TWI224268B - Project management method - Google Patents

Abstract

A project management method defines a project framework to establish multiple project templates. Set up a project based on these project templates, wherein the project comprises multiple milestones forming the network structure and schedule achieving these milestones, approval regarding project, assignment of persons in charge to achieve these milestones and dynamic scheduling regarding project including the status receiving man-hour card and setting milestone, the status and schedule based on the milestone and the estimated finish day of project calculated by the critical path method in network structure, determination if all the milestones are accomplished and continuously proceed the man-hour card receiving procedure in case of any unachieved milestone, and determination of the rework required by any milestone and the continuous main-hour card receiving procedure if any of milestones is needed to rework.

Description

1224268 V. Description of the invention (1) [Technical field to which the invention belongs] This post is about a method of project management (prOject Management) and, in particular, a method of using the key route (Cr 丨 t 丨 ca 1 Path Method; CPM) is the project management method for scheduling. 〃 [The construction of the previous g is based on the project, followed by the scheduled management, and 2. The project is the project management of 3. The first step in the industry is the development of new products, the expansion of new markets, and the respect for new customers. The organizational reform, process transformation, and information system of the Ministry of Management; planning and implementation of rational aspects usually have limited resources. It is hoped to use the clear scope of the i project to achieve the target. Therefore, under risk control, the project is expected to meet the project's tense global competitive environment. The project-like project evaluation: the role of C. Time: Whether the project has a Λ factor of at least Including the following items: and backward projects 3 ^ 疋 success, the goal is to advance or fall in quality ... The project operation K addition can be completed on schedule, etc. Whether the output is expected, wooden structure and whether the output is planned well in advance 、 Cost: Current manpower and expertise, whether it is necessary to enter, etc. 、 Each project spent the configuration of 疋 疋 whether it is able to pick up new eve money and whether the cost of the project is efficient. Usually the company will enter and complete these tasks at one time. Required time

Divided into multiple work items, ^ different projects, and each project is 1224268 V. Description of the invention (2)

Schedule). Project Management assigns to complete one or more tasks in the project according to the existing human resources, including company employees and external contractors. Please refer to FIG. 1, which shows a flowchart of a dynamic project management method in US Patent No. 5765 1 40. First, in step 10, a project manager creates a profile or template to confirm the selected user. Next, at step 20, the project manager opens one or more project plans (pr0 ject)

Plan) ’which defines a number of project tasks to be completed by these selected users. In step 30, these project tasks are assigned to each user, and a task assignment table (Assignment Tabu) is set in the database to list the tasks that each user is assigned to complete. Continuing at step 40, a time sheet is provided by the system, where the time sheet can be a verbal form or a virtual form of a computer. , And then in the time table: time record and a time record table to record the execution of each; = Μ as the first! As shown in the figure, these records can also include the time of use, the time of formation, & is the holiday travel, illness records, etc. θ estimation work is completed: more efficient tracking and control of the project. In step 2 (Tlme Approving Manager) reviewed the review period = user use time form. If the user is rejected;: = or reject the warning, if the approval indicates that the recorded data can be continued: the system will propose at step 62 for each project or job in the time table 2. Then, strive to organize

1224268, invention description (3) and integration, in step 64, feed back these time table data to the project plan 'and step 66, report the progress of the project, and provide the project manager to check whether each task is completed within the predetermined schedule. Then, in step 70, modify the project plan. The project manager periodically tracks and controls the project process according to the previously defined schedule, revises each project plan as needed, and updates the work assignment form. When the user changes jobs, newly joins, or ends use, due to the change of human resources, the project configuration map must also be adjusted. Then return to step 30 to reassign the project work. In addition, after step 60, step η can also be performed to draw a map of the source of funds required for each project and project work, and at step 63, track the accumulated labor cost (Labor Cost) for use in step 65 , Report the progress of the use of greed in the project plan. In step 80, the project manager revises the project plan according to the progress of the use of funds as needed, and returns to step 30 to reassign the project work. In this way, the project plan can be adjusted in a timely manner according to the project work schedule and the need for funding considerations. As mentioned above, although the conventional project management method uses the progress of each project to provide the project manager to correct the project work = person: adjust yourself to perform the so-called "dynamic" implementation, some tasks have been completed, Renshi, women are renewed from time to time, 'for example, some jobs or some jobs are not performed satisfactorily and must be redone. From the worksheet two, the status of Ding Chuan + Brief Resentment, and the inability to calculate the project's grandness, ", and the law, and hold the Day of the entire project at any time) to grasp the progress of the project.’, The pre-completion completion date (Due

