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Subject: Project Management Programs - Frequently asked Questions (FAQ)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.software-eng,news.answers,comp.answers
From: [e-mail] (pete)
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 10:59:04 +0000

Archive-name: proj-plan-faq



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Last update: Tue Sep 27 09:42:37 BST 1994


            PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - AN FAQ
            ____________________________________


                          SYNOPSIS



                        Introduction
                        ____________

 1) What version is this FAQ ?
 2) What's this FAQ about ?
 3) What's new in this version ?
 4) What newsgroups discuss PM ?
 5) What mailing lists discuss PM ?
 6) What BBS's discuss PM ?
 7) Are there any Reviews of Project Management Software ?
 8) How can I get the latest FAQ ?
 9) How can I contribute to the FAQ or Review file ?

                       UNIX Software
                       _____________

 10) What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ?
 11) Is there any commercial PM software around for UNIX ?

                      PC/DOS Software
                      _______________

 12) What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is available ?
 13) What MSDOS commercial project management software is available ?

                   Training & Miscellany
                   _____________________

 14) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the UK ?
 15) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the USA ?
 16) What do all these weird PM terms mean ?
 17) What Books/References are available ?
 18) What other information is available ?
 19) What groups/organisations exist for project managers ?
 20) Gosh - can there be anything else ?
 21) Postscript


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                        Introduction



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                        ____________

1) What version is this FAQ ?


    Version: $Revision: 2.17 $
    Last-Modified: $Date: 1994/09/27 08:42:20 $

2) What's this FAQ about ?

    This  article  contain  the answers to some Frequently Asked Ques-
    tions (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:

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

      -- 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  plan-
    ning.  All of the information I have so far is distilled into this
    FAQ and its sister file which contains reviews of project  manage-
    ment 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  glos-
    sary) to help those new to the field to understand some of the is-
    sues 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 in-
    fo that's important.

3) What's new in this version ?



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      -- A new format (using faqbuilder now).

      -- Deleted reference to Auburn University S/W.

      -- New mailing list address.

      -- Information on new BBS's.

      -- New PD MSDOS software.

      -- Training

      -- More books (a pointer to a big list).

    I have received tons of stuff over the last 12  months  to  go  in
    this  FAQ, some of which has made it, and some which hasn't (yet).
    Thus the next version will quite likely have a lot  more  informa-
    tion which I haven't got around to incorporating yet.

4) What newsgroups discuss PM ?

    Presently,  [20th  Sep  1994]  no newsgroups purely to discuss PM.
    Also there is very little discussion on the net about  PM  (unless
    of course you know different).

5) What mailing lists discuss PM ?

    I   set   up   a   mailing   list   last   year   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 sub-
    scribers (now nearer 500).

    Thus the mailing list is now hosted by mailbase, at the University
    of Newcastle. To join, send the following mail message to

         [e-mail]

    with a body as follows:

         join project-management FirstName Surname

    You will receive acknowledgment and a copy of the user guide.


         ****PLEASE READ THE USER GUIDE*****

    All postings to the list itself go to:

         [e-mail]

    DO NOT SEND COMMANDS (SUCH AS "SEND PROJECT-MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION") TO THIS ADDRESS !!



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

6) What BBS's discuss PM ?

    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]

    There is also a BBS with a project planning section in Canada:

     > From: [e-mail] (William R. Watt)
     > Subject: Freenet Project Management SIG
     > Sender: [e-mail]
     > Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 10:38:48 GMT
     >
     > The National Capital Freenet (Ottawa, Canada) now has a Project
     > Management SIG. The host is freenet.carleton.ca (134.117.1.25).
     > Login as "guest" and chose menu items
     >
     > 12 Special Interest Groups
     >  4 Computer Related SIG's
     > 12 Menu Part 2...
     >  8 Project Management SIG
     >
     > There is also a local software engineering SIG on this host
     > Chose menu item 10 Software Engineering SIG as above.

    Thanks to Priit Parmakson <[e-mail]> for picking this up.

    Also,  a  project management conference on ILink, on the FONiX In-
    formation Systems BBS.  The name of the sysop  is  Chris  Kenward,
    and the BBS details are as follows:
     .DS  FONiX  Info Systems _ Berkshire, UK _ [phone] [Jo-
    [e-mail]]

    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  dis-
    tributor 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. "



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7) Are there any Reviews of Project Management Software ?

