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PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - AN FAQ
Pete Phillips, [email protected]
$Date: 1997/09/19 07:53:06 $ $Revision: 2.43 $
____________________________________________________________

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction

1.1. What version is this FAQ ?

1.2. What is this FAQ about ?

1.3. What's new in this version ?

1.4. What newsgroups discuss PM ?

1.5. What mailing lists discuss PM ?

1.6. Is there a WWW site for PM ?

1.7. What BBS's discuss PM ?

1.8. Are there any Reviews of Project Management Software ?

1.9. How can I get the latest FAQ ?

1.10. How can I contribute to the FAQ or Review file ?

2. UNIX Software

2.1. What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ?

2.1.1. XPLAN

2.1.2. XOPPS

2.1.3. WISE

2.2. Is there any commercial PM software around for UNIX ?

2.2.1. AutoPLAN II

2.2.2. COMPASS

2.2.3. IntraPlan

2.2.4. GECOMO Plus

2.2.5. MasterPlan 1.1X

2.2.6. SIZE Plus

2.2.7. ACCENT GraphicVUE

2.2.8. ACCENT GraphicVUE (Personal Edition)

2.2.9. Open Plan

2.2.10. Cobra

2.2.11. Ultra Planner

2.2.12. Islandplan

2.2.13. AMS Schedule Publisher

2.2.14. SAS/OR.

2.2.15. Project2 / SeriesX (PX)

2.2.16. PACS Project Administration and Control System

3. PC/DOS Software

3.1. What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is
available ?

3.1.1. Easy Project

3.1.2. Ganttman

3.1.3. Mainline

3.2. Other programs

3.3. What MSDOS commercial project management software is available
?

3.3.1. Texim Project

3.3.2. Milestones, Etc. for Windows (V5.0)

3.3.3. Milestones Simplicity for Windows

3.3.4. Project Commander

3.3.5. Microsofts Project for Windows

3.3.6. SuperProject / CA-SuperProject 3.0

3.3.7. Power Planner

4. Other Platforms

4.1. Is there any project management software for the Psion
Organiser ?

5. Training & Miscellany

5.1. Which companies provide training in Project Management in the
UK ?

5.2. Which companies provide training in Project Management in the
USA ?

5.2.1. Miscellany

5.3. What do all these weird PM terms mean ?

5.4. What Books/References are available ?

5.5. What other information is available ?

5.5.1. Magazines

5.5.2. Software Engineering Files

5.5.3. Razor

5.5.4. Tom Sawyer Software

5.5.5. Software Technology Support Center

5.6. What groups/organisations exist for project managers ?

6. Gosh - can there be anything else ?

6.1. Project Management Software from IKAR.

7. Postscript
______________________________________________________________________

1. Introduction

1.1. What version is this FAQ ?

o Version: $Revision: 2.43 $

o Last-Modified: $Date: 1997/09/19 07:53:06 $

1.2. What is this FAQ about ?

This article contain the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions

(FAQ) often seen in various newsgroups on the net, regarding project
management and project management software.

It is compiled by myself, Pete Phillips ([email protected]), with the
help of hundreds of net.people.

Quite frequently on the net, you hear people asking the following
questions:

o Is there project-management software that runs under
X/DOS/UNIX/SunOS ?

o Is there any Public Domain project management software for XXX ?

These questions come up quite a lot. I've been collecting most
responses to project management questions since around 1991, and they
are summarised in this FAQ. In addition, I've had quite a bit of mail
asking for information on books etc on project planning. All of the
information I have so far is distilled into this FAQ and its sister
file which contains pointers to reviews of project management software
(see Question below on "Reviews").

I will use the term "PM" as shorthand for project management
throughout this file.

In addition it includes some extra information (such as a glossary) to
help those new to the field to understand some of the issues
discussed.

My background is in UNIX, and although I have access to PC's, I have
little or no interest in PM on PC's. Therefore I rely on others to
give me the PC/MSDOS info. This sometimes means that the PC/MSDOS
entries are sketchy. If you can fill in any of the gaps (for any
parts of this FAQ), then please do so.

Also, spelling is usually UK English, not USA English. Please don't
flame me for whatever mix of spelling is used - it's the information
that's important.

Finally, I get a lot of mail from people telling me that they've
looked at my WWW site for PM. I *DO NOT* make this available on the
SMTL web site, only on USENET news - if you are reading this on a web
site, it has been put there by someone else. I have no objection to
this, but I want people to know that the authoritative version of this
FAQ is the posting to the net.

If you need to mail me with info/queries, please quote the version
number of this FAQ, and the site you read it on if you read it on a
WWW site. This will allow me to update WWW site maintainers with the
latest versions of this FAQ.

This FAQ is now written in SGML and uses the linuxdoc DTD. This
enables me to convert to postscript, text and html from the one
source. However, I have not finished converting the publications
stuff yet, so that is missing for the moment. Also, I apologise that
URL's are printed twice (I haven't the time to investigate this at
present) and for any other mistackes (sic) in this document. Finally,
this document is presently still only available in news.answers as a
text file.

1.3. What's new in this version ?

o Nothing of importance ..

1.4. What newsgroups discuss PM ?

Presently, (28th Nov, 1996) no newsgroups purely to discuss PM. Also
there is very little discussion on the net about PM (unless of course
you know different).

1.5. What mailing lists discuss PM ?

I set up a mailing list in 1993 on our machine (smtl.demon.co.uk).
However, due to the fact that our machine is connected to the net via
a dialup PPP link, all access was through mail (no ftp, WWW etc). In
addition, the list was costing us a fortune each time a message was
disseminated to the 300 subscribers.

Then the mailing list was hosted by mailbase, at the University of
Newcastle. The numbers subscribed reached about 2,000 by July 1995.

However, to maintain a mailing list on mailbase you need a list
manager from a UK University, and the list manager (Nigel
Metheringham) left for another job. Luckily he found another site to
host the mail list, at The Project Management Learning Centre, at the
University of Technology, Sydney.

The new list is called pmnet.

To subscribe, send mail to [email protected]

containing the command

subscribe pmnet

To unsubscribe, send mail containing the command

unsubscribe pmnet

Other facilities are available - for information send it the command
"help".

To Post to the list, send your message to:

[email protected]

You will be sent some general information when you subscribe.

The aim of the list is to discuss project management techniques
generally, not just project management software and programmes.

