JP2005148869A - Project management apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a project management apparatus for confirming the progress conditions of a work process in real time. <P>SOLUTION: The project management apparatus displays a work process list 80 and an work list 100 on a display device 56. As for icons 82 and 84 showing work processes whose all works have been completed among the work process list 80, work process completion dates are displayed at the lower positions of the icons. Also, the completion scheduled date of the work process is displayed so as to be turned on/off at a lower position 98 of an icon 86 showing a work process in progress. Also, as for an work list 100 of an work "concept design start" which is being selected at present, an work completion date is displayed for a completed work, and an work completion scheduled date is displayed in a flickered manner in a "completion date" column 142 for an uncompleted work. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a project management apparatus, and more particularly to a project management apparatus that can grasp the progress of a project at a glance.

Conventionally, various project management systems for managing the progress of various processes in projects such as product development have been proposed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
The project management system disclosed in Patent Document 1 manages the progress of processes and the like in real time and reflects them in various databases. As a result, the progress of the process can be confirmed in real time.

In addition, a method for confirming the progress of a process using a Gantt chart is also known.
JP 2002-73934 A

However, in the project management apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, although there is a description that the progress of the process can be confirmed in real time, a specific confirmation method is not disclosed.
Further, in the method for confirming the progress of a process using a Gantt chart, there is a problem that it is difficult to confirm the relationship in real time when various processes have a hierarchical structure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and a first object thereof is to provide a project management apparatus capable of confirming the progress of a process in real time.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a project management apparatus capable of confirming the relevance in real time even when various processes have a hierarchical structure.

  In order to achieve the above object, a project management apparatus according to the present invention is a project management apparatus for managing the progress of a project, and a process of displaying a plurality of marks respectively corresponding to a plurality of processes constituting the project. A mark display means, and a process completion date display means for displaying the mark corresponding to the process and the process completion date in association with each other for the process in which all the operations are completed among the plurality of processes. .

  For a process for which all operations have been completed, a mark corresponding to the process and a process completion date are displayed in association with each other. For this reason, the user recognizes that the work corresponding to the mark with the process completion date has been completed, and that the work corresponding to the other marks has not been completed. can do. In addition, regarding the process in which the work is completed, it is possible to easily know when the work is completed. For this reason, the project management apparatus which can confirm the progress of a process in real time can be provided.

Preferably, the above-described project management device further includes a process start date display that displays the mark corresponding to the process and the process start date in association with each other for the process that has started work among the plurality of processes. Means.
Thereby, the user can also know the date when the work of the process is started. In addition, it is possible to recognize that the process corresponding to the mark for which the process start date is displayed but the process completion date is not displayed is in progress.

More preferably, the process mark display means changes the display mode of the mark according to the progress of the process.
Thus, the user can recognize the progress of the process with a glance.
More preferably, the above-described project management device further predicts a process completion schedule date using a standard man-hour of work constituting the process for a process in progress among the plurality of processes. A date prediction means, and a process completion date display means for displaying the predicted process completion date in association with the mark corresponding to the process in a display mode different from the process completion date.
Thereby, the user can know in real time when the process in progress is likely to end. Further, the display mode of the process completion scheduled date and the process completion date is made different. For this reason, the user does not mistake the process completion scheduled date and the process completion date.

  More preferably, the process completion scheduled date prediction means calculates the standard man-hours and results of the same work when there is the same work that has already been completed among the work constituting the process in progress. And correcting the standard man-hours of the work that constitutes the process in progress and predicting the process completion schedule date.

By correcting the standard man-hour from the past results, it becomes possible to predict a more accurate scheduled process completion date.
More preferably, the above-described project management device further includes a selection receiving unit that receives selection of any of the plurality of processes, and a work for displaying a list of works constituting the selected process simultaneously with the plurality of marks. A list display means.

  A list of operations constituting the selected process is displayed simultaneously with a plurality of marks respectively corresponding to the plurality of processes. For this reason, even if various processes have a hierarchical structure, it is possible to provide a project management apparatus that can confirm the relevance in real time. The project management apparatus further includes a selection process display unit that displays a mark corresponding to the process selected by the selection receiving unit in a display mode different from the mark corresponding to another process. Also good. By doing in this way, the selected process can be clarified.

