susan@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov>, who was responsible for
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getting it placed on an ftp site along with Mike Tankenson
<mike@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov>.
A copy of the executable (xopps.tar.Z) for Suns is on dev-
vax.jpl.nasa.gov (137.79.113.100) for anonymous FTP. There is
beta source present (hpxopps.tar.Z) as well, but Andrew Davi-
son <davison@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au> tells me that although
he has built it under Linux, it appears to be rather unsta-
ble. I have used the Sun binary, and it appears to be fine.
XOPPS is basically a tool which lets you draw nice gantt
charts.
The structure of the file is available, so you could get your
own database system to print out good looking gantt charts. I
had the file structure by mail, and so will try and get this
info placed on the ftp site with the executable.
Here is the README file which describes XOPPS.
> README File for OEL Project/Planner Scheduler Program
> (xopps) From: Susan Murphy, NASA/JPL, OEL, MS 301-345,
> 818-354-1948
>
> The OEL Project/Planner Scheduler (xopps) program is
> an easy-to-use graphics editing tool for generating
> milestone schedule charts. It represents an
> application-specific editor with its commands and
> functions tailored to plotting milestone events and
> activities on a timeline display. The XOPPS graphics
> editor is written in C and runs under X/Motif on a Sun
> Workstation.
>
> The XOPPS program is a window-based graphics tool that
> provides easy and fast on-screen WYSIWYG editing
> capabilities. The editing tool is menu-driven with no
> need to memorize commands or functions. It has a
> canvas area which displays a full image of the
> schedule being edited. The canvas contains a header
> area (for text) and a schedule area (for plotting
> graphic representations of milestone objects in a
> flexible timeline). The XOPPS tool is based on an
> object-oriented design, which provides objects with
> time attributes. The user can position objects to
> pixel resolution but objects with an associated date
> are positioned automatically in their correct timeline
> position in the schedule area. The schedule area has
> horizontal lines across the page with capabilities for
> multiple pages and for editing the number of lines per
> page and the line grid. The text on a line can be
> edited and a line can be moved with all objects on the
> line moving with it. The timeline display can be
> edited to plot any time period in a variety of formats
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> (from FY to CY and from days to years). Text objects
> and image (rasterfiles and icons) objects can be
> created for placement anywhere on the page. Milestone
> event objects (with a single associated date and
> optional text and milestone symbol) and activity
> objects (with start and end dates and an optional
> completion date) have unique editing panels for
> inputting data. A representation for schedule slips
> is also provided.
>
> A milestone schedule is saved to an ASCII file
> (*.xopps) which can be input later into the XOPPS
> program for editing or printing. The program can also
> print a schedule to a laser printer or a PostScript
> file.
>
> Availability
>
> The planning tool, xopps, is available as a complete
> package through NASA COSMIC (with source code, etc).
> The COSMIC phone number is 706-542-3265, it is managed
> by The University of Georgia. This version is being
> made available as a test/demonstration copy of the
> executable for your use.
>
> For further information at JPL, contact: susan murphy
> susan@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov 818-354-1948 cassie mulnix
> clm@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov 818-354-1430
WISE WISE: Web Integrate Software Environment
http://research.ivv.nasa.gov/projects/WISE/wise.html
See under the WISE entry in the WWW section for further in-
formation.
12) Is there any commercial PM software around for UNIX ?
Yes. Lots.
The following basic information (name of package, name and address
of supplier, platforms etc) is sometimes supplemented by informa-
tion from the manufacturer where this has been supplied. The in-
formation supplied by the manufacturer is preceded by the phrase
"From XXYYZZ" (where XXYYZZ is the supplier) and the information
supplied is in quotes.
Anyone who wants to supplement this section, please send me your
contributions so that I can keep this file up to date. Please
submit information in the following format (with <TABS> between
the item type (eg: COMP:) and the info::
<PRODUCT NAME>
COMP: <Name of the company>
ADDR: <Address of the Company>
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PHONE: <Phone Number>
FAX: <Fax Number
EMAIL: <Email Address>
PLATS: <Platforms that the software runs on.>
PRICE: <Price(s)>
MISC: <Any other information>
DATE: <Date entry last updated>
CONT: <Contributors name & email address>
AutoPLAN
CAODMDPR:: D1i0g3i5t1a,lBTuoboblsRoad
Cupertino, CA 95014
USA
PHONE: (408)366-6920
FAX: (408)446-2140
EMAIL: info@digit.com
URL: http://www.digit.com/
PRICE: Contact Digital Tools
PLATS: UNIX version:
Sun Sparc (running SunOS 4.1.3 or Solaris 2.3 or higher)
HP 9000/700 or 800 (running HP-UX 8.05 or higher)
IBM RS6000 (running AIX 3.1.5 or 4.1.2 )
UNIX Server/Windows Client version:
Client : 486 based PC running MS Windows 3.1/95/NT.
Server : Any one of the above UNIX platforms.
Windows version:
486 based PC running MS Windows 95/NT.
MISC: T{
AutoTEAM, a companion product for timesheets and
project tracking is available on all the above
mentioned platforms.
DATE: 26th Feb 1996
CONT: Joel Lockwood, Director of Marketing ( joel@digit.com )
COMPASS
COMP: NASA's COSMIC
ADDR:
PHONE: 404-542-3265
FAX:
EMAIL: service@cossack.cosmic.uga.edu
PLATS: Sun 3/4
PRICE:
MISC:
DATE:
CONT: <name of contact removed by request>
GECOMO Plus
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COMP: GEC-Marconi Software Systems
ADDR:
PHONE: 703-648-1551
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: Sun/HP/IBM/VAX
PRICE:
MISC:
DATE:
CONT: <name of contact removed by request>
MasterPlan 1.1X
COMP: Quality Software Products
ADDR:
PHONE: 310-410-0303
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: Sun/DG/HP/IBM/SCO/MIPS/SGI/DEC
PRICE: Approx #900 from Unipress Software (UK). USA unknown.
