From pete@smtl.demon.co.uk Thu May 4 21:03:15 1995 Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.software-eng,news.answers,comp.answers From: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk (pete) Subject: Project Management Programs - Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) Followup-To: poster Summary: This posting contains information about project management software (also known as project planning software), both commercial and public domain, particularly with reference to programs running under UNIX & X. Supersedes: Reply-To: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk Organization: Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory X-Posting-Host: smtl.demon.co.uk Date: Thu, 27 Apr 1995 10:59:07 +0000 Archive-name: proj-plan-faq - 1 - Last update: Wed Apr 5 08:36:10 BST 1995 PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - AN FAQ ____________________________________ SYNOPSIS Introduction ____________ 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 _____________ 11) What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ? 12) Is there any commercial PM software around for UNIX ? PC/DOS Software _______________ 13) What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is available ? 14) What MSDOS commercial project management software is available ? Other Platforms _______________ 15) Is there any project management software for the Psion Organiser ? Training & Miscellany _____________________ 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 - 2 - ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- Introduction ____________ 1) What version is this FAQ ? Version: $Revision: 2.19 $ Last-Modified: $Date: 1995/04/05 07:35:57 $ 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 reviews of project manage- ment 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- - 3 - fo that's important. 3) What's new in this version ? -- Updated info on Razor pricing. -- Info on Psion 3a PM program. -- Magazines -- Some new books. I have received tons of stuff over the last 12 months to go in this FAQ, some of which has made it, and some which hasn't (yet). Thus the next version will quite likely have a lot more informa- tion which I haven't got around to incorporating yet. 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 last year 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 sub- scribers (now nearer 500). Thus the mailing list is now hosted by mailbase, at the University of Newcastle. To join, send the following mail message to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk with a body as follows: join project-management FirstName Surname You will receive acknowledgment and a copy of the user guide. ****PLEASE READ THE USER GUIDE***** All postings to the list itself go to: project-management@mailbase.ac.uk DO NOT SEND COMMANDS (SUCH AS "SEND PROJECT-MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION") TO THIS ADDRESS !! The aim of the list is to discuss project management techniques - 4 - 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" > 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. > > Please send any questions or comments to: > halvard.kilde@protek.unit.no > or post them at the project managemnt mailing list. 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] 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 - 5 - > > 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 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- hann.Hanekom@datavert.co.za] In Feb 94, I received this from Chris Vandersluis 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 eventually be located in the PM area on mailbase. I am desperate for some more decent reviews of software. Please contribute to the reviews file by sending email to myself at . - 6 - 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 be available soon in the PM area at mail- base. See the mailbase user guide and related documents for infor- mation about retrieving such files. The FAQ is available at mailbase.ac.uk:/pub/lists/project-management/files/proj- plan.faq 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 end in the body of the message, where = proj-plan.reviews - for the reviews file = proj-plan.FAQ - 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 ftp.wst.com:/pub/projplan. The FAQ, reviews and glossary documents are available in World Wide Web (WWW) form on the WWW server at Welcom Software. The URLs for these three documents are: http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.FAQ.html http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.reviews.html http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.glossary.html These are quite likely to lag behind the FAQ and the other files. Again, thanks to Alun Jones from Welcom for this. 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 Phillips) at - 7 - 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 _____________ 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 is currently available at: cpsacs.cps.msu.edu (35.8.56.92) in pub/xsrc, with the name xplan-1.0.tar.Z. 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 , Dec 92.] XOPPS XOPPS was developed by a group at NASA/JPL, including Susan Murphy , who was responsible for getting it placed on an ftp site along with Mike Tankenson . 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 - 8 - beta source present (hpxopps.tar.Z) as well, but Andrew Davi- son 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 > (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 - 9 - > 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 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 between the item type (eg: COMP:) and the info:: COMP: ADDR:
PHONE: FAX: PLATS: PRICE: MISC: DATE: CONT: Autoplan - 10 - CAODMDPR:: Digital Tools, Inc. PHONE: 408-366-6920 FAX: EMAIL: PLATS: Most UNIX platforms. PRICE: MISC: nghoff@albert.monsanto.com (Norman G. Hoffman) supplies a review and further info in the project plan review file (see Introduction). DATE: CONT: c23dew@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (David White) de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill)] 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: de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) from May '92 Export Catalogue. GECOMO Plus COMP: GEC-Marconi Software Systems ADDR: PHONE: 703-648-1551 FAX: EMAIL: PLATS: Sun/HP/IBM/VAX PRICE: MISC: DATE: CONT: [de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) ] 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: - 11 - CONT: [de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) ] SIZE Plus COMP: GEC-Marconi Software Systems ADDR: PHONE: 703-648-1551 FAX: EMAIL: PLATS: Sun/HP/IBM/VAX PRICE: MISC: DATE: CONT: [de5@ORNL.GOV (Dave Sill) ] 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. 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 - 12 - 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 - 13 - 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 & Alun Jones Cobra COMP: Welcom Software. ADDR: See "Open plan" above. PHONE: FAX: EMAIL: PLATS: DOS & VAX PRICE: - 14 - 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 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 for updating me with this - 8/9/93] DATE: CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk 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 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 - 15 - 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 ] 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 ] PC/DOS Software _______________ - 16 - 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). 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 oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip DATE: 9/94 CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk 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 fu- nic.funet.fi:msdos/graphics/flowchart/ganttman.zip DATE: 9/94 CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk Mainline COMP: Minuteman Systems ADDR: P.O. Box 152 Belmont MA 02178 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 The following is a list of project management, project schedulers, - 17 - task managers or task schedulers with varying capabilities, found on South African BBS's by Johann Hanekom If anyone can point to an ftp site for any or all of these, I'd be grateful. 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. 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 - 18 - 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 - 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 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: - 19 - 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 - 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 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; - 20 - 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 COMP: From Kidasa Software ADDR: 16 Connaught Street, Marble Arch, London W2 2AF. PHONE: (+44)-71-723-3773 FAX: (+44)-226-780837 EMAIL: PLATS: DOS PRICE: Version 3.1 - 199 UK Pounds. - 21 - MISC: "written for Windows and with the presentation of Barcharts in mind". I do not have Kidasa Software Inc's USA address, but Kidasa is a US company. Demo disk available, and sale or return copies al- so available. In the UK, there is a special deal of #89.00 if bought before October 94. DATE: Sept '94 CONT: pete@smtl.demon.co.uk 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 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 Robert Ward SuperProject / CA-SuperProject 3.0 COMP: Computer Associates ADDR: 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.) DATE: CONT: Randall Raemon <0005650778@mcimail.com> Other Platforms - 22 - _______________ 15) Is there any project management software for the Psion Organiser ? Yep ! Andy Clarkson has written a piece of s/w which will be available soon from either the Psion 3Lib collection or from the Imperial College ftp Archive (src.doc.ic.ac.uk:/public/packages/psion/icdoc). I'm not sure which directory it is in yet nor the name of the file, but watch this space. 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 ] 2. Fastrak Training Inc. (Eileen Quann, etal) Software Project Management course; 4 days, 20 students, $10.5k [ from Cheng- Lung Chang ] 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 ] 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 ] 5. American Management Association 135 West 50th Street New York, NY 10020-1201 (800) 262-9699 Courses include: - 23 - 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). 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 servers address and instructions on usage). It is soon to be moved to the mailbase site for ftp, and the mail-server will then go away. 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 , which I will make available at one of the ftp sites. - 24 - 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) 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. - 25 - 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 , 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 , 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 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 ] Title: Project Management Handbook - 26 - ISBN: Author: edited by Cleland & King Publ: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Year: 1983 Comment: They selected many papers about PM. [Sergio Massahiro Tanaka ] 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) ISBN: 0-13-138793-6 - 27 - 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 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 - 28 - Also, some software engineering terms on http://dxsting.cern.ch/sting/sting.html [Thanks to Mike Sendall ] Razor Razor is a configuration management and problem tracking sys- tem available from Tower Concepts, Inc 103 Sylvan Way New Hartford, NY 13413 V: (315) 724-3540 F: (315) 724-3540 sales@tower.com "Razor is priced at $495/floating license making us as the most aggresively priced commercial package for either problem tracking or CM!" Further info, from the email address above, and copies of both their release software and manual set are available via anon ftp from ftp.uu.net:/vendor/tower-concepts 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" ] 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. - 29 - ["William R. Watt" ] 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 informa- tion 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 application 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 Man- agement Professional (PMP) designation. Examinations are held - 30 - quarterly at various locations. Contact PMI for details. No mention is made of any BBS access (though I have heard rumors that a BBS exists), nor is any mention made of an email address. I would expect any details to be given in their magazine." 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 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 : - 31 - Rhys, Carys and Sian Phillips, 22 The Dell, Laleston, Bridgend, South Wales, UK. (Age 7, 5 and 1!) (BTW - thanks to all of you who have sent cards so far) -- Pete Phillips, Deputy Director, Surgical Materials Testing Lab, Bridgend General Hospital, S. Wales. Fax: 0656-667291 pete@smtl.demon.co.uk -- If you think knowledge is expensive, you should try ignorance.