    There is a sister file to the one you are reading,

         PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - REVIEWS

    which is NOT posted to the net, but is available from a mail serv-
    er.   You  can  retrieve  a  copy of the review file from the mail
    server or ftp sites specified in the question "How can I  get  the
    latest FAQ ?".  I will be phasing the mail server out at some time
    soon, as all the files will eventually be located in the  PM  area
    on mailbase.

    I  am  desperate  for some more decent reviews of software. Please
    contribute to the reviews file by sending email to myself at  <pe-
    [e-mail]>.

8) How can I get the latest FAQ ?

    Both the latest version of the FAQ, the Review file, the book file
    and the glossary will be available soon in the PM  area  at  mail-
    base. See the mailbase user guide and related documents for infor-
    mation about retrieving such files.

    They may also be obtained from the SMTL mail server (for the  pre-
    sent):

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

    All files are (or should be) available for ftp from:

         ftp.demon.co.uk:/pub/misc/proj-plan
         ftp.wst.com:/pub/projplan.

    The  FAQ,  reviews  and  glossary documents are available in World
    Wide Web (WWW) form on the WWW server  at  Welcom  Software.   The
    URLs for these three documents are:

    http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.FAQ.html
    http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.reviews.html
    http://www.wst.com/projplan/proj-plan.glossary.html



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    These  are quite likely to lag behind the FAQ and the other files.
    Again, thanks to Alun Jones <[e-mail]>  from  Welcom  for
    this.

9) 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]

    As there is a huge amount of mail I've been receiving on this sub-
    ject over the last year, I can't promise to respond to it all.   I
    will  try  to  acknowledge  all  contributions - if I forget to do
    this, please remind me !


                            UNIX Software
                            _____________

10) What public domain PM software is available for UNIX ?


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

         It is currently available at:

              cpsacs.cps.msu.edu (35.8.56.92)

         in pub/xviewsrc, with the name xplan-1.0.tar.Z.

         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 graphi-
         cally 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  of-
         fers ?

                   **** Please Note - XPLAN needs Xview 3.0   ****
                   **** and Guide to compile.  If you are     ****



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                   **** running Non-SUN h/w, you are probably ****
                   **** out of luck                           ****
         [Information provided by Leon Dent <[e-mail]>, Dec 92.]



    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]>.

         A copy of the executable (xopps.tar.Z) for Suns  is  on  dev-
         vax.jpl.nasa.gov (137.79.113.100) for anonymous FTP. There is
         beta source present (hpxopps.tar.Z) as well, but Andrew Davi-
         son  <[e-mail]>  tells me that although
         he has built it under Linux, it appears to be  rather  unsta-
         ble.   I have used the Sun binary, and it appears to be fine.

         XOPPS is basically a tool which  lets  you  draw  nice  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.


         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
            > 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



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            > 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

11) 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 informa-
    tion from the manufacturer where this has been supplied.  The  in-
    formation  supplied  by the manufacturer is preceded by the phrase
    "From XXYYZZ" (where XXYYZZ is the supplier) and  the  information
    supplied is in quotes.

    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 (with <TABS> between
    the item type (eg: COMP:) and the info::

    <PRODUCT NAME>



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    COMP:     <Name of the company>
    ADDR:     <Address of the Company>
    PHONE:    <Phone Number>
    FAX: <Fax Number
    EMAIL:    <Email Address>
    PLATS:    <Platforms that the software runs on.>
    PRICE:    <Price(s)>
    MISC:     <Any other information>
    DATE:     <Date entry last updated>
    CONT:     <Contributors name & email address>

    Autoplan


         CAODMDPR::    Digital Tools, Inc.
         PHONE:   [phone]
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:   Most UNIX platforms.
         PRICE:
         MISC:    [e-mail] (Norman G. Hoffman)
                  supplies a review and further info in the project
                  plan review file (see Introduction).
         DATE:
         CONT:    [e-mail] (David White)
                  [e-mail] (Dave Sill)]

    COMPASS


         COMP:    NASA's COSMIC
         ADDR:
         PHONE:   [phone]
         FAX:
         EMAIL:   [e-mail]
         PLATS:   Sun 3/4
         PRICE:
         MISC:
         DATE:
         CONT:    [e-mail] (Dave Sill) from May '92 Export Catalogue.