MISC:
DATE:
CONT: <name of contact removed by request>
SIZE Plus
COMP: GEC-Marconi Software Systems
ADDR:
PHONE: 703-648-1551
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: Sun/HP/IBM/VAX
PRICE:
MISC:
DATE:
CONT: <name of contact removed by request>
ACCENT GraphicVUE
COMP: National Information Systems Inc
ADDR: 4040 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 200, San Jose,
California 95117-1852, USA
PHONE: 408-985-7100 (Voice) 800-441-5758 - Toll-Free (USA)
FAX: 408-246-3127
EMAIL: info@nis.com
PLATS: Sun 3 & 4 (running Solaris 1.0 or greater), HP 9000
series 700 workstations running HP-UX 8.05 or
greater, Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS and Indigo
workstations running IRIX 4.0.1 or greater.
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PRICE: Price: $2,950 for 1st floating single user license.
Further licenses (for user 2 through to 5) $1,750
each. User 6 and above, $1,250 each.
MISC: Previously VUE from TEI
DATE:
CONT: thad@cup.portal.com (Thad P Floryan)
chaplin@keinstr.uucp (Roger Chaplin)
dave@nis.com (Dave Wagner)
ACCENT GraphicVUE (Personal Edition)
COMP: National Information Systems Inc
ADDR: 4040 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 200, San Jose,
California 95117-1852, USA
PHONE: 408-985-7100 (Voice)
800-441-5758 - Toll-Free (USA)
FAX: 408-246-3127
EMAIL: info@nis.com
PLATS: ACCENT GraphicVUE is available on Sun Microsystems
workstations running SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 1.0,
Hewlett-Packard 9000 series 700 workstations run-
ning HP-UX version 8.05 or greater, the DEC Alpha
AXP running OSF/1, and Silicon Graphics worksta-
tions running IRIX 4.0.1 or greater.
PRICE: Starting at $995 with a 60-day money back guaran-
tee for each workstation license and can be up-
graded to a multiple-project processing, network
version.
MISC:
DATE:
CONT: dave@nis.com (Dave Wagner)
Open Plan
COMP: Welcom Software Technology
ADDR: In the UK: South Bank TechnoPark, 90 London Rd,
London SE1 6LN
In the USA: 15995 N BARKERS LANDING RD, STE 275,
HOUSTON TX 77079-2494
PHONE: UK - +44 71 401 2626 USA: (713) 558 0514
FAX: UK - +44 71 922 8865 USA: (713) 584 7828
EMAIL: support@wst.com
sales@wst.com (for sales)
info@wst.com (for info)
PLATS: Runs under SCO Unix and SunOS/Solaris, as well as
Mac, MS-DOS, and VMS.
PRICE: UK: 3,250 Pounds
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MISC: Also have branches and distributors in France,
Germany, Australia, and South Africa; phone the UK
number for more information.
The following is courtesy of Welcom:
"OPEN PLAN is a project management package, which
can be used "as-is", providing the following fea-
tures:
o Project Executive (an interactive barcharting tool for planners)
o Time Analysis
o Progress Tracking
o Comprehensive Resource Scheduling
o Multi-Project Scheduling
o On-Line Help
o Support of ADM & PDM projects
o A large number of standard reports, featuring barcharts, S-curves,
network logic diagrams, tables, WBS & OBS struc-
ture diagrams, and many more.
Or it can be easily customised to meet extended
project management needs through the use of built-
in screen editors and report writers, or through
use of an Xbase 4GL and database. With its use of
Xbase and WRL, Welcom's Reporting Language, Open
Plan is very flexible as to the methods of input
and output, and supports most output devices under
DOS & Mac. On Unix and Vax, the output devices
supported are:
o text printers
o HPGL compatible devices
o Postscript devices (including Sun Pageview preview to the screen)
o Regis graphics terminals
All platforms are capable of multi-user access
with record-locking, and all platforms require an
Xbase interpreter (such as dBase, Foxpro or simi-
lar)"
DATE:
CONT: Dave Churcher <davec@wsti.demon.co.uk> &
Alun Jones <alun@wst.com>
Cobra
COMP: Welcom Software.
ADDR: See "Open plan" above.
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: DOS & VAX
PRICE:
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MISC: Requires Xbase RDBMS and 4GL. Cobra is a cost and
performance measurement application which provides
project or cost account managers with budget, ac-
tual cost and project performance information.
Features include the ability to break work down
into discrete time-phased work packages against
which actual costs may be collected and perfor-
mance assessed.
DATE:
CONT: Alun Jones <alun@wst.com>
Ultra Planner
COMP: Productivity Solutions
ADDR: 72 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052
PHONE: +1 508 359 1300
FAX: +1 508 359 1333
EMAIL: psoln@delphi.com
PLATS: UNIX - Motif and OpenWindows
PRICE: About 2,000 UK Pounds for single Sun user.
MISC: Productivity Solutions have closed down their UK
offices, and are reconsidering what to do in Eu-
rope. thanks to David Covey US/ESS3 <covey@us-
es.sel.de> for updating me with this - 8/9/93]
DATE:
CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk <Pete Phillips>
robertb@barra.com (Robert Brown)
covey@lts.sel.alcatel.de (David Covey)
Islandplan
COMP: Island Graphics Corp.
