JP2003108735A - Project management system, program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a project management system for connecting a document prepared by a project with the progress management of the project. SOLUTION: In the project management system provided with a document management data base for managing results prepared at the time of performing the project and a project information management data base for managing the progress state of the project, the empty substance of a result to be prepared in each process of the project is registered in the document management data base, link information to the registered empty substance is registered in the project information management data base in relation with the process, a document group to be prepared in respective processes is standardized, and a person in charge of the project and a reader can grasp which document is prepared during the execution of the project and how is the progress state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a project management system, a program and a recording medium for managing a project composed of a large number of personnel, and more specifically, it supports the standardization of a project process and a created document. A project management system that visually displays the progress of work and provides support information for timely and appropriate management, a program for executing the functions of the project management system, and a computer-readable program recording the program. Recording medium

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a relatively large-scale project, first, a methodology is created in which work contents (generally documents are deliverables) and procedures (relationships between deliverables) are defined. According to this methodology, it will be carried out jointly by multiple project personnel. A plurality of personnel are assigned work contents to be executed by an administrator (project manager or the like) who manages the project, and the progress of the work is adjusted.

Conventionally, in the management of such a project, the management of the project schedule and the management of the document that manages the documents generated as the project progresses are managed separately. Searching for documents related to is complicated.

In the schedule management system disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2000-315228, the schedule management in an individual or organization and the document data are managed in association with each other, so that they are not separately managed and the related documents can be easily searched. It can be done.

In the document management system and the document management storage medium disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-177568, the project schedule management and the documents created in the project are efficiently managed, and the progress status of the project is It is possible to clearly understand the time-series relationship of documents and the chain relationship of documents.

Further, the document management method and apparatus and the computer-readable recording medium disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-282181 allow a worker associated with a project to efficiently create a document while referring to the document creation status and its contents. Further, the process of the project and the document are associated with each other, and the progress of document creation is displayed.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Multiple companies, business establishments,
When performing a project that spans individuals, the following problems occur. -When managing projects, it is difficult to manage the progress and grasp the progress of other companies, other business establishments, and individuals because the management methods are not the same due to differences in culture and culture. -Currently, we rely on mail and email to refer to and distribute documents required for tasks / jobs.

The above-mentioned second problem can be solved by using a service provider that stores the document to be referred to or distributed to the server on the Internet and provides the software for storing and retrieving the document. However, in general, a document is often a product of work having some purpose, and is managed in a unit of a project / task or the like. Also, when carrying out a project with a third party, there are documents that can be viewed and documents that cannot be viewed.
In order to solve this, the current situation is to set access rights for each document. However, when working with an unspecified large number of third parties, setting an access right for each such document is complicated. For example, depending on the progress of the project, the personnel may change, and it is difficult to reset the access right of the relevant document for each change.

With respect to such a problem, the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2
The 000-315228 publication only manages schedules related to personnel and organizations and documents related thereto, standardizes work processes and a group of documents to be created in a project consisting of many personnel and many tasks, and It is not suitable for document confidentiality control.

Further, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-177568, a document link is pasted on an arrow diagram after the created document has been examined and approved, but until then, the existence and contents of the document are not included in the person in charge. Cannot be referred to by personnel.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-2821818 aims at making a document before completion be viewed according to the preparation status as the project progresses, and it is possible to know the documents which have been prepared or completed. However, it is not possible to grasp what kind of documents will be created as the project is carried out.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and records a project management system, a program for executing the function of the project management system, and the program for the purpose of the following. A computer-readable recording medium is provided. (1) Documents created in the project can be linked to the progress management of the project and easily viewed and managed by other personnel. (2) In the project, standardize what work process and what documents should be created in that process. Also, when creating a document, identify which document is referred to when creating the document. (3) The progress management becomes easy by visualizing and providing the delay to the plan and its progress.

[0013]

In order to solve the above problems, the project management system according to claim 1 of the present invention is a project management system for managing the progress of a product created when a project is executed, The feature is that the empty entity of the artifact to be created in each process of the project is registered first when the project is planned.