    GECOMO Plus


         COMP:    GEC-Marconi Software Systems
         ADDR:
         PHONE:   [phone]
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:   Sun/HP/IBM/VAX
         PRICE:
         MISC:
         DATE:



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         CONT:    [[e-mail] (Dave Sill) ]

    MasterPlan 1.1X


         COMP:    Quality Software Products
         ADDR:
         PHONE:   [phone]
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:   Sun/DG/HP/IBM/SCO/MIPS/SGI/DEC
         PRICE:   Approx #900 from Unipress Software (UK). USA unknown.
         MISC:
         DATE:
         CONT:    [[e-mail] (Dave Sill) ]

    SIZE Plus


         COMP:     GEC-Marconi Software Systems
         ADDR:
         PHONE:    [phone]
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:    Sun/HP/IBM/VAX
         PRICE:
         MISC:
         DATE:
         CONT:     [[e-mail] (Dave Sill) ]

    ACCENT GraphicVUE


         COMP:     National Information Systems Inc
         ADDR:     4040 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 200, San Jose,
                   California 95117-1852, USA
         PHONE:    [phone] (Voice) 800-441-5758 - Toll-Free (USA)
         FAX:      [phone]
         EMAIL:    [e-mail]
         PLATS:    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:    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.
         MISC:     Previously VUE from TEI
         DATE:
         CONT:     [e-mail] (Thad P Floryan)
                   [e-mail] (Roger Chaplin)
                   [e-mail] (Dave Wagner)

    ACCENT GraphicVUE (Personal Edition)



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         COMP:    National Information Systems Inc
         ADDR:    4040 Moorpark Avenue, Suite 200, San Jose,
                  California 95117-1852, USA
         PHONE:   [phone] (Voice)
                  800-441-5758 - Toll-Free (USA)
         FAX:     [phone]
         EMAIL:   [e-mail]
         PLATS:   ACCENT GraphicVUE is available on Sun Microsystems
                  workstations running SunOS 4.1.x and Solaris 1.0,
                  Hewlett-Packard 9000 series 700 workstations run-
                  ning HP-UX version 8.05 or greater, the DEC Alpha
                  AXP running OSF/1, and Silicon Graphics worksta-
                  tions running IRIX 4.0.1 or greater.
         PRICE:   Starting at $995 with a 60-day money back guaran-
                  tee for each workstation license and can be up-
                  graded to a multiple-project processing, network
                  version.
         MISC:
         DATE:
         CONT:    [e-mail] (Dave Wagner)

    Open Plan


         COMP:    Welcom Software Technology
         ADDR:    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:   UK - [phone]    USA: [phone]
         FAX:     UK - [phone]    USA: [phone]
         EMAIL:   [e-mail]
                  [e-mail]  (for sales)
                  [e-mail] (for info)
         PLATS:   Runs under SCO Unix and SunOS/Solaris, as well as
                  Mac, MS-DOS, and VMS.
         PRICE:   UK: 3,250 Pounds



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         MISC:    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 fea-
                  tures:
                  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 struc-
                  ture 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 simi-
                  lar)"
         DATE:
         CONT:    Dave Churcher <[e-mail]> &
                  Alun Jones <[e-mail]>

    Cobra


         COMP:     Welcom Software.
         ADDR:     See "Open plan" above.
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:     DOS & VAX
         PRICE:



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         MISC:     Requires Xbase RDBMS and 4GL.  Cobra is a cost and
                   performance measurement application which provides
                   project or cost account managers with budget, ac-
                   tual 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 perfor-
                   mance assessed.
         DATE:
         CONT:     Alun Jones <[e-mail]>

    Ultra Planner


         COMP:     Productivity Solutions
         ADDR:     36 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA 02181
         PHONE:    617 - 237 - 1600
         FAX:      617 - 239 - 1780
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:    UNIX - Motif and OpenWindows
         PRICE:    About 2,000 UK Pounds for single Sun user.
         MISC:     Productivity Solutions have closed down their UK
                   offices, and are reconsidering what to do in Eu-
                   rope.  thanks to David Covey US/ESS3 <covey@us-
                   es.sel.de> for updating me with this - 2/9/93]
         DATE:
         CONT:     [e-mail] <Pete Phillips>
                   [e-mail] (Robert Brown)

