JP2009146048A - Project management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a project management system allowing progress management of a project with a task as a subject without previously inputting product information to the task in plan preparation. <P>SOLUTION: This project management system has: a project information management server holding a project information management part; and a worker terminal. The worker terminal has: a work task input part input with a task whose development work is presently performed; and a work recording part recording work in a work record. The project information management server has: a work result extraction part extracting a work result from the work record and the input to the work task input part associatively to the task, and recording it in a development process chart held in the project information management part in each task; and a task period calculation part comparing a work schedule and a recording situation of the work result about each task to comprehend progress. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for supporting project management when developing software and hardware products.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when developing software and hardware products, a system that supports project management that manages project plans, grasps development progress status, and warns of delays is used.

  For example, according to the technique shown in Patent Document 1, a product derived by each process (hereinafter referred to as a task), which is a unit of development work obtained by dividing a project, is input in advance, the man-hour of the product is estimated, and development is performed. The difference between the estimated number of man-hours that becomes apparent as the process progresses and the actual estimated man-hours are corrected, and the project plan is corrected based on the work load of the worker and the deadline setting of the deliverables.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 8-202773

  However, according to the technique of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, since the deliverable obtained by the task is input in advance, the load for creating the plan is high, and the progress of the project is grasped by inputting the obtained deliverable. As a result, there was a problem that it was not possible to grasp tasks without deliverables.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a project management system capable of managing the progress of a project by a task subject without the necessity of predetermining input of deliverable information for a task in creating a plan. And

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention manages a software development and hardware development project as a development process diagram that is broken down into tasks that are units of work processes, and a work schedule for each task in advance. In a project management system for grasping the progress of a project based on a development process diagram in which a project information is set, a project information management server having a project information management unit that holds a development process diagram for each project, and a network connected to the project information management server And a worker terminal for performing development work set for each task, and the worker terminal is described in a development process diagram of an ongoing project held in the project information management unit Of the tasks to which development work has been performed. Task information including a task name, a development work start time, and a development work end time, and a work task input unit that transmits the task information to the project information management server, and all work on the terminal itself. A work recording unit that records the work record in a terminal and transmits the work record to a project information management server, the project information management server from the task information received from the worker terminal and the work record A work result extraction unit that extracts work results for each task, and records the extracted work results in association with a task in a development process diagram of the ongoing project held in the project information management unit; Task deadline for grasping the progress status by comparing the status of recording of the work results and the work schedule for each task Characterized by comprising a detecting section, a.

  According to the present invention, when the worker designates a task on the worker terminal and performs the development work, the content of the work is recorded in the development process diagram as a work result associated with the task, and the work result is recorded. Since the progress of the project is grasped by comparing the status and the work schedule of the task, it is possible to manage the progress of the project by the task subject without having to pre-set the input of deliverable information for the task in planning. There is an effect that a project management system can be obtained.

  Embodiments of a project management system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment.
First, the functional configuration of the embodiment of the project management system according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a functional configuration of the project management system according to the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 1, the project management system 100 includes a project information management server 1 and a worker terminal 7. The worker terminal 7 is a terminal used when the worker 11 executes a task. In the case of software development, the worker terminal 7 is a software development computer, and in the case of hardware development, a computer attached to a machine tool or a control machine. Equivalent to. The project information management server 1 receives the task being executed and the work record from the worker terminal 7, manages the progress of the task, and transmits warning or reference information to the worker terminal 7 according to the situation. .

  The project information management server 1 further includes a project information management unit 2, a related object extraction unit 3, a work result extraction unit 4, a task deadline calculation unit 5, and a related object calculation unit 6. The worker terminal 7 includes a work recording unit 8, a work task input unit 9, and a message display unit 10.

  The project information management unit 2 holds a development process diagram (Work Breakdown Structure; hereinafter referred to as WBS) for each project as project development process information. Each task constituting the WBS holds a work item name, a planned date (start / complete), an actual date (start / complete), and a work result. The work item name and the planning date are the name of the task and the work schedule on the schedule input by the work planner in the plan creation stage. The actual date and the work result are information recorded in accordance with the work progress of each task after the work is started. Here, the work result includes not only a design result derived by work like a product in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, but also a home page, a document, and the like referred to during work in each task. Further, the project information management unit 2 holds related object information extracted by the related object extraction unit 3. The work results and related object information will be described in detail later. The project information management unit 2 further executes a standard WBS consisting of a standard task configuration and a development period in the past and evaluates the progress date and work results of each task in order to evaluate the progress of the working WBS. And a WBS having the following information.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining an example of WBS held in the project information management system. In the example of FIG. 2, each WBS is configured in a hierarchy of project / task. Each task is further divided into lower tasks, and when all the lower tasks to which the tasks belong are completed, the upper tasks are completed. In this embodiment, a task refers to a subordinate task.