Further, the project management system according to claim 2 of the present invention is a project management system having a document management database for managing deliverables created when a project is executed and a project information management database for managing the progress of the project. In, at the time of project planning, register an empty entity of the deliverable to be created in each process of the project in the document management database,
It is characterized in that the link information to the registered empty entity is registered in the project information management database in association with the process. According to claim 3 of the present invention, in the project management system according to claim 2, there is a project template database in which at least a process for each type of project and a product to be created in the process are registered as a template. It is characterized by registering the deliverables to be created in each process of the project by selecting a template and standardizing the deliverables created in the project. Also,
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the project management system according to the second or third aspect, the artifact created in the step and a reference document referred to when creating the artifact are associated with the step. It is characterized in that it is registered in the project information management database. A fifth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the project management system according to the fourth aspect, the reference document is an existing product or a product created in a previous step. According to claim 6 of the present invention, in the project management system according to claim 4 or 5, from the link information registered in the project information management database, the deliverable or the product in the document management database which is an entity or the The feature is that the reference document can be referred to.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the project management system according to any one of the second to sixth aspects, the project information management database is provided with the respective personnel of the project, their roles, and documents according to these roles. Access authority to the document, when the personnel access this document, the project information management database is examined based on the personnel's role, and access to the substance of the document is permitted within the permitted authority. It is characterized by having been forgiven.

[0016] According to claim 8 of the present invention, in the project management system according to any one of claims 2 to 7, there is provided a progress status display means for displaying a progress status of the deliverable created in the project. However, when displaying the progress status, it is possible to display the progress status of the staff of the process and the deliverables in charge of the staff so that the creation plan of the deliverable can be managed. A ninth aspect of the present invention is the project management system according to the eighth aspect, wherein the progress status display means displays the personnel and the work period of the deliverable to determine who creates the deliverable. The feature is that it can be managed. According to claim 10 of the present invention, in the project management system according to claim 8 or 9, the progress status display means displays a work period for each of the steps, and a product created within the work period. The feature is that the creation status of the deliverable can be understood by pasting an icon indicating the progress status. According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the project management system according to the tenth aspect, the icon is displayed by being identified according to a difference between a creation status and / or a creation plan. Also,
Claim 12 of the present invention is the project management system according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the icon is
Linked to the document in the document management database that is the entity of the artifact or reference document represented by this icon,
The feature is that the entity of the document can be referred from this icon. A program according to claim 13 of the present invention is a program for executing the function of the project management system according to any one of claims 1 to 12. A recording medium according to claim 14 of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 13 is recorded.

With the above configuration, the document created in the project is linked with the progress management of the project, so that the management of document creation in the project and the browsing management from other personnel can be easily performed. Also,
When a project is planned, a plan of documents to be created in the project is also created, so that the plan of document creation and its progress can be viewed from the project planning stage, so that the project management can be easily performed. As a result, the documents to be created in the project can be standardized. Further, since which document should be referred to when creating a document is associated and the referenced document can be easily viewed, it is possible for the personnel to create the document reliably and easily. Further, the delay in the plan and the progress thereof are visualized and provided in the form and color of the document link icon, so that the progress management of the project becomes easy.

[0018]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A project management system of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present system) will be described below with reference to the drawings. Next, terms used in describing the embodiment of the present system will be defined. -Project: An action / action that has a defined period and results and that aims to meet it. -Task: Represents a logical unit of work that constitutes a project. Tasks can be split into smaller tasks. -Job: It is a subdivision of a task and represents the minimum unit of practical work. Jobs cannot be split. Further, one task may represent one job. Tasks and jobs are sometimes called processes. -Project leader (PL): An administrator who manages tasks / jobs for the entire project. -Task leader: An administrator who manages tasks / jobs assigned by the project leader. -(Work) personnel: Workers in charge of tasks / jobs. -Reference documents: Standards, procedure manuals, design documents, etc. necessary for task / job work, including output documents from tasks / jobs in the previous process and documents as deliverables of similar projects. -Output document (deliverable): A document created as a result of the work of a task / job, and also a deliverable of a project. Output documents may be created by referring to the above referenced documents. Alternatively, the products of similar projects may be diverted and created.