    Islandplan


         COMP:     Island Graphics Corp.
         ADDR:     Island Graphics Corp., 4000 Civic Centre Dr.,
                   San Rafael, CA 94903-4178; Tel: [phone].
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:    Runs on Solaris 2.1 (Sparc) and 80X86 platforms.
         PRICE:
         MISC:     From an announcement in the June 93 issue of  Unix
                   World (page 117 "No Man IS an Island").
         DATE:
         CONT:     [e-mail] <Pete Phillips>

    AMS Schedule Publisher


         COMP:     Advanced Management Solutions, Inc.
         ADDR:     2200 West Loop South, Suite 875, Houston, TX 77027
         PHONE:    [phone]
         FAX:      [phone]
         EMAIL:



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         PLATS:    MS-windows, Mac, UNIX/Motif (Sun, HP9000, RS6000).
         PRICE:
         MISC:     Has some translators to other products (MS plan-
                   ner, 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), customiz-
                   able calendar, costing roll up.
         DATE:
         CONT:     [Alex Stevens <[e-mail]>]

    SAS/OR.


         COMP:     SAS Institute Limited
         ADDR:     Wittington  House, Henley Road, Medmenham, Marlow,
                   SL7 2EB, UK.
         PHONE:    [phone]
         FAX:      [phone]
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:
         PRICE:
         MISC:     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)
                   OR also includes standard mathematical programming tools
                   (linear programming).
         DATE:
         CONT:     [Joe St Sauver ([e-mail])]

    Project2 / SeriesX (PX)


         COMP:    PSDI (Project Software & Development, Inc.)
         ADDR:
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:   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.
         MISC:
         DATE:
         CONT:    [Gudrun Mehlo <[e-mail]>]


                           PC/DOS Software
                           _______________

12) What MSDOS PD/Shareware project management software is available ?



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    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).

    Easy Project


         COMP:     Parcell Software,
         ADDR:     PO Box 165, Geneva, Il 60134, USA.
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:    Compuserve: 72250, 1356
         PLATS:    DOS
         PRICE:
         MISC:     Shareware project planner.  Available for ftp from
                   oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/projmgr/ezprj402.zip
         DATE:     9/94
         CONT:     [e-mail] <Pete Phillips>

    Ganttman


         COMP:     Max-Million Software Labs,
         ADDR:     1314 Cardigan, Garland, Tx. 75040.
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:    Compuserve 74017, 3424
         PLATS:
         PRICE:
         MISC:     Available for ftp from fu-
                   nic.funet.fi:msdos/graphics/flowchart/ganttman.zip
         DATE:     9/94
         CONT:     [e-mail] <Pete Phillips>

    Mainline


         COMP:     Minuteman Systems
         ADDR:     P.O. Box 152
                   Belmont MA  02178
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:    [e-mail]
         PLATS:
         PRICE:
         MISC:     Shareware PM system.  Available for ftp from
                   oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/projmgr/mnlin2p2.zip
         DATE:     9/94
         CONT:     [e-mail] <Pete Phillips>


    The following is a list of project management, project schedulers,
    task managers or task schedulers with varying capabilities,  found
    on    South    African    BBS's    by    Johann    Hanekom    <jo-



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    [e-mail]>

    If anyone can point to an ftp site for any or all of these, I'd be
    grateful.

    2DO11A.ZIP   476900 11-09-93 2DO.EXE v1.10 Personal Task Manager
                                 for Microsoft Windows. 2Do allows you to
                                 organize, schedule, and view your To Do
                                 List of tasks through a robust drag and
                                 drop interface. 2Do's strength is its
                                 flexibility, allowing you to specify tasks
                                 with variety of recurring dates, priorities
                                 and classes. 2Do also allows customizing
                                 the look of the application, enabling
                                 setting it up to work the way you want

    2DOV10.ZIP   845485 03-28-93 2do Personal Task Manager V1.00 - 2do is a
                                 Personal Task Manager For Windows, Allows
                                 You to Organize, Schedule, And View to
                                 do List of Tasks Through A Robust Drag And
                                 Drop Interface. 2do's Strength is Its
                                 Flexibility, Allowing You to Specify Tasks
                                 With Variety of Recurring Dates, Priorities
                                 And Classes. 2do Also Allows Customization
                                 Look of the Application, Enabling Working
                                 The Way You Want. ()