1.6. Is there a WWW site for PM ?

The following sites have PM related info.

o Project 2000 (PS 2000)
<http://www.idt.unit.no:80/~njaals/PS2000/Home/welcome.html> is a
national research and developement program within the field of
Project Management and Total Cost Management with the mission of
identifying project management needs and improving the knowledge
and implementation of project management in Norwegian industry. The
program will consolidate the PM and TCM knowledge in Norway and
further evolve cooperation with international experts in tasks
related to challenges in our industry, thereunder securing
university education adjusted to their actual needs.

Please send any questions or comments to:
[email protected] or post them at the project managemnt
mailing list.

(From a posting to the pm mailing list on Mon, 27 Mar 1995 by Njl
S. Sletten [email protected])

o The Web Project Management Forum
<http://www.synapse.net/PMForum/>. The Web Project Management
Forum is a not-for-profit resource for information on international
project management affairs. The Forum is dedicated to supporting
development, international cooperation, promotion and support of a
professional and world wide project management discipline.
([email protected](

o Welcom Software <http://www.wst.com>. Welcom Software is now
maintaining a WorldWideWeb server site. The site includes client
stories, product announcements etc. You will be able to see screen
captures of Welcom's all new Open Plan Professional for Windows as
well as the other Welcom Software products.

Current events such as WST's US seminar schedule is available here
also.

(Chris Vandersluis [email protected])

o HMS Software WWW site <http://www.wst.com/hms>. HMS Software, the
Canadian-based publishers of TimeControl and Optic and the Canadian
distributors of Open Plan and other Welcom Software products is now
maintaining a WorldWideWeb site.

Information included on this site includes product information on
TimeControl and the Optic, white papers on a variety of generic
project management topics, client stories and course and current
events schedules for happenings at HMS. (Chris Vandersluis
[email protected])

o Project and Program Manager's Palette <http://www.4pm.com>. Dick
Billows [email protected] maintains this site dedicated to project
and program management. It includes Free book chapters from some of
his books, such as
PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT by Dick Billows
AT-HOME WORKERS: Converting in-office departments to at-home jobs by
Billows and Gooden

In addition it covers Project Management Discussion Forums, training
over the Internet, and a variety of Project Management courses. It
also has "The SAGA of the Project from Hell" - the worst project
management nightmare you've ever read about and an opportunity to add
your war stories to it (disguise the names so we don't get sued)"

o Project Management Technologies, Inc. web site
<http://eazy.net/pmt/> Info from Wayne MacGregor, Vice President

o WISE: Web Integrate Software Environment
<http://research.ivv.nasa.gov/projects/WISE/wise.html> This site
contains information about WISE. According to one of the authors,
it is the first WWW based project management and metrics tool
released on the WWW. Please have a look. It can be configured to
meet any organizations software process, helps in issue tracking,
dynamic metrics, maintains change data, and accessible anywhere
across the WWW.

([email protected] Sudhakar Ramakrishnan)

o Try PIM shareware <http://coyote.csusm.edu/cwis/winworld/pim.html>
for personal information management s/w and other stuff.

o Johann J Hanekom's web site
<http://www.lia.co.za/users/johannh/index.htm>. Johann J Hanekom
[email protected] who was one of the early contributors of a vast
list of PC shareware PM software, has opened his own WWW site,
which makes available some of the applications he lists available
for download. It also accepts anonymous uploads, so if you find
some good PM software which is public domain or shareware, why not
upload it ?

o Project Management Institute (PMI) Internet Site
<http://www.pmi.org/pmi/new_mem/pmi_win.htm> (sumbitted by
[email protected] on 16/4/96).

1.7. What BBS's discuss PM ?

o There is, apparently, a Project Management BBS being run by the
Project Management Institute (PMI) in the USA. The number is
414-961-7807 (8,n,1).

(from a net posting by [email protected] Paul Bergman to
news.newusers.questions on 21/October/1993)

o There is also a BBS with a project planning section in Canada: The
National Capital Freenet (Ottawa, Canada) now has a Project
Management SIG. The host is <freenet.carleton.ca> Login as
"guest". ([email protected] (William R. Watt), Mon, 24 Jan
1994 )

Thanks to Priit Parmakson [email protected] for picking this up.

o Also, a project management conference on ILink, on the FONiX
Information Systems BBS. The name of the sysop is Chris Kenward,
and the BBS details are as follows:

FONiX Info Systems _ Berkshire, UK _ +44 (0)344 306986
([email protected])
o In Feb 94, I received this from Chris Vandersluis [email protected]
on the PM list:

"The HMS Software BBS can be reached at 514-333-6846 at speeds from 300baud
to 57kb. The BBS is dedicated to project management support and
information with particular support for the Welcom Software project
management systems as HMS is the Canadian distributor for WST.

Still, the general areas for generic project management is an area for
project managers and users of PM systems to network together and we make a
point of keeping the file area current with items of interest to project
managers.

No validation is required to access the system. "

1.8. Are there any Reviews of Project Management Software ?

There are a number of review files available. They may be accessed
via the web, ftp or (if you are desperate), by mail server.

I am desperate for some more decent reviews of software. Please
contribute to the reviews file by sending email to myself at
[email protected].

See next section for getting the review files.

1.9. How can I get the latest FAQ ?

Both the latest version of the FAQ, the Review file, the book file and
the glossary areall available at PUT HTML LINK TO JOHANNS SITRE HERE.

They may also be obtained from the SMTL mail server (for the present):
Send mail to [email protected] with

send FILENAME
end

in the body of the message, where

FILENAME = proj-plan.reviews - for the reviews file
= proj-plan.FAQ.1 - for the FAQ file
= proj-plan.glossary - for the PM glossary
= proj-plan.books - for the PM book list from
Kurt Aerenlund Pedersen

1.10. How can I contribute to the FAQ or Review file ?

I'm glad you asked me that!

If you have any info or opinions on the FAQ or Reviews file, I'll be
glad to add them to this file. Mail them to myself (Pete Phillips) at

[email protected]

I can't promise to respond to all the mail I get. I will try to
acknowledge all contributions - if I forget to do this, please remind
me !

2. UNIX Software

2.1. What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ?

2.1.1. XPLAN

Mark Lacey and a tea from Michigan State University wrote a project
planning tool for their software engineering class.

