JP2002259649A - Cost managing method for project - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To evaluate costs while considering not only the cost calculated for each project but also the estimated cost of an entire enterprise or organization by synchronizing grasping of costs with activities for each project, carrying-out of a budget and estimated grasping of the entire enterprise or organization. SOLUTION: An input device scheduled to assign resources is prepared for grasping the costs with daily activities for each project and can be updated at all the time corresponding to proceedings of the project. The assignment schedule of resources is utilized for carrying out the budget for each project. When carrying out the budget for each project, processing such as multiplying an amount for a unit such as time or number of devices to the assignment schedule of resources or each project is performed so that the costs can be calculated. When performing estimated grasping of the entire enterprise or organization, a time point is determined, the costs are calculated from the resource assignment schedule of all the projects and accumulation is executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to grasping the cost of each project and executing a budget using a computer, and grasping the cost of a company or an entire organization.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Hitherto, separate systems have been used for the status of costs associated with the activities of each project, the execution of budgets, and the grasp of the prospects of a company or an entire organization. In general, when grasping the prospects of a company or the entire organization, once
There were evaluations such as first time, review, second time, etc. without X, but it was difficult to grasp the history.

[0003]

Conventionally, the cost status associated with the activities of each project, the execution of the budget, and the grasp of the prospects of the entire company or organization have been separate systems. The outlook costs for a company or the entire organization needed to be output and evaluated separately. In addition, it was necessary to input data redundantly in a plurality of systems, and to check data consistency. Also, when creating a normal budget, once
There were evaluations such as first time, review, second time, etc., but there was a problem that it was difficult to grasp the history.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and calculate the cost for each project by synchronizing the grasp of the cost associated with the activities of each project, the execution of the budget, and the grasp of the prospects of the entire company or organization. The purpose is to output and evaluate the costs and the prospective costs of the entire company or organization at once, and to eliminate duplicate data entry. It also provides a means for managing the history of budget data.

[0005]

According to the project cost management method of the present invention, the cost associated with the daily activities of each project, the execution of the budget for each project, and the estimated cost of the entire company or organization are determined. Do it in the system. An input device for allocating resources is prepared to grasp costs associated with daily activities for each project, and can be constantly updated as the project progresses.

The budget for each project is executed using the resource allocation schedule. When the budget is executed, the resource allocation needs to be reviewed, and the resource allocation schedule is always kept up to date. In executing the budget for each project, the cost can be calculated by performing processing such as multiplying the resource allocation schedule for each project by the amount per unit such as time or number of units. At the time of cost calculation, in order to achieve both totalization of costs and occasional input of a resource allocation schedule, the data of the calculation result is assigned a number and meaning necessary for identification and stored. When grasping the prospects of a company or an entire organization, a time is determined, costs are calculated from resource allocation plans of all projects, and totalization is performed. Also at this time, the data of the calculation result is given a number and meaning necessary for identification and stored. By extracting and outputting the stored cost calculation result data in arbitrary two or more pairs, the deviation can be easily evaluated.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 shows an example of a system configuration for realizing the present invention. In FIG. 1, an information processing apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as a server) having a function of managing transmission and reception of a file and an information processing system including an information processing apparatus (hereinafter, referred to as a client) which transmits and receives a file to and from the server are applied. It is. The relationship between information processing apparatuses applied to the present embodiment and the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG. The server (13) and the clients (11, 12) transmit and receive data via the network (14). A resource allocation schedule file (133) for storing the resource allocation schedule from the client in the server,
Budget execution result file (134) that accumulates budget execution results
And a cost calculation result file (13
5). For each client, prepare a screen display device, central processing unit, input device, and storage device for inputting the resource allocation schedule, input the project resource allocation schedule on the client side, accumulate it in the server, and perform each process on the server. Do. Further, a printer (15) for outputting a cost calculation result is provided.

Next, a budget management method according to the present system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. From the estimation of the work amount, an allocation schedule for resources such as people and equipment is input (step 202). The total cost is calculated by, for example, multiplying the input resource allocation schedule by the amount per unit such as time or number. At this time, the data is given a number and meaning necessary for identification and a copy is stored (step 203). It is determined whether or not the calculated cost is approved as a budget (step 204), and if approved as a budget, the budget is executed (step 205). On the other hand, if the budget is not approved, the workload is re-estimated as an external factor. The above steps are repeated until the project ends (step 206). The above steps are executed as needed for each project.

Further, in order to periodically grasp the management prospects of the entire company and to set targets asynchronously with the situation of each project, the total budget of the company is to be implemented. The cost calculation based on the resource allocation schedule to be set is performed for all projects at the same time. At this time, the data is given a number and meaning necessary for identification and a copy is stored (step 21).
1). With respect to the total result of the company, measures for the target such as achievement of the management target are developed (step 212). At this time, the total result of the company is used as a judgment material for approval as a budget for the cost of each project.

Next, a processing image by the present system will be described with reference to FIG.

The resource allocation schedule is always updatable by reflecting the status of the project (because the project always changes due to various factors, and the timing of the change is different for each project) (step 301). A time point is determined, and the budget is obtained by totalizing resource allocation schedules in the entire company / organization (step 302). During budget execution, the cost outlook can be evaluated against the budget (step 30).
3). Estimate the budget execution status for each project and check the cost status (Step 30)
Four).

[0013]

According to the present invention, it is possible to synchronously output the cost calculated for each project and the prospective cost of the company or the entire organization, and to compare and evaluate them. Also, when approving a project budget (company or organization-wide), it is now possible to take into account the company or organization-wide budget outlook as needed. In addition, by assigning the numbers and meanings necessary for identification to the cost aggregation results, it is possible to manage the history of the first time, review, second time, etc. when grasping the estimated cost of the company or the entire organization It became possible to measure whether those improvement goals were achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a procedure of a process using the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing image utilizing the present invention.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Keiji Ruku, Inventor 1-27, Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo Inside the Public Works Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Taro Nagai, Inventor 1-6-1, Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo 27 Public Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (72) Inventor Yasuo Kusakari 1-27, Shinsuna, Koto-ku, Tokyo Public Systems Division, Hitachi, Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] A file for storing a resource allocation schedule, a cost calculation result, and a budget execution result for each project; calculating a cost for each project from a resource allocation schedule set for each project; A project cost management method characterized in that a total budget is created by summing up the entire company and organization, and the budget is evaluated and corrected by comparing the budget at any time when the budget is executed. 2. The project cost management method according to claim 1, wherein a number and history information required for identification are added to a cost calculation result for each project, and a budget evaluation for each time point is performed as a whole or for each project. A project cost management method characterized by management.