JP2014099032A - Schedule management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a project management system capable of visually grasping process of relevance between documents.SOLUTION: A project management system 1 provides a schedule management service and a shared file management service with a client terminal 2 and a server 3 connected thereto over a network. When displaying a schedule on the client terminal 2 in order of time series, the project management system 1 additionally displays information indicating a file recorded for each project associated with the schedule.

Description

  The present invention relates to a schedule management system, and more particularly, to a schedule management system that displays files such as materials associated with the schedule on a calendar that displays the schedules in time series.

  Conventionally, it is known that there are many systems that support management work in business and other projects.

  For example, the system of Patent Document 1 is known as a so-called document management system that collects documents created as a project progresses in one place and provides users with functions such as authentication and version management.

  In addition, as disclosed in Patent Document 2, an apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 is known as a so-called schedule management system that registers a period, a deadline, and the like of a work or a meeting in a project and manages progress.

  In the apparatus of Patent Literature 2, each task is represented as a bar from the start time to the time axis direction with the horizontal axis of the display screen as the time axis. With this display method, it is possible to more easily understand temporal relationships among a plurality of tasks. Such a conventional display method is particularly useful when the start condition of one task is completion of another task.

JP 2005-242850 A JP 2008-146182 A

  Documents created in a project can be reused for various other purposes as references for other projects, or as a template for documents created later, even after the project that created the project is completed. It is an attempt.

  However, these documents may be prepared as meeting materials, or may be based on the description of other documents, and all necessary information can be obtained from only the information described in one document. Usually there are not many.

  Therefore, when reusing a document, it is important to acquire information on how the document has been created. However, the information regarding the history cannot be managed by a conventional system, and it is necessary to separately create a document describing the history.

  However, it is expensive to create a document that describes the history, and it is difficult to document the history of a document created through various complicated circumstances. Under such circumstances, it is rare that a document in which information on the history of documents is written is created, which has been a major obstacle to the reuse of documents.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a project management system that can grasp the historical relationship between documents by paying attention to the above situation.

The configuration of the present invention made for the purpose of solving the above problems includes a server that can communicate with a client terminal operated by a user via a network, and provides a service for managing a schedule and a shared file for each project. In the project management system, the server records a file, a recording unit that records the file, a database that stores at least the schedule, and a file transmitted from the client terminal to the recording unit for each project. And a file display means for causing the client terminal to display a list of predetermined information related to the files recorded for each project,
The schedule transmitted from the client terminal is stored or updated in a database for each project, and the schedule registration unit stores the schedule within a predetermined period stored in the client terminal for each project in time series. A schedule display means for displaying a list, wherein the schedule registration means has a file association means for associating a file recorded for each arbitrary project with an arbitrary schedule, and the schedule display means When the schedule to be displayed is associated with the file, the schedule is displayed together with information indicating that the schedule is associated with the file.

  In the present invention, for each file displayed in a list, the file display means displays a thumbnail image if the file can generate a thumbnail image, and displays an icon indicating the file type if the thumbnail image cannot be generated. You may make it do. The schedule display means includes a daily schedule display means for displaying a schedule having only one of the start and end of the schedule by a daily calendar, and a schedule having both the start and end of the schedule. It is desirable to include a monthly schedule display means for displaying by the above and a calendar switching means for switching between the daily schedule display means and the monthly schedule display means.

  According to the present invention, when a file is associated with schedule information to be displayed when schedule information within a predetermined period is displayed as a list in time series, the file is associated with the schedule information to be displayed. Information indicating that is displayed together. With this configuration, the file associated with the schedule information is displayed along the time axis on the schedule display, and the historical relationship between the files can be visually grasped.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a system configuration in an example of an embodiment of the present invention. The figure which shows the login screen in the Example. The figure which shows the file management screen in the Example. It is the dialog window displayed at the time of file operation in the embodiment, (a) is a file operation menu, (b) is a diagram showing a file upload menu. The figure which displayed the daily calendar on the schedule management window in the Example. The figure which displayed the monthly calendar on the schedule management window in the Example. The figure which shows the dialog window at the time of the schedule registration in the Example.

  Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a plurality of projects can be managed by one system. The shared file management service provides functions for storing, updating, and deleting files for each project.

  In addition, the project management system of this embodiment provides a schedule management service for managing a schedule made up of processes in the project and events such as meetings for each project described above.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the project management system 1 according to the present embodiment is configured by a server 3 connected to a plurality of client terminals 2 via a network.

  In the project management system 1 of the present embodiment, each service is provided as an ASP service by a server 3 using a WEB application, and a user can receive the service via a WEB browser executed by the client terminal 2. However, the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to a WEB application. For example, a client server model by a so-called rich client in which the client terminal 2 executes a dedicated application may be applied.

  The client terminal 2 is a terminal operated by a user who uses the project management system 1 of the present embodiment. As described above, this embodiment provides a function as a WEB application, and the client terminal 2 performs network communication with the server 3 via the WEB browser executed by the client terminal 2.

  As long as the client terminal 2 is a computer capable of network communication with the server 3 by the WEB browser as described above, the function of this embodiment can be provided. That is, a general computer in which a CPU and a memory, a storage device, an input / output device, and the like are connected by a bus can be used as a client terminal in this embodiment.

  The server 3 is a device that receives a predetermined request from the client terminal 2 via the WEB browser and performs various processes in response to the received request. The server 3 can be configured by a computer having a general configuration in the same manner as the client terminal 2 described above.

  The server 3 in the present embodiment includes a database 31 for storing schedules, shared files, predetermined information such as projects and participants of the project, and a large-capacity recording device for storing the shared files. The recording unit 32 is provided. The server 3 also provides a file recording means 33 for recording the shared file in the recording unit 32 and a list of shared files for providing a predetermined service in response to the request from the client terminal 2 described above. A file display means 34, a schedule registration means 35 for registering / updating schedules such as events and processes in the database, and a schedule display means 36 for acquiring and displaying a schedule within a predetermined period from the database are provided.

  It is not necessary to execute all the processing performed in the project management system 1 of this embodiment by a single device, and the server 3 is configured by a plurality of devices as appropriate in consideration of various design factors such as load distribution and scalability. You may make it do. In particular, in the present embodiment, the recording unit 32 and the database 31 may be configured separately from the server 3 main body.

  The database 31 is a recording means for recording various information necessary for operating the project management system 1 of the present embodiment. In this embodiment, a relational database management system (operating on the server 3) ( RDBMS). The means for recording various information is not limited to the RDBMS, and various database systems may be selected as appropriate.

  When using the project management system 1 of the present embodiment, first, the user accesses a predetermined URL from the WEB browser of the client terminal 2. At this time, the HTML code of the login screen is transmitted from the server to the client terminal 2 and rendered on the WEB browser of the client terminal 2 as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the login screen 4 requires input of an ID and a password assigned to each user. When the user inputs the ID and password in the forms 41 and 42 and clicks the login button 43, the input ID and password are transmitted to the server 3, and authentication processing is performed by the server 3. The authentication process is performed by determining whether or not the input ID and password match the ID and password stored in the database 31 in advance. If the authentication is successful, the server 3 generates an HTML code for a file management screen, which will be described later, and transmits it to the client terminal 2. The client terminal 2 that has received the HTML code draws a file management screen on the WEB browser as shown in FIG.

  The file management screen is a screen for providing a service for managing a shared file in the project management system 1 of the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, a content display area 51 is arranged at the center of the screen, and the project is displayed above the screen. A selection area 52 and a search area 53, a schedule management call area 54 on the right side, and an upload area 55 on the lower right side are arranged.