It was available via anon ftp
<ftp://cpsacs.cps.msu.edu/pub/xsrc/xplan-1.0.tar.Z>, but in Oct 95 I
received mail from Evelyn Mitchell [email protected] who informed me that
this site no longer allows anon ftp. Latest information from Jean-
Francois Rit [email protected] is that it is available
from ftp://ftp.agix.net/pub/programming/tools/xplan/
<ftp://ftp.agix.net/pub/programming/tools/xplan/>

The tool supports entering and saving of task information (task name,
description, relevant dates, etc.). Project files can be loaded later
for consultation. The tool graphically generates both PERT and Gantt
charts on screen, and has an option to generate LaTeX source for Gantt
charts and task sheets.

Xplan has been tested on Sun SPARCstation IPC's, IPX's, 1's, 1+'s,
2's, and 10's. It requires the XView libraries and header files to
compile. A Sun binary is available for ftp at the above site.

Mark and his team do not intend to support xplan in future, but it
does seem as if there is sufficient here for someone to develop a
package that is less platform specific. Any offers ?

**** Please Note - XPLAN needs Xview 3.0 ****
**** and Guide to compile. If you are ****
**** running Non-SUN h/w, you are probably ****
**** out of luck ****

(Information provided by Leon Dent [email protected], Dec 92.)

<! -- **** - check that have edited te review files - add the review
info in ***** the prjrev file -->

2.1.2. XOPPS

XOPPS was developed by a group at NASA/JPL, including Susan Murphy
[email protected], who was responsible for getting it placed
on an ftp site along with Mike Tankenson [email protected].

Xopps is available from JPL <ftp://devvax.jpl.nasa.gov/> via anonymous
FTP. I have used the pre-built binaries on a Sun with no problems,
but Andrew Davison [email protected] tells me that
although he has built it under Linux, it appears to be rather
unstable.

XOPPS is basically a tool which lets you draw gantt charts.

The structure of the file is available, so you could get your own
database system to print out good looking gantt charts. I had the file
structure by mail, and so will try and get this info placed on the ftp
site with the executable. However, you can always use the source!

Here is the README file which describes XOPPS.

README File for OEL Project/Planner Scheduler Program (xopps) From:
Susan Murphy, NASA/JPL, OEL, MS 301-345, 818-354-1948

The OEL Project/Planner Scheduler (xopps) program is an easy-to-use
graphics editing tool for generating milestone schedule charts. It
represents an application-specific editor with its commands and
functions tailored to plotting milestone events and activities on a
timeline display. The XOPPS graphics editor is written in C and runs
under X/Motif on a Sun Workstation.

The XOPPS program is a window-based graphics tool that provides easy
and fast on-screen WYSIWYG editing t; capabilities. The editing tool
is menu-driven with no need to memorize commands or functions. It has
a canvas area which displays a full image of the schedule being
edited. The canvas contains a header area (for text) and a schedule
area (for plotting graphic representations of milestone objects in a
flexible timeline). The XOPPS tool is based on an object-oriented
design, which provides objects with time attributes. The user can
position objects to pixel resolution but objects with an associated
date are positioned automatically in their correct timeline position
in the schedule area. The schedule area has horizontal lines across
the page with capabilities for multiple pages and for editing the
number of lines per page and the line grid. The text on a line can be
edited and a line can be moved with all objects on the line moving
with it. The timeline display can be edited to plot any time period in
a variety of formats (from FY to CY and from days to years). Text
objects and image (rasterfiles and icons) objects can be created for
placement anywhere on the page. Milestone event objects (with a single
associated date and optional text and milestone symbol) and activity
objects (with start and end dates and an optional completion date)
have unique editing panels for inputting data. A representation for
schedule slips is also provided.

A milestone schedule is saved to an ASCII file (*.xopps) which can be
input later into the XOPPS program for editing or printing. The
program can also print a schedule to a laser printer or a PostScript
file.

Availability

The planning tool, xopps, is available as a complete package through
NASA COSMIC (with source code, etc). The COSMIC phone number is
706-542-3265, it is managed by The University of Georgia. This
version is being made available as a test/demonstration copy of the
executable for your use.

For further information at JPL, contact: susan murphy
[email protected] 818-354-1948 cassie mulnix
[email protected] 818-354-1430

This is from an oldish README file, so some of this info may be out of
date.

2.1.3. WISE

WISE: Web Integrate Software Environment!
<http://research.ivv.nasa.gov/projects/WISE/wise.html> See under the
WISE entry in the WWW section for further information.

2.2. Is there any commercial PM software around for UNIX ?

Yes. Lots.

The following basic information (name of package, name and address of
supplier, platforms etc) is sometimes supplemented by information from
the manufacturer where this has been supplied. The information
supplied by the manufacturer is preceded by the phrase "From XXYYZZ"
(where XXYYZZ is the supplier) and the information supplied is in
quotes.

I have had comments from folks who would like some sort of comparative
table on the features of each of these. I am not in a position to do
this - does anyone think this is absolutely necessary ? My concern is
that it will be extremely difficult to produce a comprehensive
comparative table. My immediate thought is to allow each company to
send me a file describing their product which I can make available
from a server. Let me know your thoughts on this. Pete

Anyone who wants to supplement this section, please send me your
contributions so that I can keep this file up to date. Please submit
information in the following format (I am using the Linuxdoc SGML
system to format this FAQ at present).

<sect2> Product Name
<sect3>Company
Company Name goes here.
<sect3>Address
Company address goes here.
<sect3>Phone No.
Phone number goes here.
<sect3>Fax No.
Fax number goes here.
<sect3>Email
Email contact address goes here.
<sect3>Platforms
Platforms that the software runs on.
<sect3>Price
Price - please make clear currency.
<sect3>Miscellaneous
Any other information
<sect3>Date of entry.
Date entry last updated
<sect3>Contributed by:
Contributors name and email address.

If you do not want your contribution attributed to yourself, please
state this clearly in your email.

2.2.1. AutoPLAN II

Company
Digital Tools

Address
10351, Bubb Road Cupertino, CA 95014 USA

Phone No.
(408)366-6920

Fax No.
(408)446-2140

Email
[email protected]

Price
Contact Digital Tools

Platforms

UNIX version
Sun Sparc (running SunOS 4.1.3 or Solaris 2.3 or higher) HP
9000/700 or 800 (running HP-UX 8.05 or higher) IBM RS6000
(running AIX 3.1.5 or 4.1.2 )

UNIX Server/Windows Client version

Client
486 based PC running MS Windows 3.1/95/NT.