    ABV10.ZIP    158727 05-06-92 Above & Beyond 1.0 - Excellent Windows PIM
                                 Discover Above & Beyond's revolutionary
                                 Dynamic Scheduling. Watch your productivity
                                 soar as it streamlines your work flow.
                                 Handles all types of recurring items.
                                 Features pop-up alarms, week- and
                                 month-at-a-glance views, task tracking,
                                 launching applications on schedule,
                                 auto-dialing, and more. On-line Help.
                                 Supercedes Active Life. LAN smart.
                                 From 1Soft Corp. # Downloads: 1 Date:

     ABV30.ZIP   271061 12-15-93 Above & Beyond 3.0 - Excellent Windows PIM.
                                 Enjoy Above & Beyond's superb Dynamic
                                 Scheduling. Feel your productivity surge as
                                 it streamlines your workflow. Handles all
                                 types of recurring items. Features pop-up
                                 alarms, week/month views, timers, task
                                 tracking, launch apps on schedule, contact
                                 database, auto-dialing, and more. Online
                                 Help. Includes workgroup/LAN support.
                                 Shareware from 1Soft Corp

    ACTPLAN.ZIP   56453 03-24-92 Action planner for Windows. PIM, based on
                                 the Time/Self Management Seminars. Stay
                                 focused on prioritized tasks and goals in a
                                 daily organizer format. DATED 3/24/92



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                                 DOWNLOADED <48> TIMES

    APIM21.ZIP   116826 05-25-93 Achievement Planner v2.1: personal
                                 information manager for MS-Windows w/an
                                 appointment calendar, day planner, project
                                 planner, contact tracker and more;

    APLANR20.ZIP 152647 12-15-93 A PROJECT/EVENT PLANNER v2.0u <ASP> - for
                                 quick overall project planning, activity
                                 scheduling, resource scheduling. Assign
                                 income/costs to events/resources - estimate
                                 project income/cost. Can shift all events
                                 forward/backward in time. Handles multiple
                                 calendars. Free-form drawing of events
                                 on scale of days/weeks/months/yrs. On-line
                                 help and sample plans provided. Requires
                                 Microsoft Windows 3.1

    EZTAS13.ZIP  186500 12-14-93 The EZ-est Task & Call manager available.
                                 Enter the tasks that need to be completed,
                                 the people you need to call. EZ-Task will
                                 dial contacts and date & time stamp all
                                 of your transactions. Print a history log
                                 of completed tasks and a current
                                 "To Do" list all at the push of the button.

    MILESTON.ZIP 793819 03-05-93 MILESTONES, ETC. TRIAL VERSION WINDOWS
                                 PROJECT MANAGER (LAST REVISED: 03/05/93)

    ML14C.ZIP    163756 04-09-93 Mainline v1.4c: project management program.

    PCPROJCT.ZIP 336807 11-09-92 Project manager for windows 30 -shareware

    PLANVW10.ZIP 126595 11-30-92 PlanView 1.0 - Event planner for projects
                                 or other time-based activities. Requires
                                 Microsoft Windows 3.0 or later. Set up
                                 plans quickly with minimum effort. No
                                 lengthy manual to read (on-line help is
                                 provided). Use for quick overall project
                                 planning, activity scheduling, resource
                                 scheduling. Sample plans provided. From
                                 Sapphire Software Inc.

    REMIND.ZIP   154434 09-23-92 Windows Reminder - Personal Task Manager.
                                 Keeps track of to-do lists, set alarms
                                 can launch applications), prints reports.
                                 Supports DDE. $59.95 <1> times downloaded

    RM_13C.ZIP   163074 08-19-92 WINDOWS REMINDER - PERSONAL TASK MANAGER.
                                 KEEPS TRACK OF TO-DO LISTS, SET ALARMS TO
                                 LAUNCH APPLICATIONS), PRINTS REPORTS.
                                 SUPPORTS DDE. $59.95 (NEWEST FILE DATE:

    RPM33.ZIP    245251 09-08-93 Rpm 3.3 Projects Management System



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                                 Registration $

    SCHEASE.ZIP  326743 11-29-92 Schedule ease! The very best, easiest to
                                 learn scheduling software available. If you
                                 manage people or projects on weekly, daily
                                 or hourly basis you can't afford to be with
                                 out it. Job costing and tracking modules
                                 keep track of up to 48 projects at a time
                                 through 5 different phases or departments.
                                 drop down menuing system. If you have a
                                 schedule to manage, manage it with schedule
                                 ease. Computer specialties.