1224268 V. Description of the invention (4) [Summary of the invention] [Go to here] The purpose of the present invention is to provide-a kind of project management party according to the various milestones with network architecture, based on the scheduled completion date, With ;; ^ Λ Λ different /, case Λ Dynamic (Dynamic) situation, to achieve the purpose of the special case Bt r time and personnel input to determine the case, to optimize the time and cost management purposes. As follows. Based on the original text-send a straightforward Λ 'to propose a project management method, which briefly describes a project sample to open a project, a basin / supplier sample project, according to these miles 碓 "... includes Form multiple network signatures for the network structure. # 定 达 d ^ multiple schedules of some milestones; the case is carried out, and multiple executives who have reached these milestones; and two dynamic schedules, including: receiving multiple sheets Time card, and set milestones and status; according to the milestone status and timetable, calculate the key route of the project on the network CPM and / or use Lidudu p: Chengyue; determine whether all of you have reached your destination , If any milestone has not been reached, continue the steps of receiving time cards; and determine whether any milestones have been entered. If there are any milestones-a milestone needs to be renamed " There are four kinds of bears that are waiting, executing, reaching, and re-engineering. ^ When the project approval takes effect, 'each milestone enters the waiting state, and when the first time card for the milestone is received, & the milestone enters execution H state received corresponding to milestones file system, and will be confirmed in the cross-pattern-file (checklist) after the match before the system by a project manager to perform Ding determined muddy water reached (Slgn Off), to reach this state into the milestone. Yu

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Implementation status or achieved status. The milestone is approved for implementation status. Therefore, the progress and status of the project can be dynamically tracked to achieve the optimal schedule and cost management. In order to make the above purpose of the present invention clear, a preferred embodiment is exemplified as follows: If it is not ideal, it will be replaced with time schedule and personnel input and coordinated with the attached drawings. Detailed description [Embodiment] The present invention is characterized by the process Stele, and the four states of each milestone and heavy industry, use the state of each milestone and the path to the implementation of the milestone at the end of the project, which is the key route. With the change of state, dynamically track and invest manpower to achieve, please refer to Section 2 Figure, its drawing method flowchart. First of all, structure, or a structure of work), to build more and shorten the time of project preparation Please refer to Figure 3 at the same time The project structure is not intended. This issue has multiple non-repeating periods (Pha divides the project into multiple network architectures. The execution process is divided into waiting, execution, and reaching the classical key route method. According to the expected timeline of the network framework, Among the multiple paths formed from the beginning of the project, the maximum time required and the scheduled completion date of the project can be determined according to whether the milestone project is completed as scheduled and whether the schedule is adjusted to optimize the management of the project. The example project is managed in step 200, and the project manager defines the project solution structure (Work Breakdown project prototypes, and performs project process planning.) It shows that the project architecture according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is the project 300. It is divided into se) 310, and the period between 31 and 30 is straight.