(1) Outline of this system The present invention provides an interface (screen) to a document management system that stores and manages documents (or documents with substitute characteristics) created in a project from the project management system. So, the concept is to have a time axis in the document. Therefore, at the start of the project, an output document created in the project is planned, and an output document that has bibliographic data but empty content is created in the document management system. The project management system manages document links to output documents created in the document management system and reference information and project management information for creating the output documents.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram for explaining the outline of this system. In FIG. 1, the present system includes a project management center 700 including a project management apparatus 100 and a document management apparatus 200, a business office 300 having a project leader who manages a project and a worker who actually performs a work, and a satellite office 400. And a computer owned by the development contracting company 500 and a network 60 including the Internet or an intranet
0 is connected. One or more of these business offices 300, satellite offices 400, and development contracting companies 500 exist depending on the scale of the project, the location of personnel, etc., and are connected to the project management center 700. Documents to be developed and progress are managed. The project management apparatus 100 manages the progress status of the project and the document created by each task / job in association with each other, and the document management apparatus 200 manages the document created by the project and the reference document to be referenced.

The project management apparatus 100 and the document management apparatus 200 are the same as those of the project management center 700.
Instead of being installed only at the location, it may be present at any one of the business office 300, the satellite office 400, and the development contracting company 500, or each of them. In this case, the documents managed by the document management apparatus 200 are only those created by the business office 300, the satellite office 400, and the development contracting company 500, and the reference is made only by the personnel having the access authority. Make it accessible to others. The project management apparatus 100 is also installed in the same manner, but the project management apparatus 100 that integrates the entire project and manages the progress must also be provided.

In addition, the project management center 700
When installed in an SP (application service provider), each device (100, 200) need only be present in one place, and therefore the complexity of starting a project and in its progress is reduced.

In the following, the project management center 700 is set to 1
Installed in various locations, business office 300, satellite office 40
This system will be described assuming that the ASPs are accessed from 0 or the development contracting company 500 by terminals.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the functional configuration of the project management apparatus 100 of this system. Figure 2
In the project management apparatus 100, at least the project definition means 110 and the project information management D
B (database) 120, project template DB (database) 130, project progress registration means 140, and project progress status display means 150. Further, the document management apparatus 200 is a document management DB
A (database) 210 is provided to register and manage the content (entity) of the document group managed by the project management apparatus 100. The document management DB 210 is either a database management system, a file server, or information stored on the Web as long as it can link a reference document or an output document referred to by a task / job of the project information management DB 120. Good.

(2) Project definition (project definition means 110) First, in the input screen as shown in FIG. 3, general items of the project (project name, project leader name, project start date, end date, use) Define the project by entering the template etc.). Usually, in product development such as software, there are fixed processes such as planning, designing, programming, testing,
As a reference document for each process, there are a standard to be referred, a procedure manual, and a design document of a previous process. In the output document created in each process, the procedure manual and design document necessary for the next process are generated. For example, a leader with little experience in projects
Some parts are not familiar with the software development process, the documents required for each process, and the relationships between documents. These problems cause delays in the project.

Therefore, for example, in the case of a software development project, a task (a large process), a reference document required for each task, an output document for “package software development”, “individual order software development”, etc. , By using the template that defines the procedures and standard documents to be referenced, it is possible to minimize the risk of project delay due to experience differences. These templates include several templates for defining not only software development but also the development process of various projects such as architecture and machine development, sales strategy, etc., the development procedure, and the resulting document group. It is prepared. Also, this template can be new or customized for your project.

At the time of defining a project, by selecting a template similar to the project to be executed this time from the project template DB 130, the task defined in the template and its schedule are created in the project information management DB 120. The document created here contains only bibliographic data (for example, document name, creator name, department name, creation date, completion date, progress status, modification date, distribution destination, document file list, etc.) The document is registered in the document management DB 210. Here, the document file list indicates a file in which the contents of a document are stored (text, graphics, images, etc. are stored), and is initially empty. Also, the link information to the document registered here is associated with each task / job and registered in the project information management DB 120. Further, the document created by each expanded task and the reference document referred to when creating the document include link information to the document management DB 210 of the document management apparatus 200 in which the entity is registered, for each task / job. It is registered in the project information management DB 120 in association with.