Server
Any one of the above UNIX platforms.

Windows version
486 based PC running MS Windows 95/NT.

Miscellaneous
AutoTEAM, a companion product for timesheets and project
tracking is available on all the above mentioned platforms.

Date of entry.
26th Feb 1996

Miscellaneous
Web site for more info. <http://www.digit.com/>

2.2.2. COMPASS

Company
NASA's COSMIC

Phone No.
404-542-3265

Email
[email protected]

Platforms
Sun 3/4

Price

Miscellaneous

Date of entry.

2.2.3. IntraPlan

Company
Intra2000

Web Site
http://www.intraplan.com/

Email
[email protected]
Platforms
Windows, Mac, Unix etc

Miscellaneous
Intra2000 is releasing a new project management application at
the JavaOne conference on April 3rd in San Francisco. Our
application is called IntraPlan and is written in Java. This PM
application will run on any computer platform, Windows, Mac,
Unix etc. as well as the WebTV and new Network Computers.

Date of entry.
25th March 1997

2.2.4. GECOMO Plus

Company
GEC-Marconi Software Systems

Address

Phone No.
703-648-1551

Fax No.

Email

Platforms
Sun/HP/IBM/VAX

Price

Miscellaneous

Date of entry.

2.2.5. MasterPlan 1.1X

Company
Quality Software Products

Address

Phone No.
310-410-0303

Fax No.

Email

Platforms
Sun/DG/HP/IBM/SCO/MIPS/SGI/DEC

Price
Approx 900 pounds (UK) from Unipress Software (UK). USA unknown.

Miscellaneous

Date of entry.

2.2.6. SIZE Plus

Company
GEC-Marconi Software Systems

Address

Phone No.
703-648-1551

Fax No.

Email

Platforms
Sun/HP/IBM/VAX

Price

Miscellaneous

Date of entry.

2.2.7. ACCENT GraphicVUE

Company
National Information Systems Inc

Address
4040 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 200, San Jose, California
95117-1852, USA

Phone No.
408-985-7100 (Voice) 800-441-5758 - Toll-Free (USA)

Fax No.
408-246-3127

Email
[email protected] [email protected] (Dave Wagner)

Platforms
Sun 3 & 4 (running Solaris 1.0 or greater), HP 9000 series 700
workstations running HP-UX 8.05 or greater, Silicon Graphics
Personal IRIS and Indigo workstations running IRIX 4.0.1 or
greater.

Price
$2,950 for 1st floating single user license. Further licenses
(for user 2 through to 5) $1,750 each. User 6 and above,
$1,250 each.

Miscellaneous
Previously VUE from TEI

Date of entry.

2.2.8. ACCENT GraphicVUE (Personal Edition)

Company
National Information Systems Inc

Address
4040 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 200, San Jose, California
95117-1852, USA

Phone No.
408-985-7100 (Voice) 800-441-5758 - Toll-Free (USA)

Fax No.
408-246-3127

Email
[email protected] [email protected] (Dave Wagner)

Platforms
ACCENT GraphicVUE is available on Sun Microsystems workstations
running SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 1.0, Hewlett-Packard 9000 series
700 workstations running HP-UX version 8.05 or greater, the DEC
Alpha AXP running OSF/1, and Silicon Graphics workstations
running IRIX 4.0.1 or greater.

Price
Starting at $995 with a 60-day money back guarantee for each
workstation license and can be upgraded to a multiple-project
processing, network version.

Miscellaneous

Date of entry.

2.2.9. Open Plan

Company
Welcom Software Technology

Address
In the UK: South Bank TechnoPark, 90 London Rd, London SE1 6LN

In the USA: 15995 N BARKERS LANDING RD, STE 275, HOUSTON TX
77079-2494

Phone No.
UK: +44 71 401 2626 USA: (713) 558 0514

Fax No.
UK: +44 71 922 8865 USA: (713) 584 7828

Email
[email protected] [email protected] (for sales) [email protected] (for
info)

Platforms
Runs under SCO Unix and SunOS/Solaris, as well as Mac, MS-DOS,
and VMS.

Price
UK: 3,250 Pounds

Miscellaneous
Also have branches and distributors in France, Germany,
Australia, and South Africa; phone the UK number for more
information.

The following is courtesy of Welcom:

OPEN PLAN is a project management package, which can be used "as-
is", providing the following features:

o Project Executive (an interactive barcharting tool for planners)

o Time Analysis

o Progress Tracking

o Comprehensive Resource Scheduling

o Multi-Project Scheduling

o On-Line Help

o Support of ADM & PDM projects

o A large number of standard reports, featuring barcharts, S-
curves, network logic diagrams, tables, WBS & OBS structure
diagrams, and many more.

Or it can be easily customised to meet extended project
management needs through the use of built-in screen editors and
report writers, or through use of an Xbase 4GL and database.
With its use of Xbase and WRL, Welcom's Reporting Language, Open
Plan is very flexible as to the methods of input and output, and
supports most output devices under DOS & Mac. On Unix and Vax,
the output devices supported are:

o text printers

o HPGL compatible devices

o Postscript devices (including Sun Pageview preview to the
screen)

o Regis graphics terminals

All platforms are capable of multi-user access with record-
locking, and all platforms require an Xbase interpreter (such as
dBase, Foxpro or similar)

Date of entry.

2.2.10. Cobra

Company
Welcom Software.

Address
See "Open plan" above.

Email
Alun Jones [email protected]

Platforms
DOS & VAX

Miscellaneous
Requires Xbase RDBMS and 4GL.

Cobra is a cost and performance measurement application which
provides project or cost account managers with budget, actual
cost and project performance information. Features include the
ability to break work down into discrete time-phased work
packages against which actual costs may be collected and
performance assessed.

Date of entry.

2.2.11. Ultra Planner

Company
Productivity Solutions

Address
72 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052

Phone No.
+1 508 359 1300

Fax No.
+1 508 359 1333

Email
[email protected]

Platforms
UNIX - Motif and OpenWindows

Price
About 2,000 UK Pounds for single Sun user.

Miscellaneous
Productivity Solutions have closed down their UK offices, and
are reconsidering what to do in Europe. Thanks to David Covey
US/ESS3 [email protected] for updating me with this - 8/9/93.

Date of entry.

2.2.12. Islandplan

Company
Island Graphics Corp.