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Line-sequence relationships, for example ... A project with a duration of two years can be divided into six periods (N = 6). After each period 310 is completed, a Gate Review is required to review whether the project continues. Each period 0 is composed of multiple non-repeating stages or milestones 320, and these milestones 320 form a network sequence relationship with each other. As shown in Figure 3, each milestone 320 requires time The process takes about three days to three weeks, and these milestones 320 are composed of a number of unrelated tasks (Tasks) 33. These independent tasks 330 are the subject of a general time card (Time Card). Therefore, the "project sample version includes at least a number of milestones that constitute the project 3000," Yuan Chengmu's personal private monument 320's timetable "and the implementation of the milestone 320 project Chengbei, of which these Chengbei requirements are determined by the project The manager proposes to each department manager (Function Manager). Then, in step 210, the system administrator (Administer) records these project prototypes in the project database as basic information. And in step 220, the project manager according to these The project sample is modified to open a proposal. The project includes the above-mentioned project structure, the scheduled time to reach the milestone, and the estimated manpower. In step 230, the project manager asks the vice president, The director and other supervisors approve and approve the project proposal. After the project is approved and effective, at step 24o, the department manager assigns the personnel required to execute each milestone and records it in the project database In step 250, the project schedule includes: At step 250, the number of milestones to be executed = time card is received, and each miles is set. State of the monument to the present invention each state of milestone subdivided into four: waiting (the Wait), execution (〇n G〇ing), of

1224268 V. Description of the invention (7) '~-Cheng and Rework. When the project is approved in step 23, each milestone enters the waiting state, and when the system receives the first time card for executing the milestone, that is, the milestone has the first man-hour input, the milestone enters the execution state. . The system does not allow the project manager to enter and confirm that the milestone is in a state of completion until all work items included in the milestone are completed on the day 7 ′ and the system receives the predetermined documents corresponding to the milestones that meet the requirements in the sample version. If the milestone that has been reached is not satisfactory, the milestone may need to be re-implemented in the state of execution or has entered the state of achievement, that is, the project manager will approve the milestone as a state of heavy industry and re-enter the working hours. Continuing in step 260, the critical path method (CPM) is used to calculate the critical path (CP) of the project and the due date (Due Day) based on the status of each milestone and its scheduled completion time. The feature of the present invention is to find the path with the greatest time duration among the multiple paths formed from the start of the project to the end of the execution of the milestone according to the status of each milestone in the above network architecture and the expected completion schedule, the so-called critical route CP , And calculate the project's scheduled completion date accordingly. The system can be set to calculate the dynamic scheduled completion date of this project every other day, or the system will recalculate the scheduled completion date of the project as soon as the system receives a time card or the status of any milestone changes. Track project progress at any time, and provide project manager to improve the process. Next, at step 270, it is determined whether all milestones have been reached. If any milestone has not been reached, proceed to step 250. If all milestones have been reached, then at step 280, determine whether there is any milestone required. Heavy industry, if any milestone needs to be heavy industry,

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Continue to step 2 5 0 to complete this project plan. If all milestones do not need to be reworked, the conventionally known project architecture is to divide the project into multiple linear relationship work items. The next project must wait for the completion of the upper project before it can be performed. It is clear that multiple milestones with network architecture are used as the project. Management weight: Yes. It is convenient for tracking management. As shown in Figure 3, the second and third milestones of the network architecture / Yu can be used as the first milestone 320, and the second and third milestones 32

1 journey Λ at the same time. However, as the second milestone 320 and the third milestone 32 of the next project, the first milestone 32 must be reached before it can be reached. Let ’s take an example of the dynamic CP of the project and the scheduled completion date. Not like July. Ten different, refer to FIG. 4A, which shows a block diagram of the state calculation project CP and the scheduled completion according to the present invention. There are ^ ^ milestones W, and the estimated time required for each milestone is loose = the right of the English letter w in the box, where milestones e, g, h,

I and J are dedicated states, and milestones A, B, c, d, and F are implemented. =: Road structure up and down engineering relationship 'From the beginning of the project to the end of the implementation of the project, six paths can be formed, as shown in the table ". According to the time required to reach each milestone, the total time to complete the milestones of each path can be calculated. It takes 63 days to get the first path (A-B-D-howl ~), which is the path with the largest% distance, which is the key route cp. In addition, the project will start on March 28. CP estimates that the scheduled completion date is May 30th.