More preferably, the work list display means displays at least a work name of each work and a work completion date for the completed work.
For work that has been completed, the work completion date is displayed. For this reason, the user can recognize that the work for which the work completion date is displayed has been completed and that other work has not been completed. In addition, when the work is completed, it is possible to determine when the work is completed. Thereby, the progress of each work can be grasped.

More preferably, the above-described project management apparatus further includes a work completion scheduled date prediction unit that predicts a work completion scheduled date of each work using a standard manhour of the work, and the predicted work completion scheduled date is the work. Work completion scheduled date display means for displaying in a display mode different from the completion date.
Thereby, the user can know in real time when the work is likely to end. Further, the display mode of the work completion scheduled date and the work completion date is made different. For this reason, the user does not mistake the scheduled work completion date and the work completion date.

More preferably, when there is an identical work that has already been completed among the works, the work completion scheduled date prediction means uses the standard man-hours and results of the same work to standardize each work. Correct the man-hours and predict the expected completion date.
By correcting the standard man-hour from the past results, it is possible to predict a more accurate scheduled work completion date.

  Note that the present invention can be realized not only as such a project management apparatus but also as a project management method using steps characteristic of the project management apparatus as a step, or using a computer as each means of the project management apparatus. It can also be realized as a functioning program. Needless to say, such a program can be distributed via a recording medium such as a CD-ROM or a transmission medium such as the Internet.

ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the project management apparatus which can confirm the progress of a process in real time can be provided.
In addition, even when various processes have a hierarchical structure, it is possible to provide a project management apparatus that can confirm the relevance in real time.
As described above, the project management apparatus according to the present invention allows the user to efficiently check the progress of the project. Such a project management apparatus can be applied to a wide range of fields such as work progress management and learning progress management in addition to the progress management of product manufacturing projects, and its practical value is extremely high.

Hereinafter, a project management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a project management system. The project management system 20 is a system for managing the progress of various projects, and includes a project management device 22 and a terminal device 24.

  The project management device 22 is a device for managing the progress of the project, and has a project management database 28 and a document management database 30 therein. The project management database 28 is a device that stores various data indicating the progress of the project. The document management database 30 is a device that stores documents created as the project progresses. The project management device 22 is configured by a normal computer such as a personal computer. The project management database 28 and the document management database 30 are composed of the above-described hard disk in the computer.

  The terminal device 24 is connected to the project management device 22 via the network 26 and is a device for using various processes related to project management provided by the project management device 22. The terminal device 24 is configured by a normal computer such as a personal computer, like the project management device 22.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the project management apparatus 22. The project management device 22 includes an input device 42, a process management unit 44 by project code, a process progress management unit 46, a work progress management unit 48, a document management unit 50, a document creation application execution unit 52, and a progress display. A unit 54, a display device 56, a project management database 28, and a document management database 30 are provided.

The input device 42 is a device for inputting various data to the project management device 22, and is configured by a keyboard, a mouse, and the like.
When a project code (also referred to as “project ID”) is input from the input device 42, the project code-specific process management unit 44 receives information on the processes constituting the project corresponding to the project code from the project management database 28. Read and output to the process progress management unit 46.

The process progress management unit 46 manages the progress status related to the process designated by the input device 42 among the processes constituting the project output from the project code-specific process management unit 44, and registers it in the project management database 28. Further, the process progress management unit 46 outputs the progress status of the process to the progress display unit 54.
The work progress management unit 48 manages the progress status of the work constituting the process managed by the process progress management unit 46 and registers it in the project management database 28. In addition, the work progress management unit 48 outputs a progress status regarding the work to the progress display unit 54.

The document management unit 50 manages the creation status of documents created in each operation and the approval status for the created documents, and registers them in the project management database 28.
The document creation application execution unit 52 is a processing unit for executing document creation application software, and stores the created or updated document in the document management database 30.

The progress display unit 54 causes the display device 56 to display the progress status relating to the process and work output from the process progress management unit 46 and the work progress management unit 48.
The display device 56 includes a liquid crystal display, a CRT (Cathode-Ray Tube) display, or the like.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining a project managed by the project management apparatus 22. The project management apparatus 22 manages projects such as a plurality of projects (project IDs “PRO001” and “PRO003”), and each project includes one or more processes. Each process is composed of one or more operations.