    TASK30.ZIP   171241 09-09-93 TASK PRO v Introducing TASK-PRO the project
                                 management system you'll be glad to use
                                 every day. Features full mouse support
                                 context sensitive hypertext help.
                                 Prioritising and monitoring task
                                 assignments,tracks personnel, processes
                                 timesheets. Multiformats unsorted/sorted
                                 in several sorting orders., open, pending,
                                 late or closed task

    TB120TD.ZIP  238799 05-01-92 TaskBase v1.20 Get your "to-dos" off! Great
                                 and "EZ" task/project manager

    THINGZ.ZIP    58141 01-30-93 Thingstodo v1.3 <asp> - a visual basic pim
                                 for Windows. Organizes info, people, tasks
                                 projects, meetings and other to-dos. allows
                                 lengthy attached notes. Search entire notes
                                 and summaries without pre-defined keywords.
                                 Emphasis on quick data entry and access.
                                 Attractive printing for lists, schedules.
                                 2memorable hot keys and on-screen help.

    TM23.ZIP     263088 04-27-92 TaskMaster, Schedule & Task Tracking Prog

    TMC24C.ZIP   307580 05-18-93 Sched Task Master V24 Asp Easy-T -Use Proj
                                 Tracking Program Keep Track Of Office
                                 Assignments, Correspondence, Projects, Tsks
                                 And Other Work Easily Tm Provides Several
                                 Report Options, An Appointment Calendar,
                                 Popup Calculator, And More! Network Ready

    TTDW13B.ZIP    2547 01-18-93 THINGSTODO V1.3 MS-WINDOWS APP ENABLES TO
                                 KEEP TRACK OF A WIDE RANGE OF ITEMS OR
                                 INFORMATION & ORGANIZE THEM INTO SCHEDULES
                                 AND LISTS OF TASKS; SEARCH/VIEW FEATURES
                                 & HOTKEYS; REQ VBRUN200.DLL; 01/18/93; DAVE
                                 MERK/THE MANAGER, INC. [2/2].

    TTRAK10D.ZIP  80725 02-15-92 TaskTracker v1.0D: Windows stopwatch array
                                 for professionals who bill by the hour;
                                 includes facilities to allow you to export



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                                 your data to other Windows applications
                                 like  W4W and Excel, or Write/Notepad); F1
                                 help; launch Write, Notepad, File Manager,
                                 Control Panel and Cardfile from within the
                                 program without using the Program Manager

13) What MSDOS commercial project management software is available ?


    Texim Project


         COMP:     Welcom Software
         ADDR:     See above in the UNIX section for contact info.
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:    For MS-Windows 3.1 and Windows NT
         PRICE:
         MISC:     From Welcom Software:
                   "Texim Project provides a new way of organizing
                   and developing project plans.  It offers state-of-
                   the-art project management capabilities that com-
                   bine task, resource, and cost information in an
                   interactive graphical environment.  It offers many
                   options for data entry, review and reporting.  It
                   provides multi-project management through graphi-
                   cal 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 project planning system,
                   Open Plan.
                   Texim is a stand-alone product for Windows 3.1"
         DATE:
         CONT:

    Milestone


         COMP:     From Kidasa Software
         ADDR:     16 Connaught Street, Marble Arch, London W2 2AF.
         PHONE:    [phone]
         FAX:      [phone]
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:    DOS
         PRICE:    Version 3.1  - 199 UK Pounds.
         MISC:     "written for Windows and with the presentation of
                   Barcharts in mind".  I do not have Kidasa Software
                   Inc's USA address, but Kidasa is a US company.
                   Demo disk available, and sale or return copies al-
                   so available.  In the UK, there is a special deal
                   of #89.00 if bought before October 94.