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After a period of time, the system re-shows all miles as shown in Figure 4β. At this time, milestone two J is f, w, milestones E and Η are in execution status, and milestones A and BC are required: exaggerated ί Ϊ Ϊ〇 status . # Milestone entered a state of completion, the original estimate of cp is shown in Table b, and then the fourth path is calculated for the above six paths (Α R; 'It can be found that CP has been changed to a maximum time of 38 days 1) and * four paths (ACE-Bu I) The scheduled completion date was changed to June 8th.

After :; the two rooms ’system recalculates the cp and schedule of the project again. As shown in Figure 4C, at this time, milestones g, i, and so on, status, milestones a, b, to achieve the status, "Cheng Yi I changed to heavy industry due to unsatisfactory execution, 2 grids 4 reasons 2: again to the above The six routes are calculated once. The second road is completed as of June 10a, u, according to which the expected completion date is changed. Second, the milestone status in the network architecture is changed. ^ The key route of the project CP & And Mo Wuxiankou on the scheduled completion day

Holding CP and scheduled completion, #case manager can i = describe the time schedule and personnel input of each milestone. As described above, “The present invention is based on receiving a time card, entering the execution status, or achieving the status as W, but the present invention can also = 3: use the time card system” to open a project in the project manager, Set as 'waiting' and these milestones follow the network two

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V. Description of the Invention (ίο) The next project relationship enters the execution state in sequence, and when the milestone of the upper project enters the achieved state, the milestone of the next project automatically enters the execution state. When the system receives a document corresponding to a certain milestone and it meets the requirements of the prototype, the milestone will be reached by the project manager. When any milestone is in the implementation status or the implementation status is not satisfactory, the milestone will enter the heavy industry status. In this way, the system can still calculate the dynamic CP of the project based on the four states of the milestone and the scheduled completion date, to achieve the purpose of project tracking and information management.

According to the above-mentioned preferred embodiments, the present invention has the following advantages: 1. The project distinguishes multiple milestones with network structure as important targets for management. Then use the CPM to calculate the dynamic CP of the project and the scheduled Lu * j days. In this way, managers can grasp the progress of the project and the priorities of the milestones in the project schedule to achieve the optimal classification: the network sequence relationship, and the status of each milestone: mastering the case, letting Managers can be behind the schedule of the police • and 'two: entry status, early project cost management. Libeiyuan is effective for matching

However, the invention has been disclosed in the preferred embodiment as described above. The spirit and scope of the present invention are obvious to those skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of protection of the present invention; Jun Fu's patent application scope is defined as

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Brief Description of the Drawings [Simplified Illustration of the Drawings] Figure 1 shows the flow of the direct removal method W of US Patent No. 5765140; the project manager of Figure 2 shows the flowchart of the project according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. ; &Amp; Method Flow Figure 3 shows a project architecture diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention; ^ Figure 4 A shows a project CP calculation and scheduled completion at the first milestone state according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention Sun block diagram;

Figure 4B shows a block diagram of the second milestone status calculation project CP and the scheduled completion according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 4C shows the calculation of the third milestone status according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. Block diagram of project CP and scheduled completion. Description of Schematic Symbols: Project 31 0: Period 3 2 0: Milestone 3 3 0 ·· Work