For example, the project with the project ID “PRO001” is composed of six steps of “plan start”, “plan decision”, “concept design start”, “concept design”, “primary prototype” and “mass production prototype”. Process IDs from “001” to “006” are assigned to these processes.
In addition, the process “concept design start” of process ID “003” has four operations (document creation): “new parts list”, “new item countermeasure list”, “requirements list”, and “QM promotion plan”. In the case of work, it is composed of a document name), and work IDs from “031” to “034” are attached to each work.
In this way, each project has a hierarchical structure.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a process list for managing the progress of each process. The process list 60 is data of a two-dimensional array and is data for managing the start date and completion date of each process, and is stored in the project management database 28.
The process list 60 stores a project ID, a process ID, a process name, a process start date, and a process completion date. For example, the name of the process specified by the project ID “PRO001” and the process ID “001” is “plan start”, and the start date of the process “plan start” is “February 10, 2003” It is shown that the completion date is “February 10, 2003”.

Although not shown in the figure, the completion date in parentheses indicates a scheduled date (hereinafter referred to as “scheduled completion date”) that is not actually completed but is expected to be completed. .
Although the process “Concept Design Start” specified by the project ID “PRO001” and the process ID “003” has started on “March 4, 2003”, the completion date is blank, so it is still in progress. It is shown that. Further, a process in which the start date and the completion date are blank indicates that the process has not been started.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a work list for managing the progress of each work. The work list 70 is data of a two-dimensional array, and is data for managing the start date and completion date of each work, and is stored in the project management database 28.
The work list 70 includes a project ID, a process ID, a work ID, a work name (or document name), a standard work man-hour (unit is time), an actual work man-hour (unit is time), The start date, the completion date of the work, the document file storage destination of the document created in each work, the name of the person in charge of each work, and the name of the approver of each work are stored.

  For example, the name of the work specified by the project ID “001”, the process ID “001”, and the work ID “011” is “face-to-face meeting”, and the standard man-hour of the work “face-to-face meeting” is “2.0 hours”. It is shown that the actual man-hour is “2.5 hours”. In addition, it is shown that the start date of the work is “February 10, 2003” and the completion date is “February 10, 2003”. In addition, there is no document for this task. Furthermore, it is shown that the person in charge of this work is “Tanaka” and the approver of this work is “Yamamoto”. The fact that there is no document for this work can be understood from the fact that the “document file storage destination” column is blank.

As in the case of the process list 60 shown in FIG. 4, the completion date in parentheses indicates the scheduled completion date. For example, the work “requirement arrangement table” specified by the project ID “PRO001”, the process ID “003”, and the work ID “033” has been started on “March 18, 2003”, but is incomplete. This indicates that the scheduled completion date is “March 19, 2003”. This is calculated from the standard man-hour of this work and the start date. That is, assuming that the working time per day is “8 hours”, the standard man-hour is “10 hours”, so that it can be seen that this work takes two days. Therefore, the scheduled completion date is defined as “March 19, 2003”. Here, the scheduled completion date is shown in parentheses.
Needless to say, the work list 70 is also prepared for projects other than the project ID “PRO001”.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing executed by the project management apparatus 22. When the project ID of a project to be managed is input from the input device 42 to the process management unit 44 by project code of the project management device 22, the process management unit 46 transmits a process list corresponding to the project ID to the process progress management unit 46. Here, it is assumed that “PRO001” has been input as the project ID. That is, the project code-specific process management unit 44 can know the process list of the project indicated by the project ID “PRO001” by referring to the process list 60 stored in the project management database 28. The process progress management unit 46 displays the process list on the display device 56 via the progress display unit 54 (S1).

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a process list. As shown in the figure, a process list 80 is displayed on the display device 56. In the process list 80, six processes constituting the project are displayed by icons 82 to 92. The display process of the process list 80 and the display contents will be described later.
The process progress management unit 46 waits until one of the processes displayed in the process list 80 is selected (S2). The process is selected, for example, by selecting any of the icons 82 to 92 using the input device 42.
When any process is selected (YES in S2), the work progress management unit 48 displays the selected work list on the display device 56 via the progress display unit 54 (S3).