  The content display area 51 is an area for displaying a list of files held by the project in which the user participates and operating the files displayed in the list. When authentication is performed via the login screen 4 described above, the server 3 searches the database 31 for the project to which the user who performed the authentication processing belongs by executing the file display means 34 described above, and the project has Predetermined information related to the shared file to be obtained is acquired from the recording unit 32, list information is created, and transmitted to the client terminal 2.

  In the content display area 51, the aforementioned file list is displayed. The information displayed in the list is composed of thumbnail images if thumbnail images such as videos and images can be generated. Otherwise, the file type icon, file name, file type, and file size are included. Yes.

  When an arbitrary file is clicked among the listed files, a menu window 6 as shown in FIG. 4A is displayed on the screen. When the file is a moving image or an image, the menu displayed in this window 6 includes a menu for displaying or reproducing the file, a menu for editing the file name and additional metadata, and the file as a client terminal. It consists of a menu for downloading above and a menu for deleting files from the project management system.

  When an arbitrary file is dragged and dropped on the content display 51 area from the client terminal 2, an upload window 7 as shown in FIG. 4B is displayed on the screen. When a predetermined item is entered in the window 7 and the registration button is clicked, the file dragged and dropped from the client terminal 2 is transferred to the server 3, and the server 3 executes the file recording means 33, It is recorded in the recording unit 32 as a shared file owned by the project. At this time, if a shared file owned by the project has the same name as the file that has been operated, the file can be replaced with a file that has been dragged and dropped.

  The project selection area 52 is an area for operating project information managed by the project management system 1 of the present embodiment. The area includes an accessible project list tab 521 on the left end and a participating project list tab 522 on the right side of the tab.

  The accessible project list tab 521 is a tab for selecting one project from all projects that can be browsed by the user regardless of whether or not the user who performed the authentication process is participating. When the tab 521 is clicked, a list of all accessible projects is displayed on the screen. When an arbitrary project is selected from the list, the server generates a list of files held by the selected project, and displays the list of files in the content display area 51.

  The participating project list tab 522 is a tab for selecting one project from the projects in which the user who has performed the authentication process participates. As described above, the file management screen 5 displays the files owned by one project in the content display area. When the participating project list tab 522 is clicked, a list of projects in which the user is participating is displayed on the screen. When an arbitrary project is selected from the list, the server generates a list of files held by the selected project, and displays the list of files in the content display area 51.

  The search area 53 provides an interface for performing a search using an arbitrary keyword from the files listed in the content display area 51. In the search area 53, a search form 531 for inputting a keyword, a search execution icon 532, and a clear icon 533 for deleting the keyword input to the search form are arranged. When the user inputs a desired keyword in the search form 531 and clicks the search execution icon 532, the input keyword is transmitted to the server 3, and the server 3 searches the file group owned by the project for a file that matches the keyword. . When the search is completed, the server 3 generates a list of search results and transmits it to the client terminal 2, and the client terminal 2 displays the result on the content display area 51. When the clear icon 533 is clicked, the keyword input to the search form 531 is deleted.

  The upload area 55 provides an interface for uploading an arbitrary file on the client terminal 2 to the project management system 1. When a file is dragged and dropped from the client terminal 2 to the upload area 55, the above-described upload window 7 is displayed. When the registration button is clicked after selecting information to be added to the file to be uploaded in the window 7, the file is transferred to the server 3, and the server 3 executes the file recording means 33 to join the received file. The file is saved in the storage unit 32 as a shared file owned by the project selected in the project tab.

  In the schedule management calling area 54, an icon for displaying an interface for providing a schedule management service in the project management system 1 of this embodiment is displayed on the screen. When the icon is clicked, the server 3 executes the schedule display means 36 to acquire a schedule within a predetermined period from the database 31 and displays the schedule in the schedule management window 8 as shown by 5.

  The schedule management window 8 includes a calendar area 81 having a time axis in the left-right direction, a daily / monthly switching button 82 on the upper right side of the calendar area 81, and an event registration button 83 on the lower left side.

