JP2002236788A - Project progress management device for computer aided design - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily realize checking of the omission of operation, confirming of operation contents and grasping of an operation progress situation. SOLUTION: Necessary operation and a schedule are set for every milestone in advance, and a document directory for the execution and operation finish of a command on a CAD sorted for every milestone is prepared. Then, check list after necessary operation, the next operation list and warning by a mail concerning the milestone passing over a schedule are performed automatically and the progress information of a project on the Web is updated automatically.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer aided design (CAD) project progress management apparatus, and more particularly to a work leakage suitable for use in a CAD apparatus for designing a large-scale integrated circuit (LSI). The present invention relates to a CAD project progress management device capable of easily realizing checks, confirmation of work contents thereafter, and grasp of work progress status.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the process of circuit design or chip formation by a semiconductor vendor, not only circuit design on a CAD device, but also creation of various documents such as specifications and instruction manuals, related departments or external departments. Various processes, such as schedule adjustment with the company, need to be performed without errors in a fixed period.

Therefore, conventionally, according to the work procedure manual and the schedule, the progress management of the work and whether there is any work omission have been manually checked by a checklist or the like.

[0004]

However, according to the conventional method, when one person is in charge of a plurality of project tasks or when the work procedure itself is considerably large, missing entries due to busyness may occur. Therefore, there is a problem that a plan is delayed due to work leakage or leakage of related work instructions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems.
Check for work leaks, check the contents of subsequent work, and
An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily grasp the work progress.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a project progress management device for computer-aided design, comprising: a project information template generation device for generating a template of project information; A milestone setting / change device that sets the schedule (start and end dates), results (start and end dates), and the progress mailing address, and executes a computer-aided design command to which milestone information is added, or documents Each time a document in the end directory in the directory is updated, the progress column of the milestone setting / change device is updated, and at the same time, a progress information updating device for prompting the update of the progress information reporting device; Renewed or recently completed within a specified time period A progress information reporting device that sends an e-mail to the specified address with a work checklist for the completed work of the milestone, a work list for the next milestone, and a periodic warning about the work for the milestone that is beyond schedule The above-mentioned problem is solved by automatically monitoring work leakage, advance confirmation before work, and overall progress management.

When the project information includes a project code, a design directory and a template file for computer-aided design, a document directory and a template for the document, and further, when the progress information is posted on the Internet web, the It includes a directory and template files for the web display language.

Further, the progress information reporting device updates the progress information posted on the Internet web, so that it can be easily monitored from a remote place.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
Regarding the CAD device 10 for SI, for example, the project code 24, the design directory 26 and the CAD template file, the document directory 28 and the document template and the web display language (for example, HT
A project information template generating device 20 for creating a project information template 22 such as an HTML directory 30 for HTML (ML) and an HTML template file, and an RT in which RTL descriptions of all circuits are completed, for example.
Work is performed for each milestone, such as completion of L, first sign-off for verification with provisional wiring length, second sign-off for verification with actual wiring length, and data release, which is reception of customer data by provisional or actual wiring. A milestone setting / change device 40 for setting items, created documents, schedules (start and end dates) and results (start and end dates), and a progress mailing address, and L to which milestone information is added
Every time the SI design CAD command is executed or the document in the end directory in the document directory 28 is updated, the result column of the milestone setting / change device 40 is updated. 44, a progress information updating device 42 for prompting the updating of the progress information 44, a work checklist relating to the completion work of the recently completed milestone in which the progress information updating device 42 is updated or within a designated period, A progress information reporting device 44 for sending an e-mail of a work list of stones and a regular warning regarding work of milestones exceeding schedule to a designated address, and simultaneously updating progress information on the web; ing.

Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described.

First, when a new project is generated, the project information template generating device 20 automatically generates a template as shown in FIG. 2 as a schedule table for managing the progress of the project.

Further, a milestone and its work items are set by the milestone setting / changing device 40 for each project. FIG. 3 shows an example of a milestone. In this example, the milestone is the first sign-off, the immediately preceding milestone is the data release, and the next milestone is the second sign-off. Documents are listed in the DOC section.
In addition, MAIL indicating the sending mail address sends an e-mail to the manager for progress management (manager),
A copy is also sent to the designer (taro).

In this state, a command is executed on the CAD device 10, or a directory created in the document directory 28 (completed document in DOCS / CLOSE on the sixth line in FIG. 2 in the above example).
Is updated, the progress information update device 42 calls the milestone setting / change device 40, and updates the results (start date, execution, end date) as shown in FIG. FIG.
In, the scheduled date is entered at the beginning of DATE indicating the date, and the actual date is automatically entered in parentheses following the scheduled date.

The progress information reporting device 44 sends an e-mail to the designated address according to the following cases, with the following contents. In addition, for all changes, the progress information described in HTML in the WWW directory on the Internet is updated.

(1) When the content of the milestone setting / change device 40 is updated, when the update is the completion of the milestone, the work completion checklist of the completed milestone and the next milestone Send a work list.

[0017] (2) If there is a milestone for which the schedule has passed for a predetermined period, a mail is sent to the effect that the planned milestone has exceeded the schedule, and a delay is warned.

In the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to a CAD device for LSI design. However, the application of the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is similarly applicable to a general CAD device. It is.

[0019]

According to the present invention, many processes required in CAD are automatically managed without relying on input from an operator,
It is possible to reduce management man-hours by reducing work leakage and automatically performing progress management.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a project progress management device of a CAD device for LSI design according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a project information template in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a milestone.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of updating milestones.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Computer-aided design (CAD) apparatus 20 ... Project information template generation apparatus 22 ... Project template 24 ... Project code 26 ... Design directory 28 ... Document directory 30 ... HTML directory 40 ... Milestone design / change apparatus 42 ... Progress information update apparatus 44… Progress information reporting device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A project progress management device for computer-aided design, comprising: a project information template generation device for generating a project information template; a work item, a created document, and a schedule (start and end dates) for each milestone. A milestone setting / change device that sets the actual and actual (start and end dates) and the progress mail sending address, and executes the computer-aided design command with the added milestone information, or the document in the end directory in the document directory Each time is updated, a progress information update device that updates the performance column of the milestone setting / change device and simultaneously prompts an update of the progress information report device; and that the progress information update device is updated or designated. The end of the most recently completed milestone within the A work checklist for completed work, and a progress information reporting device that sends an e-mail to the designated address with a work list for the next milestone and a periodic warning about work for milestones that are beyond schedule. A project progress management device for computer-aided design, which automatically monitors work leakage, advance confirmation before work, and overall progress management. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the project information includes a project code, a design directory and a template file for computer-aided design, a document directory and a template for the document, and a progress display information on a web display language when the progress information is posted on the Internet. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a directory and a template file in a web display language. 3. The computer-aided design project progress management according to claim 1, wherein the progress information reporting device updates the progress information posted on the Internet web. apparatus.