ADDR: Island Graphics Corp., 4000 Civic Centre Dr.,
San Rafael, CA 94903-4178; Tel: 415-491-1000.
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: Runs on Solaris 2.1 (Sparc) and 80X86 platforms.
PRICE:
MISC: From an announcement in the June 93 issue of Unix
World (page 117 "No Man IS an Island").
DATE:
CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk <Pete Phillips>
AMS Schedule Publisher
COMP: Advanced Management Solutions, Inc.
ADDR: 2200 West Loop South, Suite 875, Houston, TX 77027
PHONE: 713-871-8812
FAX: 713-871-9513
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EMAIL:
PLATS: MS-windows, Mac, UNIX/Motif (Sun, HP9000, RS6000).
PRICE:
MISC: Has some translators to other products (MS plan-
ner, etc.). It is also possible to integrate with
other components, DBs and the like. Supports all
of the stand project management functions: PERT,
Gantt, baselining, resources (pooled), customiz-
able calendar, costing roll up.
DATE:
CONT: [Alex Stevens <flex@advtech.uswest.com>]
SAS/OR.
COMP: SAS Institute Limited
ADDR: Wittington House, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow,
SL7 2EB, UK.
PHONE: (+44) 6284-86933
FAX: (+44) 6284-83203
EMAIL:
PLATS:
PRICE:
MISC: A commercial product which apparently offers a number of
project management capabilities, including:
PROC CPM (for scheduling activities in a project, as you'd expect)
PROC GANTT (for displaying the computed schedule graphically)
PROC NETDRAW (for displaying the activity network graphically)
OR also includes standard mathematical programming tools
(linear programming).
DATE:
CONT: [Joe St Sauver (joe@oregon.uoregon.edu)]
Project2 / SeriesX (PX)
COMP: PSDI (Project Software & Development, Inc.)
ADDR:
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: It runs under MS-Windows, VAX (Motif) and Sun
(SunOS,Motif), and contains Graneda, a project
management graphic software.
PRICE: 13.000 DM first/single user . Then it depends on
number of users.
MISC:
DATE:
CONT: [Gudrun Mehlo <gudrun.mehlo@rt.bosch.de>]
PC/DOS Software
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13) What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is available ?
These might be useful to you if you require a DOS package or if
you run an OS that runs a DOS emulator (eg: SoftPC from Insignia
for Sun SPARC).
NOTE - IF YOU CAN'T FIND THESE FILES AT THE LOCATIONS BELOW,
PLEASE USE ARCHIE TO FIND THEM ON THE NET - _DON'T_ MAIL ME ASKING
WHERE THEY ARE - IF I AM TOLD OF A NEW LOCATION I WILL UPDATE THIS
FILE.
Easy Project
COMP: Parcell Software,
ADDR: PO Box 165, Geneva, Il 60134, USA.
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL: Compuserve: 72250, 1356
PLATS: DOS
PRICE:
MISC: Shareware project planner. Available for ftp from
rigel.acs.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/flowchart/ezprj402.zip
ftp.nic.surfnet.nl:/mirror-
archive/software/simtel-msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip
DATE: 9/94
CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk <Pete Phillips>
Ganttman
COMP: Max-Million Software Labs,
ADDR: 1314 Cardigan, Garland, Tx. 75040.
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL: Compuserve 74017, 3424
PLATS:
PRICE:
MISC: Available for ftp from ftp.nic.surfnet.nl:/mirror-
archive/software/simtel-ms-
dos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip
freeb-
sd.cdrom.com:/.2/SimTel/msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip
pete@smtl.demon.co.uk <Pete Phillips>
Mainline
COMP: Minuteman Systems
ADDR: P.O. Box 152
Belmont MA 02178
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PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL: bck@world.std.com
PLATS:
PRICE:
MISC: Shareware PM system. Available for ftp from
oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/projmgr/mnlin2p2.zip
DATE: 9/94
CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk <Pete Phillips>
The following is a list of project management, project schedulers,
task managers or task schedulers with varying capabilities, found
on South African BBS's by Johann Hanekom [johannh@lia.co.za]
If anyone can point to an ftp site for any or all of these, I'd be
grateful. Some of these are available on Johann's WWW Home Page
[http://www.lia.co.za/users/johannh/index.htm]
2DO11A.ZIP 476900 11-09-93 2DO.EXE v1.10 Personal Task Manager
for Microsoft Windows. 2Do allows you to
organize, schedule, and view your To Do
List of tasks through a robust drag and
drop interface. 2Do's strength is its
flexibility, allowing you to specify tasks
with variety of recurring dates, priorities
and classes. 2Do also allows customizing
the look of the application, enabling
setting it up to work the way you want
2DOV10.ZIP 845485 03-28-93 2do Personal Task Manager V1.00 - 2do is a
Personal Task Manager For Windows, Allows
You to Organize, Schedule, And View to
do List of Tasks Through A Robust Drag And
Drop Interface. 2do's Strength is Its
Flexibility, Allowing You to Specify Tasks
With Variety of Recurring Dates, Priorities
And Classes. 2do Also Allows Customization
Look of the Application, Enabling Working
The Way You Want. ()
ABV10.ZIP 158727 05-06-92 Above & Beyond 1.0 - Excellent Windows PIM
Discover Above & Beyond's revolutionary
Dynamic Scheduling. Watch your productivity
soar as it streamlines your work flow.
Handles all types of recurring items.
Features pop-up alarms, week- and
month-at-a-glance views, task tracking,
launching applications on schedule,
auto-dialing, and more. On-line Help.
Supercedes Active Life. LAN smart.