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a work list. As shown in the figure, the display device 56 displays a work list 100 of the selected process (here, “concept design start”) along with the process list 80. The display processing of the work list 100 and the display contents thereof will be described later.

  The work progress management unit 48 waits until one of the works displayed in the work list 100 is selected (S4). The selection of work is performed using the input device 42. For example, when the work is a document creation process, the document name displayed in the “work name / document name” column of the work list 100 is selected and the document creation button 104 is pressed. In the case of an approval process for a document for which work has been created or an approval process for a work when there is no document, the document name or work name displayed in the “work name / document name” column is selected, and the approval button 106 is pressed. This is done by pressing.

  If the selected work is a document creation process (YES in S5), the document management unit 50 executes the document creation process (S6). That is, for the work in progress, the document management unit 50 checks the storage location of the document file corresponding to the work from the work list 70, and the document creation application execution unit 52 executes the process of opening the file. To do. For example, when “requirement arrangement table” is selected as the document name, the file storage destination is checked from the “document file storage destination” field of the work list 70 and “˜ / pro001 / y-seiri.xls”. Will be opened.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a file opened by the document creation process (S6). Spreadsheet software is executed by the document creation application execution unit 52, and the above-described file 110 is displayed on the display device 56. The time from opening to closing the file 110 is managed by the document management unit 50 as the actual time, and the “actual” column of the work list 70 is updated.

In addition, the document management unit 50 causes the document creation application execution unit 52 to execute an application instructed by the user via the input device 42 for work that has not been started, and when the application ends, the file name and the actual time Is written in the work list 70.
When the selected work is the work approval process (NO in S5), the document management unit 50 executes the work approval process (S7). That is, in the case of approval for the document creation work, the document management unit 50 checks the storage destination of the file corresponding to the work from the work list 70 and causes the document creation application execution unit 52 to execute processing for opening the file. At the same time, the document creation application execution unit 52 displays an approval window for prompting approval for the file. Note that the document management unit 50 displays only the approval window in the case of approval for work other than document creation.

  FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of the file 110 and the approval window 120 displayed on the display device 56 by the work approval process (S7). In the approval window 120, a user name input field 122 for inputting the approver's user name, a password input field 124 for inputting the approver's password, an OK button 126 for confirming the input, and an input cancel operation. The cancel button 128 is included. When the approver's user name and password are entered in the user name input field 122 and the password input field 124 and the OK button 126 is pressed, the approver's user registered in the project management database 28 in the document management unit 50 is displayed. Determine whether name and password match. If they match, the document management unit 50 inputs the user name in the approver field 132 of the work list 70 and informs the work progress management unit 48 that the work has been approved.

  The work progress management unit 48 determines whether the work is completed (S8). That is, it is determined whether or not a notification indicating that the work has been approved (hereinafter referred to as “work completion notification”) has been received from the document management unit 50. When the work completion notification is received, the work completion date of the completed work is updated (S9).

  FIG. 11 is a diagram showing the work list 70 after the work completion date is updated. In other words, the work completion date “2003/03/20” is entered in the completion date field of the work “requirements summary table”. In the work list 70 shown in FIG. 5, this field is written in parentheses “(2003/03/19)”, but is not written in parentheses in FIG. This indicates that the work has been completed. The reason why the work was completed one day later than the schedule is that the actual time was longer than “20 hours” and the standard man-hour “10 hours”. Furthermore, the user name “Higashiyama” of the approver who performed the approval process in the work approval process (S7) is entered in the approval column.

  Next, the process progress management unit 46 checks whether or not all the operations in the selected process have been completed (S10). Here, it is determined whether or not the four tasks indicated by the task IDs “031” to “034” included in the process ID “003” of the task list 70 have been completed. In this case, since the work completion date is not entered in the “completion date” column of the work ID “034”, all work has not been completed.

If all the operations have been completed (YES in S10), the process progress management unit 46 sets the latest date among the operation completion dates as the process completion date, and “completes” the selected process in the process list 60. The process completion date is entered in the "day" column (S11).
When the selected work is not completed (NO in S8), when all the works are not completed (NO in S10), or after the process completion date update process (S11), the work progress management unit 48 and the process progress The management unit 46 predicts the work completion date and the process completion date (S12).