Address
Island Graphics Corp., 4000 Civic Centre Dr., San Rafael, CA
94903-4178; Tel: 415-491-1000.

Phone No.

Fax No.

Email

Platforms
Runs on Solaris 2.1 (Sparc) and 80X86 platforms.

Price

Miscellaneous
From an announcement in the June 93 issue of Unix World (page
117 "No Man IS an Island").

Date of entry.

2.2.13. AMS Schedule Publisher

Company
Advanced Management Solutions, Inc.

Address
2200 West Loop South, Suite 875, Houston, TX 77027

Phone No.
713-871-8812

Fax No.
713-871-9513

Email

Platforms
MS-windows, Mac, UNIX/Motif (Sun, HP9000, RS6000).

Price

Miscellaneous
Has some translators to other products (MS planner, etc.). It is
also possible to integrate with other components, DBs and the
like. Supports all of the stand project management functions:
PERT, Gantt, baselining, resources (pooled), customizable
calendar, costing roll up.

Date of entry.

2.2.14. SAS/OR.

Company
SAS Institute Limited

Address
Wittington House, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow, SL7 2EB, UK.

Phone No.
(+44) 6284-86933

Fax No.
(+44) 6284-83203

Email

Platforms

Price

Miscellaneous
A commercial product which apparently offers a number of project
management capabilities, including:

PROC CPM
(for scheduling activities in a project, as you'd expect)

PROC GANTT
(for displaying the computed schedule graphically)

PROC NETDRAW
(for displaying the activity network graphically)

as well as standard mathematical programming tools (linear pro-
gramming).

Date of entry.

2.2.15. Project2 / SeriesX (PX)

Company
PSDI (Project Software & Development, Inc.)

Address

Phone No.

Fax No.

Email
Gudrun Mehlo [email protected]

Platforms
It runs under MS-Windows, VAX (Motif) and Sun (SunOS,Motif), and
contains Graneda, a project management graphic software.

Price
13.000 DM first/single user . Then it depends on number of
users.

Miscellaneous

Date of entry.

2.2.16. PACS Project Administration and Control System

Company
Herkemij & Partners

Address
Cypresbaan 6 2900 AN Capelle a/d IJssel The Netherlands

Phone No.
+31-10-4580899

Fax No.
+31-10-4508233

Email
[email protected]

Platforms
Open VMS HP-MPE/i HP-UX Windows NT OSF/1 AIX IBM

Price
basis 20 concurrent users NLG 70.000 ex vat

Miscellaneous
PACS supports the entire project management cycle including
budgetting and provides full integration with an accounting
system please check out our WEB PAGE http://www.herkemij.nl for
more details PACS is distributed world wide by Ross Systems inc.
www.rossinc.com

Date of entry.
15.5.96

3. PC/DOS Software

3.1. What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is available
?

These might be useful to you if you require a DOS package or if you
run an OS that runs a DOS emulator (eg: SoftPC from Insignia for Sun
SPARC).

NOTE - IF YOU CAN'T FIND THESE FILES AT THE LOCATIONS BELOW, PLEASE
USE ARCHIE TO FIND THEM ON THE NET - _DON'T_ MAIL ME ASKING WHERE THEY
ARE - IF I AM TOLD OF A NEW LOCATION I WILL UPDATE THIS FILE.

3.1.1. Easy Project

Company
Parcell Software,

Address
PO Box 165, Geneva, Il 60134, USA.

Email
Compuserve: 72250, 1356

Platforms
DOS

Miscellaneous
Shareware project planner. Available for ftp from
rigel.acs.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/flowchart/ezprj402.zip
<rigel.acs.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/flowchart/ezprj402.zip>
ftp.nic.surfnet.nl:/mirror-archive/software/simtel-
msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip <ftp.nic.surfnet.nl:/mirror-
archive/software/simtel-msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip>
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip
<ftp.sunet.se:/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip>

Date
9/94

Submitted by
[email protected] (Pete Phillips)

3.1.2. Ganttman

Company
Max-Million Software Labs,

Address
1314 Cardigan, Garland, Tx. 75040.

Email
Compuserve 74017, 3424

Miscellaneous
Available for ftp from ftp.nic.surfnet.nl:/mirror-
archive/software/simtel-msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip
<ftp.nic.surfnet.nl:/mirror-archive/software/simtel-
msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip>
ftp.sunet.se:/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip
<ftp.sunet.se:/pub/pc/mirror/SimTel/msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip>
freebsd.cdrom.com:/.2/SimTel/msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip
<freebsd.cdrom.com:/.2/SimTel/msdos/flowchrt/ganttman.zip>

3.1.3. Mainline

Company
Minuteman Systems

Address
P.O. Box 152 Belmont MA 02178

Email
[email protected]

Miscellaneous
Shareware PM system. Available for ftp from
oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/projmgr/mnlin2p2.zip
<oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/projmgr/mnlin2p2.zip>

Date
9/94

Submitted by
[email protected] (Pete Phillips)

3.2. Other programs

This FAQ used to keep a list of Project Managers, Scxhedulers,
Personal Information Managers (PIM's) etc at this point. The programs
were found on South African BBS's by Johann Hanekom [email protected].

However, It kept getting out of date and Johann now has a Web site
with stacks of Project Management stuff available, including the
majority of programs that used to be included here. Johann's WWW Home
Page is at http://www.lia.co.za/users/johannh/index.htm
<http://www.lia.co.za/users/johannh/index.htm> it is *cool* and
definetely worth a good look. NB: It supports both Netscape 2.0
(Frames etc) and non-netscape browsers.

3.3. What MSDOS commercial project management software is available ?

3.3.1. Texim Project

Company
Welcom Software

Address
See above in the UNIX section for contact info.

Platforms
For MS-Windows 3.1 and Windows NT

Miscellaneous
From Welcom Software:

Texim Project provides a new way of organizing and devel-
oping project plans. It offers state-of-the-art project
management capabilities that combine task, resource, and
cost information in an interactive graphical environment.
It offers many options for data entry, review and report-
ing. It provides multi-project management through graph-
ical WBS and OBS charts. The Time-scaled network diagram
and full risk management features help to separate Texim
Project from other PC products. Texim Project has a
seamless data exchange with Welcom Software's other pro-
ject planning system, Open Plan. Texim is a stand-alone
product for Windows 3.1

NOTE - Texim is being phased out, and is being replaced with Open
Plan Desktop which is a subset of Open Plan Professional, their
high-end application. (Thanks to "Mathias Hueske"
([email protected]) for this on 21st March, 1996.)