  The schedule management service in this embodiment is provided with a schedule management service using a daily calendar as shown in FIG. 5 and a schedule management service using a monthly calendar as shown in FIG. When clicked, a window 8 for displaying a daily calendar is displayed. By clicking the daily / monthly switching button 82 on the upper right side of the window 8, the daily calendar display and the monthly calendar display can be switched.

  In the calendar area 81, a date or area displayed by the calendar is displayed in a time-series order with the horizontal direction as a time axis, and registered at the bottom of each day or month in the date display area 811. A title display area 812 for displaying the title of the schedule is arranged.

  When the event registration button 83 is clicked, a schedule registration window 9 as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the screen. In this embodiment, a title, a period, a date and time, a place, and contents can be input as schedule information. When predetermined information is input in the window 9 and the registration button is clicked, the input information is transmitted from the client terminal to the server 3, and the server 3 executes the schedule registration means 35 to record the information in the database 31. At the same time, it is displayed on the window 8 described above. In this embodiment, the schedule consists of an event that is completed on a single day, such as a schedule, and a process that shows a schedule for a plurality of days. When only the start of the period is entered, daily schedule management is performed. When the event handled by the service, both the start time and the end time are input, it is stored in the database 31 as a process handled by the monthly schedule management service.

  A file on the content display area 51 on the back of the window 8 can be dragged and dropped into each schedule of the schedule management window 8. When a file is dragged and dropped on the schedule, the server 3 executes the schedule registration unit 35 as a file associated with the dragged and dropped schedule, whereby predetermined information in the database 31 is obtained. Update.

  When a file is associated with the schedule, an icon 84 indicating the file is displayed near the title of each schedule on the schedule management window 8. By clicking this icon 84, a list of files associated with the schedule is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, it is possible to view which file is associated with each schedule on the schedule management window 8. The schedule management window 8 displays the schedule in the project with the horizontal direction as the time axis, and by displaying the files related to the schedule in this schedule, the historical relationship between the files can be visualized. Can grasp. For example, when a specification document, etc. is created by a design process based on a file created in a meeting, it is confirmed on the schedule management screen that the input file for the specification document was a meeting document. be able to.

In addition, the structure of this invention is not restricted to the said Example.
For example, in this embodiment, the service is provided as an ASP service. However, the client terminal 2 may be a rich client application having a dedicated application, or a dedicated terminal may be used as the client terminal 2. The client terminal 2 can also use various terminals in accordance with the service providing method. For example, if the service is an ASP service based on a WEB application, a smartphone or a mobile phone can be used.
Other specific configurations are not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

1 Project management system 2 Client terminal 3 Server

Claims (3)

A project management system comprising a server capable of communicating with a client terminal operated by a user via a network, and providing a service for managing a schedule and a shared file for each project,
The server
A recording unit for recording the file; a database for storing at least the schedule;
A file recording means for recording the file transmitted from the client terminal in a recording unit for each project;
File display means for causing the client terminal to display a list of predetermined information relating to the files recorded for each project;
A schedule registration means for storing or updating the schedule transmitted from the client terminal in a database for each project;
Schedule display means for causing the client terminal to display a list of the schedules within a predetermined period stored for each project in time series;
With
The schedule registration means has a file association means for associating a file recorded for each arbitrary project with an arbitrary schedule,
When the schedule to be displayed is associated with the file, the schedule display means displays the schedule together with information indicating that the schedule is associated with the file.   For each file displayed in a list, the file display means displays a thumbnail image if the file can generate a thumbnail image, and displays an icon indicating the file type if the thumbnail image cannot be generated. The project management system according to claim 1. The schedule display means includes
A daily schedule display means for displaying a schedule having only one of the start and end of the schedule by a daily calendar;
A monthly schedule display means for displaying a schedule having both the start and end of the schedule by a monthly calendar;
A calendar switching means for switching between the daily schedule display means and the monthly schedule display means;
The project management system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by comprising: