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  PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - AN FAQ
  Pete Phillips, [e-mail]
  $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 ([e-mail]), 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 [e-mail]

  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:

  [e-mail]

  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:
     [e-mail] 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 [e-mail])

  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.
     ([e-mail](

  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 [e-mail])

  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
     [e-mail])

  o  Project and Program Manager's Palette <http://www.4pm.com>.  Dick
     Billows [e-mail] 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.

     ([e-mail] 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
     [e-mail] 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
     [e-mail] 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 [e-mail] 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".  ([e-mail] (William R. Watt), Mon, 24 Jan
     1994 )

     Thanks to Priit Parmakson [e-mail] 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 _ [phone]
     ([e-mail])
  o   In Feb 94, I received this from Chris Vandersluis [e-mail]
     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
  [e-mail].

  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 [e-mail] 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

                  [e-mail]

  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 [e-mail] who informed me that
  this site no longer allows anon ftp.  Latest information from Jean-
  Francois Rit [e-mail] 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 [e-mail], 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
  [e-mail], who was responsible for getting it placed
  on an ftp site along with Mike Tankenson [e-mail].

  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 [e-mail] 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
       [e-mail] 818-354-1948 cassie mulnix
       [e-mail] 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.
        [phone]

     Fax No.
        [phone]

     Email
        [e-mail]

     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
        [e-mail]

     Platforms
        Sun 3/4

     Price

     Miscellaneous

     Date of entry.

  2.2.3.  IntraPlan

     Company
        Intra2000

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

     Email
        [e-mail]
     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
        [e-mail] [e-mail] (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
        [e-mail] [e-mail] (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: [phone] USA: [phone]

     Fax No.
        UK: [phone] USA: [phone]

     Email
        [e-mail] [e-mail]  (for sales) [e-mail] (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 [e-mail]

     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.
        [phone]

     Fax No.
        [phone]

     Email
        [e-mail]

     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 [e-mail] 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: [phone].

     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.
        ([phone]

     Fax No.
        ([phone]

     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 [e-mail]

     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.
        [phone]

     Fax No.
        [phone]

     Email
        [e-mail]

     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
        [e-mail] (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
        [e-mail]

     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
        [e-mail] (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 [e-mail].

  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"
     ([e-mail]) 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.
        [phone]

     Fax No.
        [phone]

     Email
        [e-mail]

     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 ([e-mail])

  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 <[e-mail]>

  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.
        ([phone]

     Fax No.
        ([phone]

     Platforms
        DOS/Windows

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

     Date
        July 1994

     Submitted by
        [e-mail] (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
        [e-mail] 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 [e-mail] Robert Ward [e-mail] Kelvin
        Kirby [e-mail]

  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, [e-mail] (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 [e-mail] [e-mail]

        [e-mail] (Terence Kuch)

  3.3.7.  Power Planner

     Company
        Sphygmic Software

     Address
        Sphygmic Software Ltd, Skewen, West Glamorgan, UK

     Phone No.
        [phone]

     Fax No.
        [phone]

     Email
        [e-mail]

     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 [e-mail] 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: [phone]

  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.

     [phone] Corporate contacts: Bill Yarnoff (byarnoff@esi-
     intl.com) Individual contacts:  Please contact the registrar
     ([e-mail])

  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: [phone], Fax [phone],
     [phone].  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
     [e-mail])

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

  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 [e-mail])

  o  American Management Association 135 West 50th Street New York, NY
     10020-1201 [phone]

     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 [e-mail]
  [e-mail]).

  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: [e-mail]

  (Brad Pirrung [e-mail] 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 [phone], Fax [phone],
  via e-mail at [e-mail], or through the World Wide Web at
  http://www.vx1.com.

  Softstar Systems develops and markets Costar, a software cost
  estimation tool.  Phone:  [phone] Web:
  http://www.SoftstarSystems.com Address:  28 Ponemah Road, Amherst, NH
  03031 USA Email: [e-mail]

  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 [e-mail], 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 [e-mail], 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 [e-mail])

  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
    [phone]
    [e-mail]

  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: [phone]
  1824B Fourth Street     fax: [phone]
  Berkeley, CA 94710      e-mail: [e-mail]

  (Brendan P. Madden" [e-mail])

  5.5.5.  Software Technology Support Center

  Jeffrey A Lewis [e-mail] 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 [e-mail]).

  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
          [phone]
          Fax [phone] or 3270

  Information submitted by [e-mail], [e-mail], and
  [e-mail].  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
          [phone]
          Fax [phone]

  Information submitted by Ken Glade [e-mail] and
  [e-mail].

  Randall Raemon <[e-mail]> 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 [e-mail] 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
  [e-mail].  http://www.pmi.org/ <http://www.pmi.org/>

  Also, in Holland:

          PMI
          Buitenplaats 135
          8212 Ae Lelystad
          Holland
          tel . [phone]
          fax. [phone]

  Thanks to Erwin Traas [e-mail] 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:
  [e-mail].

  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
  ([e-mail]). 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

               [e-mail]

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

  7.  Postscript

  I hope you have found this document useful. If you have, please try
  and help others to benefit by sending me updates, corrections or new
  information.

  Clearly it is impossible for me to keep this document up to date on my
  own, and I am indebted to everyone who has sent information to me over
  the last 3 or 4 years.  I have less and less time these days to check
  the information in the FAQ and am nearly totally reliant on
  contributions and updates from people on the net.  Please keep the
  information coming - I will still make sure that contributions I
  recieve are incorporated into the FAQ and that contributions are
  acknowledged.
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