3.3.2. Milestones, Etc. for Windows (V5.0)

Company
Kidasa Software

Address
Sean F. Barbera, Sales Manager, KIDASA Software, Inc. 1114 Lost
Creek Blvd. Suite 300 Austin, Texas 78746 USA

Phone No.
(512)328-0167

Fax No.
(512)328-0247

Email
[email protected]

Platforms
Windows 95, Windows NT

Price

Single User - $199.00 US

Miscellaneous

Easy and flexible project management and scheduling tool.
Track and manage your projects using a simple click-and-
drag method. Create presentation quality output, from
simple Gantt charts to detailed master schedules, all in
a matter of minutes. Schedule Setup Wizard walks the
user step-by-step through the creation of their schedule,
making setup easy. Built-in outliner facilitates organi-
zation of the project. Task roll-up, summary bars and
automatic WBS numbering work in conjunction with outlined
schedules. Calculate progress easily using status sym-
bols and/or a percentage complete column. Display a
tasks duration in minutes, hours, days or weeks. Dis-
play the schedules timescale in minutes, hours, days,
weeks, months, quarters, years or fiscal years. You can
even design your own! With the included Datagraph fea-
ture, plot time-phased numeric data on the schedule to
support earned value matrices or other numerical documen-
tation that needs to be tracked. Compatible with MS Pro-
jects MPX file format. Supports OLE 2.0 and OLE automa-
tion, letting the schedule work in combination with your
existing applications. HyperLink lets the user attach
any Windows document, even Internet/Intranet addresses,
then activate the links with a single mouse click. Pro-
duce JPEG, BMP and HTML files to publish schedules for
Internet/Intranet use. Network version available.
Application: project management, scheduling, planning

Compatible with: 32 bit: Windows 95 & Windows NT 3.5x &
4.0

Media: CD, or 3.5" HD floppy diskette

Minimum RAM required: 4MB

Disk Storage minimum required: 6MB

Additional hardware/software required: Windows NT, or
Windows 95

Network compatibility: Networks that support Windows95 or
Windows NT

Customer support: Free phone, fax and e-mail support

Also they have a home page, http://www.kidasa.com
<http://www.kidasa.com>

Date
June 1997

Submitted by
Sean Barbera ([email protected])

3.3.3. Milestones Simplicity for Windows

Company
Kidasa Software

Address
For contact information, see entry for Milestones, Etc.

Platforms
Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT

Price
Single User - $99.00 US

Miscellaneous

Windows based, including Windows 95, project management
tool for planning and managing simple to mid-size pro-
jects. Users can produce schedules, including: Gantt,
milestone, Line of Balance, and machine cycle schedules.
Features include: OLE 2.0, customizable template sched-
ules, drag and drop scheduling, presentation quality out-
put, free-form text option, vertical dependencies, dura-
tion calculation, start and end date SmartColumns, legend
option, graphics objects, and customizable toolbar. Will
operate on any Windows compatible LANs,

including Novell and Banyan.

Date
Aug 1995

Submitted by
Sean Barbera <[email protected]>

3.3.4. Project Commander

Company
Project Management Software Centre

Address
Project House, 25 Chapel CLose, Barnsley, South Yorks, S72 9QJ,
United Kingdom.

Phone No.
(+44)-1226-780930

Fax No.
(+44)-1226-780837

Platforms
DOS/Windows

Miscellaneous
Developed in the UK, it sells for 99 UK Pounds. Does Gantts,
Pert, CPA, etc.

Date
July 1994

Submitted by
[email protected] (Pete Phillips)

3.3.5. Microsofts Project for Windows

Company
Microsoft

Platforms
DOS/Windows

Price
About $300. In the UK, around 285.00 pounds.

Miscellaneous
I suspect your S/W dealer can get this for you. Robert Ward
[email protected] suggests that it gives a good idea of what such
tools should do. If you have further info on this, please send.
Also, http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/project.html
<http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~dank/project.html> has tips for
the unwary user of this program. Finally
http://www.projectmanagment.com/tools.htm
<http://www.projectmanagment.com/tools.htm> covers companion
products for Microsoft Project.

Submitted by
Ulrich R. Herken [email protected] Robert Ward [email protected] Kelvin
Kirby [email protected]

3.3.6. SuperProject / CA-SuperProject 3.0

Company
Computer Associates

Platforms
Windows and OS/2.

Price
Approx $900

Miscellaneous

This is a major change from prior versions. Included with
the project is CA-Realizer as the macro language (Com-
puter Associates version of Visual Basic). The SuperPro-
ject engine is now a dynamic link library (a DLL), fully
accessible by CA-Realizer, and is fully accessible by C-
language programs. The C-language API is provided with
the package. Version 3.0 came out in late 1993. The price
I have heard quoted somewhere was about US$900. I got my
copy thru an upgrade at considerably less than that."

(I guess you can get this through any PC software dealer ? Pete.)

On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 21:11:01, [email protected] (Terence Kuch) sent me
the following thoughts on this package:

CASuperproject: Industrial-strength PM system, good
import/export to Timesheet package (from Time Slips
Inc.), lots of canned reports, can sometimes cut a very
good deal with CA (US$149 in quantity is possible). How-
ever: the package is highly complex, confusing, not
suited for the occasional user, doesn't have a modern or
very thoughtful user interface. Unless you need a PM sys-
tem suitable for building a battleship from the hull up,
stick with Timeline, MS Project Manager, or comparable
products.

Submitted by
Randall Raemon [email protected] [email protected]

[email protected] (Terence Kuch)

3.3.7. Power Planner

Company
Sphygmic Software

Address
Sphygmic Software Ltd, Skewen, West Glamorgan, UK

Phone No.
+44-1792-323-002

Fax No.
+44-1792-812-843

Email
[email protected]

Platforms
Windows

Price
25 pounds (UK)

Miscellaneous
Critical Path, Resource scheduling, cost calculation, etc.
Exchanges data with MS Project (via MPX), Artemis 7000 and other
systems. Data can be summarised by work-breakdown structures, a
user code or any valid SQL expression.