Next, the project manager defines the resource ratio that can be used for each employee in advance, and uses it to define the personnel who participate in this project (see FIG. 3).
Reference), refer to the large schedule developed in the template earlier, and create a plan for the entire project in consideration of milestones, etc. According to this large schedule, the task leader deploys the task, and the worker assigned to the task deploys the task into the job (see FIG. 3).

The template selected above creates the default documents (reference document and output document) required for the project, but the necessary output documents can be modified and added depending on the task / job development. And the associated reference documents. When those documents are diverted from similar projects or output documents in the previous process, the link information to the entity of the document is registered in association with the corresponding task or job in the project information management DB 120. In addition, when creating a new output document, the bibliographical matter data and its empty entity are registered in the document management DB 210, and a link to the registered document is linked to the corresponding task or job in the project information management DB 120. Register in association. Initially, the only output document created by the template is the list in the left column shown in Figure 4,
When necessary tasks / jobs are set and the schedule (document creation start date, end date) is set, the screen is displayed as shown in FIG.

These registered output documents are
As shown in FIG. 5, it is displayed as a list of icons showing links to output documents for each task / job. Further, the registered reference documents are displayed as a list of icons indicating links to the reference documents for each task / job as shown in FIG. It is also possible to combine these FIGS. 5 and 6 and display the relationship between the reference document and the output document for each task / job as shown in FIG. 7. Left-click the document icon in the column of these reference documents and output documents with the mouse to display the document management DB 21
0 can be accessed and its contents can be displayed. Alternatively, for example, the document icon may be right-clicked with the mouse to display the bibliographic items (document properties) of the document as shown in FIG.

The project leader adjusts the tasks / jobs created by the task leaders and the workers as described above, partially corrects them, and publishes the decided overall plan. Therefore, when a project is planned, a document plan to be created in the project is also created, so that the document creation plan and its progress can be viewed from the project planning stage, and the project management can be easily performed. As a result, the documents to be created in the project can be standardized.

The project information management DB 1 is used as the authority given to the role of each staff member of the project with the access authority range (reference only, reference and writable, copyable, etc.) to the document created or referred to by the above-mentioned job / task.
Store in 20. When each staff member accesses a document registered in the document management DB 210, the project information management DB 120 is checked based on the role of the staff member, and the access to the document is permitted within the permitted authority. Since this access right is not set for each document of the document management DB 210 that manages the document contents but is set as project management information, the access right of the document management DB 210 is changed even when a worker is replaced. No need.

(3) Project Progress (Project Progress Registering Means 140) The work staff displays the project progress status of the person in charge to be described later, confirms the progress, confirms the contents of the reference document, and outputs the output document. create. At this time, the output document is the reference document of the document management DB 210 or the corresponding procedure manual / from the project template DB 130.
An existing document is diverted from a template of a related material or a similar project, and is created and registered in the document management DB 210.

The work staff registers the progress of the charge and the document achievement in the project information DB 120. Also, a document created unplanned is registered as an output document of the corresponding job each time.

(4) Display of project progress status (project progress status display unit 150) Normally, when a project is created, in the case of a large-scale system, a leader is set for each system (corresponding to a large task in the present invention). , The task creation and management is left to the discretion. However, the system and personnel are not necessarily in a correspondence relationship, and in some cases, one personnel may be involved in multiple systems. In such a case, in the conventional system, tasks are divided on a system-by-system basis, which makes it difficult to confirm tasks / jobs centered on people.

In order to solve this, in the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, the progress status of each task of the project and the output document to be created are displayed. Figure 9
In the left column, in order from the left, the task name, the start date and time and the end date and time of the task, the work staff (person in charge) name of this task and the responsible district name, and the icon list of the reference document to be referenced to create the output document. , Task progress (%), icon list of output documents created by this task. Further, as shown in FIG. 10, for each output document, who and when to create it are displayed. In FIG. 10, in order from the left column, the output document name, the name of the worker (person in charge) who creates this output document and its responsible district name, and the start date and time of the task or job for creating this output document And the end date and time, which is visualized as a bar chart.
9 and 10, it is easy to understand "who, when, what", so that it is easy to manage the staffing across tasks of a large-scale system. Further, since which document should be referred to when creating a document is associated and the referenced document can be easily viewed, it is possible for the personnel to create the document reliably and easily.