From 1Soft Corp. # Downloads: 1 Date:
ABV30.ZIP 271061 12-15-93 Above & Beyond 3.0 - Excellent Windows PIM.
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Enjoy Above & Beyond's superb Dynamic
Scheduling. Feel your productivity surge as
it streamlines your workflow. Handles all
types of recurring items. Features pop-up
alarms, week/month views, timers, task
tracking, launch apps on schedule, contact
database, auto-dialing, and more. Online
Help. Includes workgroup/LAN support.
Shareware from 1Soft Corp
ACTPLAN.ZIP 56453 03-24-92 Action planner for Windows. PIM, based on
the Time/Self Management Seminars. Stay
focused on prioritized tasks and goals in a
daily organizer format. DATED 3/24/92
DOWNLOADED <48> TIMES
APIM21.ZIP 116826 05-25-93 Achievement Planner v2.1: personal
information manager for MS-Windows w/an
appointment calendar, day planner, project
planner, contact tracker and more;
APLANR20.ZIP 152647 12-15-93 A PROJECT/EVENT PLANNER v2.0u <ASP> - for
quick overall project planning, activity
scheduling, resource scheduling. Assign
income/costs to events/resources - estimate
project income/cost. Can shift all events
forward/backward in time. Handles multiple
calendars. Free-form drawing of events
on scale of days/weeks/months/yrs. On-line
help and sample plans provided. Requires
Microsoft Windows 3.1
EZTAS13.ZIP 186500 12-14-93 The EZ-est Task & Call manager available.
Enter the tasks that need to be completed,
the people you need to call. EZ-Task will
dial contacts and date & time stamp all
of your transactions. Print a history log
of completed tasks and a current
"To Do" list all at the push of the button.
MILESTON.ZIP 793819 03-05-93 MILESTONES, ETC. TRIAL VERSION WINDOWS
PROJECT MANAGER (LAST REVISED: 03/05/93)
ML14C.ZIP 163756 04-09-93 Mainline v1.4c: project management program.
PCPROJCT.ZIP 336807 11-09-92 Project manager for windows 30 -shareware
PLANVW10.ZIP 126595 11-30-92 PlanView 1.0 - Event planner for projects
or other time-based activities. Requires
Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later. Set up
plans quickly with minimum effort. No
lengthy manual to read (on-line help is
provided). Use for quick overall project
planning, activity scheduling, resource
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scheduling. Sample plans provided. From
Sapphire Software Inc.
REMIND.ZIP 154434 09-23-92 Windows Reminder - Personal Task Manager.
Keeps track of to-do lists, set alarms
can launch applications), prints reports.
Supports DDE. $59.95 <1> times downloaded
RM_13C.ZIP 163074 08-19-92 WINDOWS REMINDER - PERSONAL TASK MANAGER.
KEEPS TRACK OF TO-DO LISTS, SET ALARMS TO
LAUNCH APPLICATIONS), PRINTS REPORTS.
SUPPORTS DDE. $59.95 (NEWEST FILE DATE:
RPM33.ZIP 245251 09-08-93 Rpm 3.3 Projects Management System
Registration $
SCHEASE.ZIP 326743 11-29-92 Schedule ease! The very best, easiest to
learn scheduling software available. If you
manage people or projects on weekly, daily
or hourly basis you can't afford to be with
out it. Job costing and tracking modules
keep track of up to 48 projects at a time
through 5 different phases or departments.
drop down menuing system. If you have a
schedule to manage, manage it with schedule
ease. Computer specialties.
TASK30.ZIP 171241 09-09-93 TASK PRO v Introducing TASK-PRO the project
management system you'll be glad to use
every day. Features full mouse support
context sensitive hypertext help.
Prioritising and monitoring task
assignments,tracks personnel, processes
timesheets. Multiformats unsorted/sorted
in several sorting orders., open, pending,
late or closed task
TB120TD.ZIP 238799 05-01-92 TaskBase v1.20 Get your "to-dos" off! Great
and "EZ" task/project manager
THINGZ.ZIP 58141 01-30-93 Thingstodo v1.3 <asp> - a visual basic pim
for Windows. Organizes info, people, tasks
projects, meetings and other to-dos. allows
lengthy attached notes. Search entire notes
and summaries without pre-defined keywords.
Emphasis on quick data entry and access.
Attractive printing for lists, schedules.
2memorable hot keys and on-screen help.
TM23.ZIP 263088 04-27-92 TaskMaster, Schedule & Task Tracking Prog
TMC24C.ZIP 307580 05-18-93 Sched Task Master V24 Asp Easy-T -Use Proj
Tracking Program Keep Track Of Office
Assignments, Correspondence, Projects, Tsks
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And Other Work Easily Tm Provides Several
Report Options, An Appointment Calendar,
Popup Calculator, And More! Network Ready
TTDW13B.ZIP 2547 01-18-93 THINGSTODO V1.3 MS-WINDOWS APP ENABLES TO
KEEP TRACK OF A WIDE RANGE OF ITEMS OR
INFORMATION & ORGANIZE THEM INTO SCHEDULES
AND LISTS OF TASKS; SEARCH/VIEW FEATURES
& HOTKEYS; REQ VBRUN200.DLL; 01/18/93; DAVE
MERK/THE MANAGER, INC. [2/2].
TTRAK10D.ZIP 80725 02-15-92 TaskTracker v1.0D: Windows stopwatch array
for professionals who bill by the hour;
includes facilities to allow you to export
your data to other Windows applications
like W4W and Excel, or Write/Notepad); F1
help; launch Write, Notepad, File Manager,
Control Panel and Cardfile from within the
program without using the Program Manager
14) What MSDOS commercial project management software is available ?