  FIG. 12 is a diagram for explaining a method for predicting a work completion date. Referring to the work list 70, for example, the work “requirement summary table” of the work ID “033” of the process ID “003” has been completed, and the work “QM promotion plan” of the work ID “034” is “ Suppose you have started on March 21, 2003. Assuming that the working time per day is “8 hours”, the standard man-hour is “24 hours”, so it can be seen that this work takes 3 days. Therefore, the scheduled completion date is defined as “March 23, 2003”.

  FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining a method for predicting a process completion date. In the work list 70 illustrated in FIG. 12, a work completion date or a work completion scheduled date is determined for all work of the process ID “003”. For this reason, the latest date “March 23, 2003” among the scheduled work completion dates is the scheduled completion date of the process “starting concept design” with the process ID “003”. Therefore, the date “March 23, 2003” is entered in the completion date column of FIG. 13 in parentheses.

  After the work completion date and the process completion date are predicted as described above, the process progress management unit 46 and the work progress management unit 48 send the process list and work list to the display device 56 via the progress display unit 54. Is displayed (S13). FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a process list and a work list. The display process of the process list 80 and the work list 100 and the contents thereof will be described later.

As described above, the process list 80 and the work list 100 are displayed at the same time, and the work completion date or the work completion scheduled date is displayed on the display device 56.
Next, the process list display process (S1 in FIG. 6) will be described in detail. FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the process list display process. Here, a case where the process progress management unit 46 displays the process list on the display device 56 with reference to the process list 60 shown in FIG. 4 will be described as an example. Further, a screen display example displayed by this processing is as shown in FIG.

  Assuming that the project ID “PRO001” is selected, the process progress management unit 46 completes all of the six processes included in the project, that is, the completion date column of the process list 60. The process in which the process completion date is input is displayed in blue (S21). Here, since the process completion date is input in the completion date column of the process “plan start” and the process “plan decision” in the process list 60, these processes are indicated by a blue icon 82 and a process shown in FIG. 84.

  In the process progress management unit 46, the process start date is input in the start date column of the process in progress, that is, the process list 60, but the process completion date is not input in the completion date column or the process is scheduled to be completed. The process in which the date is input is displayed in yellow (S22). Here, the process start date is input in the start date column of the process “concept design start” in the process list 60, but the process completion date is not input in the completion date column. Therefore, this process is displayed with a yellow icon 86 as shown in FIG.

  The process progress management unit 46 displays in red a process that has not been started, that is, a process in which the process start date is not entered in the start date column of the process list 60 (S23). Here, the process start date is not entered in the start date columns of the process “concept design”, the process “primary prototype”, and the process “mass production prototype” in the process list 60. Therefore, these steps are displayed with red icons 88 to 92 as shown in FIG.

  The process progress management unit 46 displays the start date and completion date of the process for each process (S24). In other words, when dates not in parentheses are stored in the start date and completion date fields of the process list 60, these are displayed. The start date and completion date of the process are respectively displayed above and below the icon indicating the process. For example, the start date “2003/02/11” and the completion date “2003/02/28” of the process “plan decision” are displayed at the upper position 94 and the lower position 96 of the icon 84 corresponding to the process “plan decision”, respectively. Is done.

  Next, the process progress management unit 46 blinks and displays the process completion scheduled date for each process (S25). That is, the process completion scheduled date is displayed blinking below the icon corresponding to the process. The process completion scheduled date is, for example, a date displayed in parentheses in the completion date column of the process list 60 as described above. Since the process list 60 shown in FIG. 4 has no date displayed in parentheses, this process (S25) is not executed.

  As described above, the process list 80 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. In this way, since the progress of the process is displayed in different colors, the user can intuitively understand which process has already been completed, which process is in progress, and which process has not started. it can. For the process for which work has been completed, the start date and the completion date are respectively displayed above and below the icon corresponding to the process. Therefore, it is possible to know the start date and the completion date at a glance. Furthermore, when the scheduled completion date is known for the process in progress, the date is displayed in a blinking manner. For this reason, the user can know at a glance the scheduled completion date of the process.