  The work recording unit 8 records all work contents by the worker 11 such as file creation on the worker terminal 7 and Web browsing, and transmits it to the work result extracting unit 4 as a work record. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of work recording. As shown in FIG. 3, the work recording unit 8 records an application name activated on the worker terminal 7 and an active object name such as a file name / web page name together with the time of activation. Yes. As for the file created by the operator 11, the file size and the number of pages are recorded in addition to the file name.

  The work task input unit 9 transmits the start / completion date and time and the task name of the task input by the worker 11 to the work result extraction unit 4. The work task input unit 9 displays a list of task names acquired from the project information management unit 2 to the worker 11, and the worker 11 selects one of the tasks to set the work start time of the task. It is better to make a time stamp. Also, when performing work related to another task, select the corresponding task from the task name list again so that the start of the work of the other task is performed. It is better to set the work end automatically. In addition, when the task itself is completed, the worker 11 may be able to set the task completion setting.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of work task recording in which task information transmitted to the work result extraction unit 4 by the worker 11 inputting to the work task input unit 9 is collected. In FIG. 4, when the worker 11 starts and sets the task 1-1 and then starts the task 1-3, the task name, the work status, and the time when the status is changed are recorded. Show.

  The work result extraction unit 4 compares the time of the work content transmitted from the work recording unit 8 with the time of the task information transmitted from the work task input unit 9, and which active object is associated with which task The object is recorded as a work result for each task in the project information management unit 2.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of an object associated with a task. In FIG. 5, the work record object Doc1.doc in FIG. 3 is active on 07/06/12 08:30, and the task 1-1 described in the task information in FIG. Since work is in progress until 29-10: 58, Doc1.doc is assigned to task 1-1. In addition, the work time for Doc1.doc is recorded as 08: 30-09: 30 and 10: 00-11: 00 in Figure 3, so it is calculated as a total work time of 2.0h. Yes. The work result extraction unit 4 records the object as a work result together with the work time in the corresponding task of the project information management unit 2 from the association record of the objects and tasks extracted and collected in this way. If the object is a created file, the file size and the number of pages are also recorded. As described above, the deliverables in the embodiment of the present invention include not only the results derived as a result of the work but also the investigation of documents on the Internet performed during the work and the reference of existing documents. It is possible to manage the progress of tasks that do not actually have deliverables.

  The related object extraction unit 3 associates and extracts objects created / viewed at a close time for each object from the context of the work content. In the work record, the related object extraction unit 3 determines that the relationship between objects is strong when the time is close, and calculates the degree of relationship between objects. The degree of association between the extracted object and the object is recorded in the project information management unit 2 as related object information.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of related object information extracted from the work record shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, Doc1.doc, XX page, and Doc3.doc are continuously processed, and thus the relevance level 1 is the strongest relevance level. Since Doc3.doc and XX page have Doc1.doc work between them, the relevance is 2. In order to improve the accuracy of related records, if you want to exclude general items such as search pages, you can exclude them from related records by excluding them in the related extraction settings in advance. Since the page is used at various timings, it is set to be excluded from the related object extraction candidates.

  The task deadline calculation unit 5 determines the pace of the recording of the work results for each task in the WBS similar to the work schedule of the task and the standard WBS held in the project information management unit 2 and the WBS performed in the past. The task with the problem of delay is extracted by comparing with the recording pace of the work result of the corresponding task. When a task is extracted, the task display unit 10 instructs the message display unit 10 to display a task name and a warning message.

  The related object calculation unit 6 extracts an object related to the object from the project information management unit 2 corresponding to the object that the worker 11 is working on. When the related object is extracted, the message display unit 10 is instructed about the name of the related object.

  The message display unit 10 displays a message if there is a warning message display instruction from the task deadline calculation unit 5 or a related product display instruction from the related object calculation unit 6.

  Next, the operation of the project management system according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described. First, the operation result of each work task and the operation of automatically collecting related objects will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of collecting work results and related objects of the project management system in the present embodiment.

  In FIG. 7, first, the worker 11 selects a task to start work from the task list displayed in the work task input unit 9 according to the command of the project information management unit 2, and tackles the work of the selected task ( Step S1). The work recording unit 8 and the work task input unit 9 transmit the work record and information on the task currently being worked by the worker to the work result extraction unit 4 in substantially real time (step S2). The work result extraction unit 4 summarizes the task name, the work time, and the work amount for each object from the transmitted work record and task information, and registers the object as a product in the project information management unit 2 (steps). S3). The related object extraction unit 3 extracts objects related to the respective registered products from the object information collected by the work result extraction unit 4 and associates them with the registered products in the project information management unit 2. Register (step S4).