Texim Project
COMP: Welcom Software
ADDR: See above in the UNIX section for contact info.
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: For MS-Windows 3.1 and Windows NT
PRICE:
MISC: From Welcom Software:
"Texim Project provides a new way of organizing
and developing project plans. It offers state-of-
the-art project management capabilities that com-
bine task, resource, and cost information in an
interactive graphical environment. It offers many
options for data entry, review and reporting. It
provides multi-project management through graphi-
cal WBS and OBS charts. The Time-scaled network
diagram and full risk management features help to
separate Texim Project from other PC products.
Texim Project has a seamless data exchange with
Welcom Software's other project planning system,
Open Plan.
Texim is a stand-alone product for Windows 3.1"
DATE:
CONT:
Milestone
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COMP: From Kidasa Software
ADDR: Sean F. Barbera Sales Manager
KIDASA Software, Inc. 1114 Lost Creek Blvd.
Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78746 USA
PHONE: (512)328-0167 : phone
FAX: (512)328-0247 : FAX
EMAIL: Kidasa1@aol.com
PLATS: Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT
PRICE: Single User - $199.00 US
5 User License - $700.00 US
10 User License - $1350 US
MISC: "written for Windows and with the presentation of
Barcharts in mind". Version 3.0 and 3.1 were re-
leased in 1993 and we have updated and released 2
new versions since then. Our latest version 4.5
ships with both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 soft-
ware versions in the same box and has a suggested
retail Price of $199 US. Our demo and information
can be downloaded from America OnLine or from our
Forum section on CompuServe, GO: Kidasa, on Com-
puServe will get people there.
Windows based, including Windows 95, project man-
agement tool for planning and managing simple to
complex projects. Users can produce schedules,
including: Gantt, milestone, Line of Balance, and
machine cycle schedules. Features include: im-
port/export interface with Microsoft Project MPX,
Timeline, and other software packages, OLE 2.0,
customizable template schedules, drag and drop
scheduling, presentation quality output, free-form
text option, vertical dependencies, task outlining
with optional automatic WBS numbering, collapsible
project steps to a summary bar, multiproject con-
solidation or chart merge feature, duration calcu-
lation, customizable date headings. Will operate
on any Windows compatible LANs, including Novell
and Banyan.
Media: 3( Diskette (Both 16 bit and 32 bit ver-
sions included in each purchase.)
DATE: Aug 1995
CONT: Sean Barbera <102425.2033@compuserve.com>
Milestones Simplicity for Windows
lw(0.5i) lw(5i).
COMP: From Kidasa Software
ADDR: For contact information, see entry for Milestones,
Etc.
PLATS: Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT
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PRICE: Single User - $99.00 US
MISC: Windows based, including Windows 95, project man-
agement tool for planning and managing simple to
mid-size projects. Users can produce schedules,
including: Gantt, milestone, Line of Balance, and
machine cycle schedules. Features include: OLE
2.0, customizable template schedules, drag and
drop scheduling, presentation quality output,
free-form text option, vertical dependencies, du-
ration calculation, start and end date Smart-
Columns, legend option, graphics objects, and cus-
tomizable toolbar. Will operate on any Windows
compatible LANs, including Novell and Banyan.
DATE: Aug 1995
CONT: Sean Barbera <102425.2033@compuserve.com>
Project Commander
lw(0.5i) lw(5i).
COMP: Project Management Software Centre
ADDR: Project House, 25 Chapel CLose, Barnsley, South
Yorks, S72 9QJ, United Kingdom.
PHONE: (+44)-1226-780930
FAX: (+44)-1226-780837
EMAIL:
PLATS: DOS/Windows
MISC: Developed in the UK, it sells for 99 UK Pounds.
Does Gantts, Pert, CPA, etc.
DATE: July 1994
CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk <Pete Phillips>
Microsofts Project for Windows
COMP:
ADDR:
PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: DOS/Windows
PRICE: About $300. In the UK, around #285.00.
MISC: I suspect your S/W dealer can get this for you.
Robert Ward <robert@olsen.ch> suggests that it
gives a good idea of what such tools should do.
If you have further info on this, please send.
DATE:
CONT: Ulrich R. Herken <urh@specs.de>
Robert Ward <robert@olsen.ch>
SuperProject / CA-SuperProject 3.0
COMP: Computer Associates
ADDR:
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PHONE:
FAX:
EMAIL:
PLATS: Windows and OS/2.
PRICE: Approx $900
MISC: "This is a major change from prior versions. In-
cluded with the project is CA-Realizer as the
macro language (Computer Associates version of Vi-
sual Basic). The SuperProject engine is now a dy-
namic link library (a DLL), fully accessible by
CA-Realizer, and is fully accessible by C-language
programs. The C-language API is provided with the
package. Version 3.0 came out in late 1993. The
price I have heard quoted somewhere was about
US$900. I got my copy thru an upgrade at consider-
ably less than that." (I guess you can get this
through any PC software dealer ? Pete.)
On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 21:11:01, tkuch@gnn.com (Ter-
ence Kuch) sent me the following thoughts on this
package:
"CASuperproject: Industrial-strength PM system,
good import/export to Time$heet package (from Time
Slips Inc.), lots of canned reports, can sometimes
cut a very good deal with CA (US$149 in quantity
is possible). However: the package is highly com-
plex, confusing, not suited for the occasional us-
er, doesn't have a modern or very thoughtful user
interface. Unless you need a PM system suitable
for building a battleship from the hull up, stick
with Timeline, MS Project Manager, or comparable
products."
DATE:
CONT: Randall Raemon <delta1@netcom.com>
<0005650778@mcimail.com>
tkuch@gnn.com (Terence Kuch)
Other Platforms
_______________
15) Is there any project management software for the Psion Organiser ?