Next, the work list display process (S3 in FIG. 6) will be described in detail. FIG. 16 is a flowchart of the work list display process. Here, a case where the work progress management unit 48 displays the work list on the display device 56 with reference to the work list 70 shown in FIG. 5 will be described as an example. Further, a screen display example displayed by this processing is as shown in FIG.
If the process “design start” of process ID “002” is selected in the process selection process (S2 in FIG. 6), the icon 86 corresponding to the process is displayed in a thicker frame than other icons (for example, icon 82). (S86).

  The work progress management unit 48 includes a “work name / document name” field, a “person in charge” field, a “result” field, a “start date” field, a “completion date” corresponding to the process ID “002” in the work list 70. "And" Approval "fields are displayed on the display device 56 as the work list 100 (S27). That is, four “work names / document names” corresponding to the process ID “002” are displayed as the work list 100, and for example, “new parts list” is displayed as one of them. "Sakagami", "19.0", "2003/03/04", "2003/03/06" and "in charge", "result", "start date", "completion date" and "approval" “Higashiyama” is displayed.

  The work progress management unit 48 blinks and displays the work completion scheduled date in the work list 70 (S28). That is, in the work list 70, when the “completion date” field is a date in parentheses, the date is displayed in a blinking manner. In the work list 70, the date in the “completion date” column of the work name / document name “requirement summary table” is written in parentheses. Accordingly, the work completion scheduled date 102 is displayed in a blinking manner in the work list 100 of the display device 56.

  As described above, the process list 80 and the work list 100 as shown in FIG. 8 are displayed. As described above, the icon 86 of the process selected in the process list 80 is highlighted with a thick frame. For this reason, the user can intuitively understand which process is currently selected. A work list 100 corresponding to the process is displayed below the process list 80. Therefore, it is possible to know the current progress of the work constituting the selected process. In addition, when the scheduled completion date of work is known, the date is displayed blinking. For this reason, the user can know at a glance the scheduled completion date of the work.

  Next, the process list / work list display process (S13 in FIG. 6) will be described in detail. FIG. 17 is a flowchart of the process. Here, the process progress management unit 46 and the work progress management unit 48 refer to the process list 60 shown in FIG. 13 and the work list 70 shown in FIG. 12, respectively, and display the process list and the work list on the display device 56. A case will be described as an example. An example of the screen display displayed by this processing is as shown in FIG.

The process list display process (S31 to S35) is the same process as the process list display process (S21 to S25) described with reference to FIG. The work list display process (S36 to S38) is the same as the work list display process (S26 to S28) described with reference to FIG. Therefore, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here.
By executing the process list display process (S31 to S35) and the work list display process (S36 to S38), the display result of the display device 56 as shown in FIG. 14 is obtained. For example, according to the process list 60 shown in FIG. 13, the process “plan start” and the process “plan decision” are completed. For this reason, the icons 82 and 84 corresponding to those processes are displayed in blue. In addition, the start date and the completion date of the process corresponding to each icon are respectively displayed above and below each of the icons 82 and 84. Further, since the process “starting concept design” is in progress, the icon 86 corresponding to the process is displayed in yellow. In addition, the start date of the process is displayed above the icon 86. Further, the scheduled date of completion of the process is displayed blinking at a lower position 98 of the icon 86. Furthermore, since the process “concept design”, the process “primary trial production”, and the process “mass production trial production” have not started, the icons 88, 90, and 92 corresponding to them are displayed in red.

  Currently, since the process “start concept design” is selected, an icon 86 corresponding to the process is displayed in a thick frame. The work list 100 for the process is displayed below the process list 80. The way of displaying the work list 100 is the same as that shown in FIG. 8, and in the work list 70 shown in FIG. 12, four “work names / document names” corresponding to the process “starting concept design” are work. It is displayed as a list 100. For example, "QM promotion plan" is displayed as one of them, and "Sakagami", "2003/03" are displayed as "Responsibility", "Start date", "Completion date" and "Approval" corresponding thereto. / 21 "and" 2003/03/23 "are displayed. Since this work has just been started and has not been completed, nothing is described in the “result” column and the “approval” column. In addition, the date of scheduled work completion is displayed in a blinking manner in the “completion date” column 142.