                           - 20 -



         DATE:     Sept '94
         CONT:     [e-mail] <Pete Phillips>

         Microsofts Project for Windows

         COMP:
         ADDR:
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:    DOS/Windows
         PRICE:    About $300. In the UK, around #285.00.
         MISC:     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.
         DATE:
         CONT:     Ulrich R. Herken <[e-mail]>
                   Robert Ward <[e-mail]>

    SuperProject / CA-SuperProject 3.0


         COMP:    Computer Associates
         ADDR:
         PHONE:
         FAX:
         EMAIL:
         PLATS:   Windows and OS/2.
         PRICE:   Approx $900
         MISC:    "This is a major change from prior versions. In-
                  cluded with the project is CA-Realizer as the
                  macro language (Computer Associates version of Vi-
                  sual Basic). The SuperProject engine is now a dy-
                  namic 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 consider-
                  ably less than that."  (I guess you can get this
                  through any PC software dealer ? Pete.)
         DATE:
         CONT:    Randall Raemon <[e-mail]>
                  <[e-mail]>


                        Training & Miscellany
                        _____________________

14) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the UK ?

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



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    The Project Management Software Centre,
    16 Connaught Street,
    Marble Arch,
    London
    W2 2AF
    Tel: [phone]

15) Which companies provide training in Project Management in the USA ?


      1.  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]>]

      2.  Fastrak  Training Inc. (Eileen Quann, etal) Software Project
          Management course; 4 days, 20 students, $10.5k [ from Cheng-
          Lung Chang <[e-mail]>]

      3.  The  Process  Group  (Neil Potter) Software Project Planning
          and Management course; 3 days, 20 students, $6.5k  plus  ex-
          penses.  [ from Cheng-Lung Chang <[e-mail]>]

      4.  The  Learning  Tree (Lisa Hugus) Software Project Management
          Tools and Techniques; 5 days, 15 students, $14,500.  includ-
          ing  expenses,  class  materials.   [  from Cheng-Lung Chang
          <[e-mail]>]


16) 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). It is soon to be moved
    to  the  mailbase  site  for ftp, and the mail-server will then go
    away.

    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.

17) 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.

    In  addition, I have been sent a _huge_ book list from Kurt Aeren-
    lund Pedersen <[e-mail]>, which I will make available at one
    of the ftp sites.



                           - 22 -



    Title:     Project Management
    Author:    Dennis Lock
    Year:      1992 (Fifth Edition)
    Publ:      UK:  Gower Publishing Company Ltd, Gower House,
               Croft Road, Aldershot, Hants GU11 3HR, UK.
               USA:      Distributed by Ashgate Publishing Compa-
               ny, Old Post Road, Brookfield, Vermont 05036 USA.
    ISBN:      0-556-07339-0 (Hardback) 0-556-07340-4 (Paperback)
    Comment:   One of the standard works on project management.
               Originally published in 1968, it has been regular-
               ly updated and now covers computer systems and
               programmes.


    Title:    Project Management Handbook
    Editor:   Dennis Lock
    Year:     1987
    Publ:     UK:  Gower Publishing Company Ltd (see above) USA:
               Distributed by Ashgate Publishing Company. (see
              above)


    Title:    Introduction to Critical Path Analysis and Other
              Project Network Techniques
    Author:   K. G. Lockyer
    Publ:     Pitman, London
    Year:     1984 (4th Edition)


    Title:    BS 6046 - Use of Network Techniques in project
              management.
              Part 1 - 1984 - Guide to the use of management,
              planning, review and reporting procedures.
              Part 2 - 1992 - Guide to the use of graphical and
              estimating techniques.
              Part 3 - 1992 - Guide to the use of computers.
              Part 4 - 1992 - Guide to resource analysis and
              cost control.
    Author:   British Standards Institute
    Publ:     British Standards Institute (BSI), Milton Keynes,
              UK.


    Title:    BS 4335 : 1987 - Glossary of terms used in project
              network techniques.
    Author:   British Standard Institution
    Publ:     British Standard Institution (see above).


    Title:    Project Planning and Control
    Author:   A. Lester
    Year:     1991 (2nd edition)
    Publ:     Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford, UK.