Date
27th March, 1996

4. Other Platforms

4.1. Is there any project management software for the Psion Organiser
?

Yep ! Andy Clarkson [email protected] has written a
shareware project planning application called Plan which is available
for the Psion 3a palmtop. It is available on Compuserve in the palmtop
forum and also via ftp from: the imperial ftp site.
<ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/psion/icdoc/misc/plan303.zip>

Andy also has a home page,
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/andyc
<http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/andyc>

Plan has the following key features:

o Gantt and PERT charts.

o Resource allocation histogram view.

o Task scheduling and tracking.

o Define dependencies between tasks.

o Enter resource data, (holidays, costs,...).

o Calculation of critical path.

o Transfer projects between Plan and MS Project.

o Cost calculations.

STOP PRESS - Version 4.0 has just been released in
comp.binaries.psion, and should be available in all the usual psion sw
archive sites and on Andys home page (see above). (22nd April, 1996,
PJP)

5. Training & Miscellany

5.1. Which companies provide training in Project Management in the UK
?

Most companies mentioned below provide training in Software Project
Management OR Project Management using S/W tools.

o The Project Management Software Centre, 16 Connaught Street, Marble
Arch, London W2 2AF Tel: 071-402-6406

5.2. Which companies provide training in Project Management in the
USA ?

o Educational Services Institute (ESI) http://www.esi-intl.com
Providing training in Managing Projects in Organizations, Risk
Management, Leadership and Communications, Scheduling & Cost
Control, Quality for Project Managers, Contracting for Project
Managers, and Project Management Applications.

Classes are presented in association with The George Washington
University and are recommended for graduate-level credit by the
American Council on Education's Program on Non-Sponsored
Instruction.

+1-703-558-3000 Corporate contacts: Bill Yarnoff (byarnoff@esi-
intl.com) Individual contacts: Please contact the registrar
([email protected])

o Franklin Covey's, Planning for Results. 1 day, public and corporate
seminars. Address: 2150 W. Parkway Blvd., Salt lake City, UT
84119, USA. Tel: (800) 767 1776, (801)977-1776, Fax (800)242 1492,
(801)977 1737. Europe (44) 1327-301311, Australia (800) 819954,
Japan 0120-01-1776. WWW page: http:// www.franklinquest.com

Non-technical practical approach to the development of leadership
skills, including team-work, communication and creativity tools.
Through the 4 big steps of PM process (Visualize, Plan, Implement
and Close) you learn how to better deal with every day project
tasks. The seminar contents and participant kit is based on the
Franklin Day Planner (c). Participants are encouraged to take
Franklin's time management seminar first.

(from Pablo Luengas, compuserve: 105301.1326)

o Software Engineering Management Associates, Inc. (Richard Fairley)
Software Project Management: 2 or 3 days, @$2.500/day plus
expenses. Consulting rate- $1,500/day. (from Cheng-Lung Chang
[email protected])

o Fastrak Training Inc. (Eileen Quann, et al) Software Project
Management course; 4 days, 20 students, $10.5k (from Cheng-Lung
Chang [email protected]) Address: 9175 Guilford Road, Suite
300, Columbia, MD USA 21046-1844, Tel: 301-924-0050, Fax:
301-924-3049, email: [email protected], WWW page:
http://www.fastrak.com

o The Process Group (Neil Potter) Software Project Planning and
Management course; 3 days, 20 students, $6.5k plus expenses. (from
Cheng-Lung Chang [email protected])

o The Learning Tree (Lisa Hugus) Software Project Management Tools
and Techniques; 5 days, 15 students, $ 14,500. including expenses,
class materials. (from Cheng-Lung Chang [email protected])

o American Management Association 135 West 50th Street New York, NY
10020-1201 (800) 262-9699

Courses include:

Basic Project Management: Planning, Scheduling, and Control
Senior Project Management
The PM Forum: Real Solutions for Project Sucess
Technical PM
Information Systems PM
PM for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Managerial and Team-Building Skills for Project Managers
Budgeting Techniques for On-Time, On-Budget Project Performance

Courses are held at different times and in various cities across the
U.S. and Canada. These came highly recommendedby a friend that
attended one of their seminars. You can call the 800 number to
request a free catalog.

(from Scott W. Robertson [email protected]
[email protected]).

o Learning Tree International, Mole Business Park, Leatherhead,
Surrey, KT22 7AD, UK. 0372-364610

Run "Software Project Planning and Management" (4 days, 1250 UK
pounds) and "Project Management Skills for Success" (4days, 1250 UK
pounds).

o Micro Planning International

Micro Planning International is a leading international full
service project management firm. For over fifteen years, MPI
has been providing software products and services that
empower organizations to get projects done on time and on
budget. By providing a range of software services including
training seminars, specific project assistance, and design
and implementation of company wide Organizational Project
Management systems, MPI has built a wealth of project man-
agement experience. Our software represents the marriage of
that experience with the latest in personal computing tech-
nology.

http://www.microplanning.com/plan
<http://www.microplanning.com/plan>

email address: [email protected]

(Brad Pirrung [email protected] 14 Aug 95 ]

5.2.1. Miscellany

Virtual Experience Corporation (VEC), announces the release of VX-1
Basic Software Project Management simulator, an interactive
simulation-based training environment for software developers
(February 1997). Priced at $350., VX-1 provides users with an
environment to safely, effectively, and comprehensively learn software
project management concepts and skills. For more information Dr.
Bernard W. Jordan, Jr., Virtual Experience Corporation, 3344 Prospect
Street N.W., Washington, D.C. at (202) 338-4913, Fax (202) 338-4915,
via e-mail at [email protected], or through the World Wide Web at
http://www.vx1.com.

Softstar Systems develops and markets Costar, a software cost
estimation tool. Phone: (603) 672-0987 Web:
http://www.SoftstarSystems.com Address: 28 Ponemah Road, Amherst, NH
03031 USA Email: [email protected]

Platforms: Costar runs on DOS, and (soon) Win 3.1 and Win 95. price
$950 for a single copy, $5,000 for a Site License, $23,000 for a
Corporate License

Costar is a COCOMO-based software cost estimation tool. Costar
supports traditional COCOMO, Ada COCOMO, Incremental COCOMO, and
(soon) COCOMO II.

journyx Webtime provides web-based time and attendance tracking on
Linux, AIX, FreeBSD, and soon on Solaris. Prices are $1000 for each
server installation plus $25 per user. Data is at
http://journyx.com/products.html

5.3. What do all these weird PM terms mean ?

Dave Wagner [email protected], at National Information Systems, Inc. has
kindly provided a rather complete project management glossary.
As it is about 25 Kb, it is not kept as part of the FAQ, but rather is
available from the mail server (see above for the mail servers address
and instructions on usage).

**** put link to file here ****

I believe the glossary refers to some NIS products (eg: under "Late
Finish" it says "this is done by selecting ANALYZE & PROCESS REPORTS
from the Reports pull-down menu") but this does not, in my opinion,
detract from the usefulness of the list.

5.4. What Books/References are available ?

The following list of books/references is presently small - I am sure
that there are a lot more available - I just don't know about them.
If you can contribute to this section, please do.

*** put link to my booklist here ***

In addition, I have been sent a _huge_ book list from Kurt Aerenlund
Pedersen [email protected], which is available froom the mail server and
via ftp

*** put link to site here ***

5.5. What other information is available ?

5.5.1. Magazines

o International Journal of PM, publ. by Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
(UK).

o PM Journal, publ. by PM Institute (USA).

o PMNETwork, publ. by PM Institute (USA).

5.5.2. Software Engineering Files

The software engineering news groups (eg: comp.software-eng) have an
interest in the PM field, and some files which may be of interest are
archived in ftp://ftp.qucis.queensu.ca/pub/software-eng
<ftp://ftp.qucis.queensu.ca/pub/software-eng>

pdcase 7 Jul 1992 Public-domain CASE tools
petri 7 Jul 1992 Petri net tools
pmtools 7 Jul 1992 Project management and design tools
productivity 18 Sep 1991 Feature point productivity for several countries

Also, some software engineering terms on
http://dxsting.cern.ch/sting/sting.html
<http://dxsting.cern.ch/sting/sting.html>

(Thanks to Mike Sendall [email protected])

5.5.3. Razor

Razor is problem tracking system (with integrated file version
control) from

Tower Concepts, Inc
103 Sylvan Way
New Hartford, NY 13413
(315) 724-3540
[email protected]

Further info, copies of their manual, and even their software releases
are available via anon ftp from ftp://ftp.tower.com/pub/tower
<ftp://ftp.tower.com/pub/tower> as well as more information from their
web site http://www.tower.com <http://www.tower.com>

5.5.4. Tom Sawyer Software

Tom Sawyer Software is a producer of portable graph layout libraries
that can be licensed by various project management companies to
produce drawings of nested outline PERT project schedules and time
scale PERT project schedules.

With standard components such as ours, the user interface of
various project management programs could be greatly
improved.

For ordering and price information, please contact :

Tom Sawyer Software phone: 510.848.0853
1824B Fourth Street fax: 510.848.0854
Berkeley, CA 94710 e-mail: [email protected]

(Brendan P. Madden" [email protected])

5.5.5. Software Technology Support Center

Jeffrey A Lewis [email protected] writes as
follows:

Two valuable resources in the project management domain are
the Software Technology Support Center (STSC) at Hill Air
Force Base in Odgen, Utah, and the Software Program Man-
ager's Network, managed by the US Navy.

The STSC maintains Gopher, ftp, and Telnet sites at Hill
AFB. I only know of the Gopher site. You can reach it at
gopher://stscbbs.hill.af.mil <gopher://stscbbs.hill.af.mil>

Some of the handy info there includes: information on how to
contact the Software Program Manager's Network, as well as a
very well written software project management tools report
(in the folder Software Technology Reports from the STSC).

Additionally, the STSC sponsors the annual Software
Technology Conference each April in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Each conference in the past has included tracks on software
project management.

5.6. What groups/organisations exist for project managers ?

In Europe, "Internet", the International Association of Project
Management. UK address:

The Association of Project Managers,
85 Oxford Road,
High Wycombe,
Buckinghamshire,
HP11 2DX.

(Submitted by William R. Watt [email protected]).

In the USA "The Project Management Institute". Both have membership
world wide. The PMI holds certification examinations.

For change of address/subscription/membership inquiries

Project Management Institute
130 South State Road
Upper Darby, PA 19083
(610) 734-3330
Fax (610) 734-3266 or 3270

Information submitted by [email protected], [email protected], and
[email protected]. For editorial/advertising queries and reprint/bulk
copy/permission requests:

PMI Communications Office

Postal

P.O. Box 189
Webster, NC 28788

Shipping (UPS, etc.)

200 Ed Norton Road
Cullhowhee, NC 28723
(704) 293-9711
Fax (704) 293-9801

Information submitted by Ken Glade [email protected] and
[email protected].

Randall Raemon <[email protected]> writes:

I called them about a week ago, asking for a membership
information kit. The kit came in the mail today, which
gives the address and phone.

They publish "The Project Management Journal" 4 times a
year, and have a magazine "PM NETwork" published 12 times a
year. A one year membership is (all US$) $90.00, with a
$10.00 application fee for new members. Local chapters have
fees also, with $20.00 being the typical amount. Apparently
you can join without being a member of a local chapter.
Overseas air mail is $45.00 for mailings outside the US and
Canada.

There is a certification exam for people wanting the Project
Management Professional (PMP) designation. Examinations are
held quarterly at various locations. Contact PMI for
details.

No mention is made of any BBS access (though I have heard
rumors that a BBS exists), nor is any mention made of an
email address. I would expect any details to be given in
their magazine."

Robert Monaghan [email protected] on Mon, 15 May 1995 writes:

They have a regular rate (circa $150) and a student rate
membership ($20)....

There now appears to be Web page as well (thanks to John B. Ennis
[email protected]. http://www.pmi.org/ <http://www.pmi.org/>

Also, in Holland:

PMI
Buitenplaats 135
8212 Ae Lelystad
Holland
tel . 31-3200-22464
fax. 31-3200-80434

Thanks to Erwin Traas [email protected] for information on a www
site for project management information:

<url url="http://www.oslonett.no/org/int/"
name="http://www.oslonett.no/org/int/">

The organisation is called IPMA (INTERNATIONAL Project Managment Asso-
ciation). Email adress of the newsletter editor is:
[email protected].

6. Gosh - can there be anything else ?

Yep.

6.1. Project Management Software from IKAR.

I had some mail about project management software which has been
written for UNIX and DOS, from Svetlana Gerdyukova
([email protected]). It is not clear whether the software
she talks about is PD or commercial, and my mail has elicited no
reply. However, the group working on the software used to be
contactable at

[email protected]

If anyone gets any info on this product, please let me know.

7. Postscript

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