  As described above, the process list 80 and the work list 100 as shown in FIG. 14 are displayed. As described above, the icon 86 of the process selected in the process list 80 is highlighted with a thick frame. For this reason, the user can intuitively understand which process is currently selected. A work list 100 corresponding to the process is displayed below the process list 80. Therefore, it is possible to know the current progress of the work constituting the selected process. Further, since the progress of the process is displayed in different colors, the user can intuitively understand which process has already been completed, which process is in progress, and which process has not started. For the process for which work has been completed, the start date and the completion date are respectively displayed above and below the icon corresponding to the process. Therefore, it is possible to know the start date and the completion date at a glance. Furthermore, when the scheduled completion date is known for the process in progress, the date is displayed in a blinking manner. For this reason, the user can know at a glance the scheduled completion date of the process. Further, when the scheduled completion date of the work constituting the process is known, the date is displayed in a blinking manner. For this reason, the user can know at a glance the scheduled completion date of the work.

As described above, according to the project management system according to the present embodiment, a list of processes is displayed as an icon on the screen, and for a process that has been completed, a process completion date is displayed below the icon. Displayed together. Therefore, the user can intuitively recognize whether or not all the work of the process has been completed.
Further, the display color of the icon corresponding to the process is changed according to the progress of the process. For this reason, the user can intuitively recognize the progress of work.

Further, the currently selected process is displayed in a thick frame, and the progress status of the work constituting the process is displayed in a list. For this reason, the user can know how the progress status of the work constituting the selected process is currently.
In addition, when the process completion scheduled date or the work completion scheduled date is known, the date is displayed blinking. Therefore, the user can know which process or operation is immediately before completion, and can know when the scheduled completion date is.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above. For example, the progress of the process may be expressed in two colors. As an example, the icon of the process in progress and the icon of the other process may be displayed in different colors. The two colors may have a complementary color relationship. By using the two colors having such a relationship, it is possible to easily distinguish between the process in progress and the other processes. Furthermore, you may make it express the difference in the progress of a process other than the difference in a color. For example, the background pattern of the icon may be changed according to the progress status, the icon of the process in progress may be blinked, and the icons of the other processes may not be blinked. .

  Further, the work completion date prediction (S12 in FIG. 6) may be performed not only based on the standard man-hours but also considering the past actual results of the same work and the standard man-hours of the work. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the process “new item countermeasure list” having the same work ID “032” is performed in the process ID “003” and the process ID “004”. This indicates that the same work is performed in the process ID “003” and the process ID “004”. For this reason, when predicting the completion date of the work “new item countermeasure list” of the process ID “004”, the standard man-hour (= 36.0 hours) and the actual result (= 54) of the same work of the process ID “003”. .0 hours). For example, the standard man-hour of the work “new item countermeasure list” of the process ID “004” is 16.0 hours. However, in the process of the process ID “003”, the standard man-hour is 1.5 (= 54.0 / 36.0) times as long. Therefore, when predicting the scheduled completion date of the work “new item countermeasure list” of the process ID “004”, the standard man-hour “16.0 hours” is multiplied by 1.5 to complete the work. Predicts the expected completion date as taking 24.0 hours (= 16.0 × 1.5). In this way, by correcting the standard man-hours based on the past work results, it is possible to predict the scheduled completion date with higher accuracy.

Furthermore, the scheduled completion date of the process or operation is displayed in a blinking manner, but any method may be used as long as the expression method is different from the completion date. For example, it may be displayed in a color different from the completion date or displayed in parentheses.
In addition, the above-described processes and operations are merely examples, and it goes without saying that the number of processes, the names of processes, the number of processes constituting each process, the names of operations, and the like are variable for each project characteristic.

  The present invention can be applied to project progress management, and particularly applicable to product manufacturing projects, progress management of work, learning, and the like.

It is a figure which shows the hardware constitutions of a project management system. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of a project management apparatus. It is a figure for demonstrating the project managed in a project management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the process list | wrist for managing the progress condition of each process. It is a figure which shows an example of the work list | wrist for managing the progress of each work. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a project management apparatus performs. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a process list. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a work list. It is a figure which shows an example of the file opened by the document preparation process. It is a figure which shows an example of the file displayed on the display apparatus by the work approval process, and an approval window. It is a figure which shows the operation | work list after work completion date update. It is a figure for demonstrating the prediction method of a work completion date. It is a figure for demonstrating the prediction method of a process completion date. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of a process list and a work list. It is a flowchart of a process list display process. It is a flowchart of a work list display process. It is a flowchart of a process list / work list display process.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 20 Project management system 22 Project management apparatus 24 Terminal device 26 Network 28 Project management database 30 Document management database 42 Input device 44 Process management part according to project code 46 Process progress management part 48 Work progress management part 50 Document management part 52 Executing document creation application Section 54 Progress display section 56 Display device 60 Process list 70 Work list