  Next, an operation for issuing a warning / attention to the worker 11 in substantially real time by comparing the status of recording of the work results of each task with the preset work schedule of each task, standard WBS, and past WBS. explain.

  The task deadline calculation unit 5 is started even after the scheduled start date by checking whether or not the work results of each task are recorded for the WBS currently under development managed by the project information management unit 2. Extract tasks that do not complete and tasks that do not complete after the planned completion date. In addition, the work result registration pace for each task in the WBS currently under development is compared with the development period of similar tasks in the standard WBS managed in the project information management unit 2 and the WBS performed in the past, Extract tasks with large divergence. If there is an extracted task, the message display unit 10 is instructed to display a warning message such as the task name, delay, degree of deviation from the task development period in the standard or past data. The message display unit 10 that has received the message displays the designated message to the worker 11.

  Next, an operation for displaying information on an object related to the object being worked on will be described.

  The related object calculation unit 6 extracts a related object related to the currently working object from the related object record accumulated in the project information management unit 2. If there is a related object, the message display unit 10 is instructed to display the object name of the related object, and the message display unit 10 that has received the instruction displays the object name. Thereby, the worker 11 can perform the development work while confirming the related object of the object currently being worked on.

  As described above, according to the project management system according to the embodiment, when a worker designates a task on the worker terminal and performs the work, the contents of the work are associated with the task and are displayed as a work result in the development process diagram. Since the progress of the project is grasped by comparing the recorded status of the work results and the work schedule of the task, the input of deliverable information for the task is defined in the plan creation. It is possible to obtain a project management system that can manage tasks that are not necessary and have no deliverables.

  As described above, the project management system according to the present invention is useful when applied to a project management system that supports management of a project when developing software and hardware products.

It is a figure explaining the functional structure of the project management system of embodiment concerning this invention. It is a figure explaining the example of WBS. It is a figure explaining the example of work recording. It is a figure explaining the example of the work task record which put together the information of the task which a work task input part transmits to a work result extraction part. It is a figure explaining the example of the object linked | related with the task. It is a figure explaining the example of related object information. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement which collects the work result and related object of the project management system of embodiment concerning this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Project information management server 2 Project information management part 3 Related object extraction part 4 Work result extraction part 5 Task time limit calculation part 6 Related object calculation part 7 Worker terminal 8 Work recording part 9 Work task input part 10 Message display part 11 Worker 100 Project management system

Claims (4)

A project that manages software development and hardware development projects as development process diagrams that are broken down into tasks, which are units of work processes, and grasps the progress of projects based on development process diagrams in which work schedules are set in advance for each task In the management system,
A project information management server having a project information management unit for holding a development process diagram for each project, an operator terminal connected to the project information management server through a network, and performing development work set for each task;
With
The worker terminal is
Among the tasks described in the development process diagram of the ongoing project held in the project information management unit, the task for which the development work has been performed includes the task name, the development work start time, and the development work end time. Task information is input, and the task information input unit that transmits the task information to the project information management server;
A work recording unit for recording all work on the terminal in a work record in the terminal, and transmitting the work record to the project information management server;
With
The project information management server
From the task information and the work record received from the worker terminal, work results for each task are extracted, and the extracted work results are stored in the project information management unit and the ongoing project development process In the figure, the work result extraction unit that records in association with the task,
A task deadline calculation unit that grasps the progress status by comparing the status of recording of the work results and the work schedule for each task;
A project management system comprising:   The work result is the name of the file or web page as an object created, viewed, or used by using an application on the worker terminal, and the total number of each object created, viewed, or used. The project management system according to claim 1, comprising: a work time that is a time, and information on the number of pages and the file size of the file when the object is a created file. The worker terminal further includes a message display unit,
The project information management unit
A standard development process diagram, which is a development process diagram consisting of a standard task structure and development period, and an actual development process diagram, which is a development process diagram of a project for which development work has been carried out in the past, are further retained.
The task deadline calculation unit
A task with a delay is extracted by comparing the recording status of the work results of each task of the ongoing project with the work schedule, and the development period of similar tasks in the standard development process diagram and the actual development process diagram. , Display the extracted task together with a warning message on the message display unit,
The project management system according to claim 2. The project information management server
From the work record, an object related to each object is extracted based on the work date and time, and a related object extraction unit that records information on the object and the object related to the object as related object information in the project information management unit;
An object related to an object currently created or viewed is calculated from related object information recorded in the project information management unit, and a related object calculation unit that displays the calculated related object on the message display unit;
The project management system according to claim 3, further comprising:

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