Yep ! Andy Clarkson <andy@tiamat.demon.co.uk> has written a
shareware project planning application called Plan which is avail-
able for the Psion 3a palmtop. It is available on Compuserve in
the palmtop forum and also via ftp from:
src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/packages/psion/icdoc/misc/plan303.zip
Plan has the following key features:
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-- Gantt and PERT charts.
-- Resource allocation histogram view.
-- Task scheduling and tracking.
-- Define dependencies between tasks.
-- Enter resource data, (holidays, costs,...).
-- Calculation of critical path.
-- Transfer projects between Plan and MS Project.
-- Cost calculations.
Training & Miscellany
_____________________
16) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the UK ?
Most companies mentioned below provide training in Software Pro-
ject Management OR Project Management using S/W tools.
The Project Management Software Centre,
16 Connaught Street,
Marble Arch,
London
W2 2AF
Tel: 071-402-6406
17) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the USA ?
1. Software Engineering Management Associates, Inc. (Richard
Fairley) Software Project Management: 2 or 3 days,
@$2.500/day plus expenses. Consulting rate- $1.500/day. [
from Cheng-Lung Chang <changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com>]
2. Fastrak Training Inc. (Eileen Quann, etal) Software Project
Management course; 4 days, 20 students, $10.5k [ from Cheng-
Lung Chang <changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com>]
3. The Process Group (Neil Potter) Software Project Planning
and Management course; 3 days, 20 students, $6.5k plus ex-
penses. [ from Cheng-Lung Chang <changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com>]
4. The Learning Tree (Lisa Hugus) Software Project Management
Tools and Techniques; 5 days, 15 students, $14,500. includ-
ing expenses, class materials. [ from Cheng-Lung Chang
<changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com>]
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5. American Management Association 135 West 50th Street New
York, NY 10020-1201 (800) 262-9699
Courses include:
Basic Project Management: Planning, Scheduling, and Control
Senior Project Management
The PM Forum: Real Solutions for Project Sucess
Technical PM
Information Systems PM
PM for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Managerial and Team-Building Skills for Project Managers
Budgeting Techniques for On-Time, On-Budget Project Performance
Courses are held at different times and in various cities
across the U.S. and Canada. These came highly recommendedby
a friend that attended one of their seminars. You can call
the 800 number to request a free catalog.
[ from Scott W. Robertson USVCN64N@IBMMAIL.COM
RobeSc00@dons.ac.usfca.edu ]
6. Learning Tree International, Mole Business Park, Leather-
head, Surrey, KT22 7AD, UK. 0372-364610
Run "Software Project Planning and Management" (4 days, 1250
UK pounds) and "Project Management Skills for Success"
(4days, 1250 UK pounds).
7. Micro Planning International is a leading international full
service project management firm. For over fifteen years, MPI
has been providing software products and services that em-
power organizations to get projects done on time and on bud-
get. By providing a range of software services including
training seminars, specific project assistance, and design
and implementation of company wide Organizational Project
Management systems, MPI has built a wealth of project man-
agement experience. Our software represents the marriage of
that experience with the latest in personal computing tech-
nology.
http://www.microplanning.com/plan
email address: sales@microplanning.com
[Brad Pirrung <102513.3531@compuserve.com> 14 Aug 95 ]
18) What do all these weird PM terms mean ?
Dave Wagner (dave@nis.com),at National Information Systems, Inc.
has kindly provided a rather complete project management glossary.
As it is about 25 Kb, it is not kept as part of the FAQ, but
rather is available from the mail server (see above for the mail
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servers address and instructions on usage).
I believe the glossary refers to some NIS products (eg: under
"Late Finish" it says "this is done by selecting ANALYZE & PROCESS
REPORTS from the Reports pull-down menu") but this does not, in my
opinion, detract from the usefulness of the list.
19) What Books/References are available ?
The following list of books/references is presently small - I am
sure that there are a lot more available - I just don't know about
them. If you can contribute to this section, please do.
In addition, I have been sent a _huge_ book list from Kurt Aeren-
lund Pedersen <kup@hdc.hha.dk>, which I will make available at one
of the ftp sites.
Title: Project Management
Author: Dennis Lock
Year: 1992 (Fifth Edition)
Publ: UK: Gower Publishing Company Ltd, Gower House,
Croft Road, Aldershot, Hants GU11 3HR, UK.
USA: Distributed by Ashgate Publishing Compa-
ny, Old Post Road, Brookfield, Vermont 05036 USA.
ISBN: 0-556-07339-0 (Hardback) 0-556-07340-4 (Paperback)
Comment: One of the standard works on project management.
Originally published in 1968, it has been regular-
ly updated and now covers computer systems and
programmes.
Title: Project Management Handbook
Editor: Dennis Lock
Year: 1987
Publ: UK: Gower Publishing Company Ltd (see above) USA:
Distributed by Ashgate Publishing Company. (see
above)
Title: Introduction to Critical Path Analysis and Other
Project Network Techniques
Author: K. G. Lockyer
Publ: Pitman, London
Year: 1984 (4th Edition)
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Title: BS 6046 - Use of Network Techniques in project
management.
Part 1 - 1984 - Guide to the use of management,
planning, review and reporting procedures.
Part 2 - 1992 - Guide to the use of graphical and
estimating techniques.
Part 3 - 1992 - Guide to the use of computers.
Part 4 - 1992 - Guide to resource analysis and
cost control.
Author: British Standards Institute
Publ: British Standards Institute (BSI), Milton Keynes,
UK.
Title: BS 4335 : 1987 - Glossary of terms used in project
network techniques.