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Scope of Patent Application '&1; A project management method, including: · Defining a project structure to construct a plurality of project samples; root = some project samples to open a project, where the project includes formation, disclosure Multiple milestones in the road structure and corresponding milestones and time schedules; signing off on the project; designating multiple executives to reach those milestones; and dynamically scheduling the project, including:, receiving multiple work hours Card 'and set a status of each of these milestones; based on the status and time schedule of each of these milestones, prepare for the project on the network frame' using a critical path method (CPM) to differentiate the project A key route and a scheduled completion date; a judgment as to whether the milestones have been reached, and if any milestones for those milestones have not been reached, continue with the step of receiving a plurality of time cards · and, determine whether these milestones Any one of the milestones needs heavy work. If any of the milestones of the Erli private monument needs heavy work, continue to receive multiple copies. This step is card. 1 The method as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the samples of the projects 1 are stored in a database, and the opening of the projects is generated based on the modification of the samples of the projects. / 、 乂 3 · The method described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the project structure is a Work Breakdown Structure. 1224268 6. Scope of patent application ---- plus 4. The method as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein according to the project structure, the project is divided into a plurality of periods of linear sequence relationship, and each of these periods is divided by the Ministry These milestones are aggregated, and each of these milestones includes multiple jobs. 5. The method as described in item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the tasks are the subject of the time card. 8 1 6 · The method according to item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the status of each of the milestones is one of a waiting status, an execution status, an achievement status, and a heavy work status. ~ 7 • The method as described in item 6 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the project is signed and approved to take effect, each of these milestones enters the waiting state. 8 · The method according to item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the method uses a system to receive the time cards, and simultaneously receives a plurality of files corresponding to the time cards, and receives the corresponding time cards in the system. When each of these milestones is the first time card, each of these milestones enters the execution state. 9. The method as described in item 8 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the system receives the documents corresponding to each of these milestones and the required delivery documents defined in the project sample version, each of these milestones is approved to enter the achievement When each of the milestones is in the execution state or the implementation state is approved to be unsatisfactory, each of the milestones enters the state of heavy industry. 1 0. The method as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the critical route is one of the largest routes in the network structure formed from a plurality of paths formed from the start of the project to the end of the project Route, and the scheduled completion date is calculated based on the key route. TW0956F (Wanghong) .ptd page 17 、 Applicable patent scope 1; .If the patent scope is applied for! In the method described in item 1, ^ ^ mother is calculated once every other day. The method described in item 1 of the patent scope of Dingfancheng, where the scheduled + is calculated once to the time card, or once when the status of the milestones in the autumn monument changes. . '1 ^ — a kind of project management method, including: ^ Yiyi project structure to construct a number of project samples; Άϊϊίΐ sample version to open a project ... The project includes the formation of a timeline'; the construction of multiple milestones, and achieving the A number of milestones are used to dynamically schedule the project, including: determining the status of each of these milestones; in the construction, according to the status and time schedule of each of these milestones, scheduled completion on the network framework The key route method calculates one of the key routes of the project and whether milestones have been reached. If the milestones are fulfilled and reached, continue with the step of receiving multiple work cards. Should miles be broken? Any milestone of the milestone requires heavy work. If the step is required—rework is needed to continue the project of receiving multiple time cards ^ The method described in item 13 of the scope of patent application ', according to this paragraph: The case i is divided into a plurality of periods in a straight line sequence relationship. These p milestones are assembled, and each of these miles is 1224268 ________________________ VI. Scope of patent application The monument includes multiple jobs. 15 · The method as described in item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein the status of each of the milestones is one of a waiting status, an execution status, a completion status, and a rework status. 16 · The method as described in item 15 of the scope of patent application, wherein when the project is opened, 'the milestones are set to the waiting state, and the milestones are in order according to the relationship between work and work in the network architecture Enter the execution state, and when the milestones of the previous project enter the state of achievement, the milestones of the next project automatically enter the execution state. 1 7 · The method as described in item 6 of the patent application scope, wherein the method uses a system to receive a plurality of documents for performing each of the milestones, and when the system receives the documents corresponding to each of the milestones and the project When the documents required by the sample version are consistent, each of these milestones has been approved and entered the state of achievement. 18. The method as described in item 17 of the scope of patent application, wherein each of the milestones enters the state of heavy industry when the execution status or the achievement status is verified to be unsatisfactory. 19 · The method as described in item 13 of the scope of patent application, wherein the critical route is in a plurality of paths formed in the network structure from the start of the project to the end of the project, and the one having the maximum time history is calculated. A route, the scheduled completion is calculated based on the critical route. 2 0 · The method as described in item 3 of the patent application scope, wherein the scheduled completion date is calculated once when the status of any of the milestones changes. 0