Further, the progress status of the output document created by the task / job is displayed as shown in FIG.
In FIG. 11, the top line shows the title of this task. In order from the left column, the project name, the title of the column showing the icon list of the reference document, and the task showing which task this task is about. Name and title of the column showing the icon list of the output document. The line below this title shows the icon list of the reference document, the task bar / job bar showing the work period and its progress, and the icon list of the output document for each task and job obtained by dividing the task "Basic technology survey". There is. This reference document icon list,
The taskbar / jobbar and output document icon lists are displayed corresponding to the tasks / jobs in the left column.

The mark in front of the task / job name shown by S in the figure represents the progress of the task / job by a color change. As a result, it is possible to confirm which task / job is late or is in progress. In order to identify tasks and jobs, for example, tasks are colored in dark blue, jobs are colored in brown, and the task / job name and task bar / job bar are displayed to confirm the task / job that each person is in charge of. be able to.

Further, in FIG. 11, the task "basic technology excavation summary" is divided into three jobs "idea development", "idea comparison" and "idea summary". The schedule for this task is shown in the figure. The work period of the task is shown by a task bar T. The work period of the job "idea development" is indicated by a job bar J1, the work period of "idea comparison" is indicated by a job bar J2, and the work period of the job "idea summary" is indicated by a job bar J3. The job bar J1 shows the creation status of the output document "idea sheet" and its revised version "idea sheet # 2". Similarly, J2 indicates the creation status of the output document “comparison chart” and its revised version “comparison chart # 2”. J3 indicates the status of preparation of the output document “Summary Report”. On these task bars and job bars, icons of output documents to be created during the work period are pasted at the time when the creation of the documents is completed. The icons attached to these bars also correspond to the columns showing the list of output documents. For example, the icon A in the figure is the icon B,
Since C corresponds to D and E corresponds to F, it is possible to confirm what kind of document the icon in the bar is.

The icon of the document in this bar or the column of the reference document / output document is changed in shape, color, etc. according to "unfinished (unstarted / under construction)" or "completion of creation", etc. Can be identified. further,
Depending on whether the icon is created according to the plan, the completion date shown in the creation plan is compared with the creation status of today (the line indicated by N in the figure indicates today).
The colors are changed so that they can be identified. For example, the icon shown by A in the drawing is an icon with a "check" indicating that the creation is completed, and the incomplete document is displayed as an icon with a blank inside as shown by C in the drawing. Also, the icon of the document which has the scheduled completion date is white, the document which is completed by the scheduled completion date is blue, and the icon of the document which is not completed by the scheduled completion date is E or F in the figure. It is red as shown. Further, a document that has not been completed by the scheduled completion date may be displayed in a blinking manner so as to be conspicuous.

The task / job display described above is
It is also possible to limit the display to only the work staff of the task / job and the related staff. In this way, the documents created in the project are linked with the progress management of the project, and the delay and progress of the plan are visualized and provided in the form and color of the document link icon. It will be easier.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but each function constituting the above-mentioned project management system is programmed and written in advance in a recording medium such as a CD-ROM.
The object of the present invention is also achieved by mounting the CD-ROM on a computer equipped with a medium driving device such as a CD-ROM drive, storing these programs in a memory or a storage device of the computer, and executing the programs. Needless to say, is achieved. In this case, the program itself read from the recording medium realizes the functions of the above-described embodiments, and the program and the recording medium recording the program also constitute the present invention.

The recording medium is a semiconductor medium (eg, ROM, non-volatile memory card, etc.), optical medium (eg, DVD, MO, MD, CD-R, etc.), magnetic medium (eg, magnetic tape, flexible disk). Etc.).

In addition to executing the functions of the above-described embodiments by executing the loaded program, the operating system or the like performs some or all of the actual processing based on the instructions of the program, and It also includes the case where the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

Further, the above-mentioned program is stored in a storage device such as a magnetic disk of a server computer,
When distributed in a format such as a download from a user's computer connected to the Internet, the storage device of this server computer is also included in the recording medium of the present invention.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the documents created in the project are linked to the project progress management, it is possible to easily manage the document creation in the project and view management from other personnel. In addition, when a project is planned, a document plan to be created in the project is also created, so that the document creation plan and its progress can be viewed from the project planning stage, so that project management can be performed easily. as a result,
It is possible to standardize the documents to be created in the project. Further, since which document should be referred to when creating a document is associated and the referenced document can be easily viewed, it is possible for the personnel to create the document reliably and easily. In addition, since the delay and progress of the plan are visualized and provided in the shape and color of the document link icon,
The project progress management becomes easy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram for explaining an outline of a project management system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a functional configuration of a project management device.

FIG. 3 is an example of a project definition input screen.

FIG. 4 is an example of a display screen of an output document list.

FIG. 5 is a display screen example of an output document created by a task / job.

FIG. 6 is an example of a display screen of a reference document referred to by a task / job.

FIG. 7 is a display screen example of a reference document referred to by a task / job and an output document created.

FIG. 8 is a display screen example of properties of a reference document and an output document.

FIG. 9 is a display screen example of a progress status for each task and an output document to be created.

FIG. 10 is an example of a display screen showing a person in charge for each output document and a work period thereof.

FIG. 11 is a display screen example of a progress status of each task / job and a progress status of an output document.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... Project management device, 110 ... Project definition means, 120 ... Project information management DB (database), 130 ... Project template DB, 1
40 ... Project progress registration means, 150 ... Project progress status display means, 200 ... Document management device, 210 ...
Document management DB, 300 ... Business office, 400 ... Satellite office, 500 ... Development consignment company, 600 ... Network, 700 ... Project management center.

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. In a project management system for managing the progress status of an artifact created when a project is executed, an empty entity of the artifact to be created in each process of the project is first registered when planning the project. A project management system characterized by being set. 2. A project management system having a document management database that manages deliverables created when a project is executed and a project information management database that manages the progress of the project, at each step of the project at the time of planning the project. Register an empty entity of the artifact to be created in the document management database,
A project management system, wherein the link information to the registered empty entity is registered in the project information management database in association with the process. 3. The project management system according to claim 2, further comprising a project template database in which at least a process for each type of project and a product to be created in the process are registered as a template, and the template is selected. A project management system characterized by standardizing the deliverables created in the project by registering the deliverables to be created in each process of the project. 4. The project management system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the deliverable created in the process and a reference document referred to when creating the deliverable are associated with this process. A project management system characterized by being registered in a management database. 5. The project management system according to claim 4, wherein the reference document is an existing product or a product created in a previous process. 6. The project management system according to claim 4, wherein the deliverable or the reference document in the document management database, which is the entity, can be referenced from the link information registered in the project information management database. A project management system characterized by the above. 7. The project management system according to any one of claims 2 to 6, wherein each of the project personnel and their roles and the access authority range to the document corresponding to this role are registered in the project information management database. , When the personnel access the document, the project information management database is checked based on the role of the personnel, and access to the entity of the document is permitted within the permitted authority. Project management system to do. 8. The project management system according to claim 2, further comprising a progress status display unit for displaying a progress status of the deliverable created in the project, and displaying the progress status. At this time, the project management system is characterized in that it is possible to display the progress status of the personnel of the process and the deliverables in charge of the personnel so as to manage the creation plan of the deliverables. 9. The project management system according to claim 8, wherein the progress status display means displays a personnel and a work period of the deliverable and manages who creates the deliverable. A project management system characterized by that. 10. The project management system according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the progress display means displays a work period for each of the steps, and an icon indicating a progress of a product created within the work period. A project management system characterized by making it possible to know the creation status of deliverables by pasting. 11. The project management system according to claim 10, wherein the icon is a creation status and / or
Or, a project management system characterized by being displayed according to the difference from the creation plan. 12. The project management system according to claim 10 or 11, wherein the icon is linked to a document in the document management database which is an entity of a deliverable or a reference document represented by the icon. A project management system characterized by making it possible to refer to the substance of a document from. 13. A program for executing the function of the project management system according to claim 1. 14. A computer-readable recording medium in which the program according to claim 13 is recorded.