Author: British Standard Institution
Publ: British Standard Institution (see above).
Title: Project Planning and Control
Author: A. Lester
Year: 1991 (2nd edition)
Publ: Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK.
Title: Project Management: Techniques, Applications, &
Management Issues
Editor: E.W.Davis
Publ: Industrial Engineering & Management Press (2nd ed
1983)
Comment: This is a collection of key papers on PM including
the originals on PERT and CPM from the late '50s,
as well as more recent enhancements on the basic
techniques.
Chris (C.C.) Ellens <ellens@bnr.ca>, Sep 14th 1993
Title: The Secrets of Successful Project Management
Author: Ralph L. Klien
Publ: John Wiley & Sons
Year: 1986
Comment: An excellent overview of PM in a very concise and
readable style.
Chris (C.C.) Ellens <ellens@bnr.ca>, Sep 14th 1993
Title: Managing Software Projects: Selecting and Using
PC-Based Project Management Systems,
ISBN: 0-89435-275-X LCC 89-10655
Author: Lois Zells
Publ: QED Information Sciences Inc
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Year: 1990
Comment: It is a summary of 7 PC DOS based project manage-
ment commercial products: Harvard Project Manager
3.0, SuperProject Expert 1.1, Project Workbench
3.0, Time Line 3.0, Microsoft Project 4.0, View-
point 2.52, and Primavera Project Planner 3.1. It
is also (obviously) now a bit dated. However, the
first 225 pages give a very good description of
the project management process, and lay the foun-
dation for the comparison of the products. For me,
its these first 225 pages that make the book
worthwhile.
[Randall Raemon <0005650778@mcimail.com>]
Title: Systems Analysis and Project Management
ISBN:
Author: D. I. Cleland and W. R. King
Publ: McGraw-Hill
Year: 1975
Comment: They view PM like as system.
[Sergio Massahiro Tanaka <ser-
gio.massahiro.tanaka%sti@ax.apc.org>]
Title: Project Management Handbook
ISBN:
Author: edited by Cleland & King
Publ: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co.
Year: 1983
Comment: They selected many papers about PM.
[Sergio Massahiro Tanaka <ser-
gio.massahiro.tanaka%sti@ax.apc.org>]
Title: Software Engineering Project Management.
Author: Richard H. Thayer
Year: 1988
Publ: IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, Cali-
fornia, USA.
ISBN: 0-8186-0751-3 (paper) 0-8186-4751-5 (microfiche)
Comment: A good collection of papers on managing software
development projects. Available as IEEE Computer
Society Press Order Number 751, or IEEE Catalog
Number EH0263-4. (David A. Wheeler wheel-
er@ida.org)
Title: How To Run Successful Projects
Author: Fergus O'Connell
Year: 1994
Publ: Prentice Hall International (The BCS Practitioner
Series)
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ISBN: 0-13-138793-6
Comment: A teach yourself project management book, focusing
on practicalities rather than theories. And it is
well-written, with interesting examples - Amundsen
versus Scott, as project managers.
Chapter titles:
Step 1 - Visualise the goal; set your eyes on the prize
Step 2 - Make a list of the jobs to be done
Step 3 - There must be one leader
Step 4 - Assign people to jobs
Step 5 - Manage expectations, allow a margin for error, have a fallback
position
Step 6 - Use an appropriate leadership style
Step 7 - Know what's going on
Step 8 - Tell people what's going on
Step 9 - Repeat steps 1to 8 until step 10
Step 10 - The prize
Resolving issues - problem solving/decision making
Managing your time
Coping with stress
Picking the right people
Negotiation
Meetings
Presentations
Shortening projects using accelerated analysis and design
Software estimating
Project probability of success indicator
Duncan Lissett <lissett@netcom.com>
Title: How To Plan Any Project: A Guide for Teams (and
Individuals)
Author: Thomas (Tom) C. Belanger
Year: 1995
Publ: Sterling Planning Group
ISBN: 0-9631465-1-3
Comment: The book provides a process for planning, organiz-
ing, scheduling and planning for control using
samples from Microsoft Project, Project Scheduler
6, Primavera, and Milestones, Etc.
planner@tiac.net
Title: The New Critical Path Method
Author: Dennis H. Busch
Year: 1991
Publ: USA by Probus Publishing Company, Chicago, Illi-
nois
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ISBN: ISBN: 1-55738-117-8 (hardbound)
Comment: As it is written for project management and plan-
ning specialists, the book reviews theory, but
concentrates on the practical applications of CPM
in real world project planning environments. This
book challenges some of the traditional PERT / CPM
myths and takes the processes from the classroom
to the jobsite to provide the user with an ex-
tremely effective tool to manage time, resources
and costs.
Wayne MacGregor Vice President Project Management
Technologies, Inc. <pmt@eazy.net>1
20) What other information is available ?
Magazines
-- International Journal of PM, publ. by Butterworth-
Heinemann Ltd (UK).
-- PM Journal, publ. by PM Institute (USA).
-- PMNETwork, publ. by PM Institute (USA).
Software Engineering Files
The software engineering news groups (eg: comp.software-eng)
have an interest in the PM field, and some files which may be
of interest are archived in pub/software-eng on host
ftp.qucis.queensu.ca (130.15.1.100).
pdcase 7 Jul 1992 Public-domain CASE tools
petri 7 Jul 1992 Petri net tools
pmtools 7 Jul 1992 Project management and design tools
productivity 18 Sep 1991 Feature point productivity for several countries
Also, some software engineering terms on
http://dxsting.cern.ch/sting/sting.html
[Thanks to Mike Sendall <sendall@dxpt01.cern.ch>]
Razor
Razor is problem tracking system (with integrated file ver-
sion control) from
Tower Concepts, Inc sales@tower.com
103 Sylvan Way http://www.tower.com
New Hartford, NY 13413
(315) 724-3540
Further info, copies of their manual, and even their software
releases are available via anon ftp from
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ftp.tower.com:/pub/tower.