                           - 23 -



    Title:      Project Management: Techniques, Applications, &
                Management Issues
    Editor:     E.W.Davis
    Publ:       Industrial Engineering & Management Press  (2nd ed
                1983)
    Comment:    This is a collection of key papers on PM including
                the originals on PERT and CPM from the late '50s,
                as well as more recent enhancements on the basic
                techniques.

                Chris (C.C.) Ellens <[e-mail]>, Sep 14th 1993


    Title:     The Secrets of Successful Project Management
    Author:    Ralph L. Klien
    Publ:      John Wiley & Sons
    Year:      1986
    Comment:   An excellent overview of PM in a very concise and
               readable style.
               Chris (C.C.) Ellens <[e-mail]>, Sep 14th 1993


    Title:     Managing Software Projects: Selecting and Using
               PC-Based Project Management Systems,
    ISBN:      0-89435-275-X  LCC 89-10655
    Author:    Lois Zells
    Publ:      QED Information Sciences Inc
    Year:      1990
    Comment:   It is a summary of 7 PC DOS based project manage-
               ment commercial products: Harvard Project Manager
               3.0, SuperProject Expert 1.1, Project Workbench
               3.0, Time Line 3.0, Microsoft Project 4.0, View-
               point 2.52, and Primavera Project Planner 3.1. It
               is also (obviously) now a bit dated.  However, the
               first 225 pages give a very good description of
               the project management process, and lay the foun-
               dation for the comparison of the products. For me,
               its these first 225 pages that make the book
               worthwhile.
               [Randall Raemon <[e-mail]>]

18) What other information is available ?


    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  pub/software-eng   on   host
         ftp.qucis.queensu.ca (130.15.1.100).


           pdcase        7 Jul 1992 Public-domain CASE tools
           petri         7 Jul 1992 Petri net tools



                           - 24 -



           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
              [Thanks to Mike Sendall <[e-mail]>]

    Razor

         Razor is a configuration management and issue tracking system
         available from

           Tower Concepts, Inc
           103 Sylvan Way
           New Hartford, NY 13413
           [phone]
           [e-mail]

         "Razor is priced at $349/floating license, but we will be in-
         creasing  the  price to $395 on 1/1/94.  That still leaves us
         as the most aggresively priced commercial package for  either
         problem tracking or CM!"

         Further  info,  from  the  email address above, and copies of
         their manual available via anon ftp from

              ftp.uu.net:/vendor/tower-concepts

    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 great 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]>]


19) 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,



                           - 25 -



         Buckinghamshire,
         HP11 2DX.
    ["William R. Watt" <[e-mail]>]

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

         Project Management Institute
         Central Administration Office
         4104 Woodland Avenue
         P. O. Box 43
         Drexel Hill, PA 19026-0043
         U S A

         Telephone: [phone]
         Fax:       [phone]

         [[e-mail]]

    Also, I had this from Ken Glade <[e-mail]>:

         PMI Communications
         PO Box 189
         Webster, NC 28788
         Voice: 704-293-9711
         Fax:   [phone]

         (anyone know why the different addresses ? Pete.)
    Randall Raemon <[e-mail]> writes:

    " I called them about a week ago, asking for a membership informa-
    tion 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 Man-
    agement 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."

20) Gosh - can there be anything else ?

    Yep.



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    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 soft-
         ware used to be contactable at

                   [e-mail]
         If anyone gets any info on this product, please let me  know.



21) 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.  I will do my best to acknowledge all contri-
    butions in the document.

    I must apologise for sitting on a stack of  information  over  the
    last  6-12 months that has been sent in by readers of this FAQ.  I
    now have the mechanism to be able to spend more time keeping  this
    thing up to date, so don't stop sending me your updates.

    If you have any contributions to make to this FAQ, mail them to:

         Pete Phillips                    ([e-mail])
         Surgical Materials Testing Lab.,
         Bridgend General Hospital,
         Quarella Road,
         Bridgend,
         Mid Glamorgan, CF31 1JP
         Wales.

         Tel: [phone]
         Fax: [phone]

    Alternatively,  if you want to make my kids happy and you are out-
    side the UK, send a postcard (or get your kids to send a postcard)
    to :

    Rhys, Carys and Sian Phillips,
    22 The Dell, Laleston, Bridgend, South Wales, UK.
    (Age 7, 5 and 1!)

--
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