Claims (23)

A project management device for managing the progress of a project,
A process mark display means for displaying a plurality of marks respectively corresponding to a plurality of processes constituting the project;
A process completion date display means for displaying a process completion date associated with the mark corresponding to the process for a process for which all operations are completed among the plurality of processes. Management device. Furthermore, with respect to a process that has started work among the plurality of processes, a process start date display unit that displays the mark corresponding to the process and the process start date in association with each other is provided. Item 2. The project management device according to Item 1. The process completion date display means displays a process completion date at a position below the mark corresponding to the process for a process in which all operations are completed among the plurality of processes. The project management apparatus according to 1 or 2. The process start date display means further displays a process start date at an upper position of the mark corresponding to the process for the process started from among the plurality of processes. 3. The project management apparatus according to 3. The project management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the process mark display means changes a display mode of the mark according to a progress status of the process. The process mark display means displays a mark corresponding to a process not yet started, a mark corresponding to a process in progress, and a mark corresponding to a process for which work has been completed in different display modes. The project management apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: The process mark display means displays the mark corresponding to the process not yet started, the mark corresponding to the process in progress, and the mark corresponding to the process completed in different colors. The project management apparatus according to claim 6. 6. The project according to claim 5, wherein the process mark display means displays a mark corresponding to an in-process process and a mark corresponding to another process in different display modes. Management device. 9. The project management according to claim 8, wherein the process mark display means displays a mark corresponding to an in-process process and a mark corresponding to another process in different colors. apparatus. The said process mark display means displays the mark corresponding to the process in process and the mark corresponding to the other process by a different color which has a complementary color relationship, respectively. The project management device described in 1. Furthermore, for the process in process among the plurality of processes, a process completion scheduled date prediction means for predicting a process completion scheduled date using the standard man-hours of the operations constituting the process, and
The process completion scheduled date display means for displaying the predicted process completion scheduled date in association with the mark corresponding to the process in a display mode different from the process completion date. The project management apparatus according to any one of 10 to 10. When the process completion scheduled date prediction means includes the same work that has already been completed among the works constituting the process in progress, using the standard man-hours and results of the same work, The project management apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the standard man-hour of the work constituting the process in progress is corrected, and the process completion scheduled date is predicted. The project management apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, wherein the process completion scheduled date display means blinks the process completion scheduled date. And a selection receiving means for receiving selection of any of the plurality of steps;
The project management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a work list display unit that displays a list of works constituting the selected process simultaneously with the plurality of marks. Furthermore, the selection process display means which displays the mark corresponding to the process selected by the said selection reception means in the display mode different from the mark corresponding to another process is provided. Project management device. The project according to claim 15, wherein the selection process display means displays a mark frame corresponding to the selected process thicker than a mark frame corresponding to the other process. Management device. The project management apparatus according to any one of claims 13 to 16, wherein the work list display unit displays at least a work name of each work and a work completion date for the completed work. Furthermore, a work completion scheduled date prediction means for predicting the work completion scheduled date of each work using the standard manhour of the work,
The project management apparatus according to claim 17, further comprising: a work completion scheduled date display unit that displays the predicted work completion scheduled date in a display mode different from the work completion date. The estimated work completion date predicting means corrects the standard man-hours of each work using the standard man-hours and results of the same work when there is the same work already completed among the work. The project management apparatus according to claim 18, wherein a work completion scheduled date is predicted. The project management apparatus according to claim 18 or 19, wherein the scheduled work completion date display means displays the scheduled work completion date in a blinking manner.   The program for functioning a computer as each means of the project management apparatus of any one of Claims 1-20.   A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as each unit of the project management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 20. A project management method for managing the progress of a project,
A process mark display step for displaying a plurality of marks respectively corresponding to a plurality of processes constituting the project;
A process completion date display step for displaying the mark corresponding to the process and the process completion date in association with each other for the process in which all operations are completed among the plurality of processes. Management method.

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