Tom Sawyer Software
Tom Sawyer Software is a producer of portable graph layout
libraries that can be licensed by various project management
companies to produce great drawings of nested outline PERT
project schedules and time scale PERT project schedules.
"With standard components such as ours, the user
interface of various project management programs could be greatly
improved. "
For ordering and price information, please contact :
Tom Sawyer Software phone: 510.848.0853
1824B Fourth Street fax: 510.848.0854
Berkeley, CA 94710 e-mail: info@TomSawyer.COM
["Brendan P. Madden" <bmadden@tomsawyer.com>]
Software Technology Support Center Jeffrey A Lewis
<lewis.jeffrey@smumc.mcclellan.af.mil> writes as follows:
Two valuable resources in the project management domain are
the Software Technology Support Center (STSC) at Hill Air
Force Base in Odgen, Utah, and the Software Program Manager's
Network, managed by the US Navy.
The STSC maintains Gopher, ftp, and Telnet sites at Hill AFB.
I only know of the Gopher site. You can reach it at
stscbbs.hill.af.mil
Some of the handy info there includes: information on how to
contact the Software Program Manager's Network, as well as a
very well written software project management tools report
(in the folder Software Technology Reports from the STSC).
Additionally, the STSC sponsors the annual Software Technolo-
gy Conference each April in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each con-
ference in the past has included tracks on software project
management.
21) What groups/organisations exist for project managers ?
In Europe, "Internet", the International Association of Project
Management. UK address:
The Association of Project Managers,
85 Oxford Road,
High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire,
HP11 2DX.
["William R. Watt" <ag384@freenet.carleton.ca>]
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In the USA "The Project Management Institute". Both have member-
ship world wide. The PMI holds certification examinations.
For change of address/subscription/membership inquiries
Project Management Institute
130 South State Road
Upper Darby, PA 19083
(610) 734-3330
Fax (610) 734-3266 or 3270
[kup@hdc.hha.dk]
[JimS@cybernetics.net]
[DenysM@aol.com]
For editorial/advertising queries and reprint/bulk copy/permission
requests:
PMI Communications Office
Postal
P.O. Box 189
Webster, NC 28788
Shipping (UPS, etc.)
200 Ed Norton Road
Cullhowhee, NC 28723
(704) 293-9711
Fax (704) 293-9801
[Ken Glade <71546.66@compuserve.com>]
[JimS@cybernetics.net]
Randall Raemon <0005650778@mcimail.com> writes:
"I called them about a week ago, asking for a membership in-
formation kit. The kit came in the mail today, which gives
the address and phone.
They publish "The Project Management Journal" 4 times a year,
and have a magazine "PM NETwork" published 12 times a year. A
one year membership is (all US$) $90.00, with a $10.00 appli-
cation fee for new members. Local chapters have fees also,
with $20.00 being the typical amount. Apparently you can
join without being a member of a local chapter. Overseas air
mail is $45.00 for mailings outside the US and Canada.
There is a certification exam for people wanting the Project
Management Professional (PMP) designation. Examinations are
held quarterly at various locations. Contact PMI for details.
No mention is made of any BBS access (though I have heard ru-
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mors that a BBS exists), nor is any mention made of an email
address. I would expect any details to be given in their mag-
azine."
Robert Monaghan <rmonagha@sun.cis.smu.edu> on Mon, 15 May 1995 writes:
"They have a regular rate (circa $150) and a student rate member-
ship ($20).
...
There now appears to be Web page as well [thanks to John B. Ennis
<JBE@dean.med.ufl.edu>]
http://www.pmi.org/
Also, in Holland:
PMI
Buitenplaats 135
8212 Ae Lelystad
Holland
tel . 31-3200-22464
fax. 31-3200-80434
Thanks to Erwin Traas <etraas@te.xs4all.nl>for information on a www
site for project management information:
http://www.oslonett.no/org/int/
The organisation is called IPMA (INTERNATIONAL Project Managment Asso-
ciation). Email adress of the newsletter editor is:
Cris_Seabury@qmail.newbridge.com.
22) Gosh - can there be anything else ?
Yep.
Project Management Software from IKAR.
I had some mail about project management software which has
been written for UNIX and DOS, from Svetlana Gerdyukova
(gerdyukov@mx.decnet.ihep.su). It is not clear whether the
software she talks about is PD or commercial, and my mail has
elicited no reply. However, the group working on the soft-
ware used to be contactable at
pal@ikar.sept.msk.su
If anyone gets any info on this product, please let me know.
23) Postscript
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I hope you have found this document useful. If you have, please
try and help others to benefit by sending me updates, corrections
or new information. I will do my best to acknowledge all contri-
butions in the document.
I must apologise for sitting on a stack of information over the
last 6-12 months that has been sent in by readers of this FAQ. I
now have the mechanism to be able to spend more time keeping this
thing up to date, so don't stop sending me your updates.
If you have any contributions to make to this FAQ, mail them to:
Pete Phillips (pete@smtl.demon.co.uk)
Surgical Materials Testing Lab.,
Bridgend General Hospital,
Quarella Road,
Bridgend,
Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1JP
Wales.
Tel: (+44) 656-652166
Fax: (+44) 656-667291
Alternatively, if you want to make my kids happy and you are out-
side the UK, send a postcard (or get your kids to send a postcard)
to :
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