MAJOR VIRENDER SINGHMR SHIVAM GUPTA14 MARCH 2012

PAPER ONE-NEXT GENERATION PC-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS -BY L E HEINDEL AND V A KASTEN

PAPER TWO- PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THEIR IMPACT ON PROJECT MANAGERS AND PROJECT SUCCESS BY LOUIS RAYMOND FRANCOIS BERGERON

PAPER THREE - TOWARDS A SMART PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM BY ALI JAAFARI AND KITSANA MANIVONG

The goal is two fold: one, identify and explain the argument that the author is making, and two, bring out criticalities.One of the key directions of this review is to avoid and minimize summary as we are evaluating the authors points and arguments. The papers are being dealt one by one, highlighting the evaluation of each separately under varied heads as discussed ahead.

Biographic Info of Author. Adequately covered.Intended Audience.Primarily targeted towards companies making software projects, developers, researchers and IT professionals. General problem areas. ( What does the author intend to discuss and why?) all available systems basically provide similar functionality.None of the currently available PC-based project management systems support the higher-level managerial concerns .next generation of project management systems must include functionality for the management of tasks and resources.Next generation project management systems must be implemented using the toolkit and enhanced compound application approaches to ensure maximum and rapid extensibility.

Past Research Authors didnt build on the past researches.They were themselves involved.Definitions and acronyms.The authors have not used much of acronyms or definitions and the paper has been written in a transparent manner with symbols and format to illustrate in brief.Illustrations, tables or graphs.The paper utilizes only illustrations, and no tables or graphs have been used. This stands to a disadvantage as graphs and tables complement the text, which is not so in this case. Major findings and conclusions.The author has been able to convey his point through his concluding remarks. However, the article doesnt get augumented with factual support in terms of research findings or data.Footnotes or Bibliography.The paper does quote seven references; However, The authors have quoted more of their own work than citing others work in this field.

Biographic Info of Author.Not covered adequately. The paper only mentions their respective names and universities under separate heads.Intended Audience.The paper is primarily targeted towards project managers, Higher managerial staff, researchers in the field of Project management information systems.General problem areas. ( What does the author intend to discuss and why?) The research aim of this study - to determine the actual impacts of PMIS upon project managers and project performance. one of the objective was to identify the main determinants of PMIS and determine the extent to which these systems assist project managers in terms of increased efficiency, productivity and efficiency.Another objective was to get a better understanding of the contribution of these systems to the success of projects. Improvements in effectiveness and efficiency in managerial tasks were observed here in terms of better project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and control. Improvements in productivity were also observed in terms of timelier decision-making. Advantages obtained from PMIS not limited to individual performance but also include project performance. Systems found to have direct impacts on project success, One can therefore conclude that PMIS make a significant contribution to project success and should continue to be the object of project management research.

Past ResearchThe authors were able to build on the past researches as referred in the paper as an outcome of the previous research that PMIS success models should continue to be validated and challenged, the results of this research show that the use of a project management information system is in fact advantageous to project managers..Definitions and acronyms.The authors have not used much of acronyms or definitions and the paper has been written in a transparent manner with symbols and format to illustrate in brief.Illustrations, tables or graphs.The paper utilizes not only illustrations, but tables or graphs have been extensively used. This stands to an advantage as graphs and tables complement the text, which assists the reader to grasp material easily. Major findings and conclusions.The author has been able to convey his point through his concluding remarks. The article also gets augmented with factual support in terms of research findings or data.Footnotes or Bibliography.The paper quotes at least forty seven references; which are more than sufficient to elaborate the effort that has gone into this paper.

Biographic Info of Author.The biographies of the authors have been adequately covered under separate heads with photographs of both authors. The authors qualification is adequate enough with experience of 70 published papers.Intended Audience.The paper is primarily targeted towards companies making software projects, developers, researchers and IT professionals.General problem areas. ( What does the author intend to discuss and why?) A case was made for the need for a smart project management information system. The main feature of such system will be its capability to assist a goal-driven and focused approach to the development and management of the project.The SPMIS embraces a holistic view of the project. The main thrust of this system is to encourage a shift from the current administration-based and multi-phase project management to a goal-driven proactive practice in which the project manager will preside over the development and implementation of the project in a single integrated phase.

Past ResearchThe authors did try to build on the past researches as they analyzed this concept. The feasibility of building the SPMIS was explored at some length with the conclusion that the IT and computing technologies were indeed at a stage to support the underlying concept of the SPMIS.Definitions and acronyms.The authors have not used much of acronyms or definitions and the paper has been written in a fluent manner with symbols and format to illustrate.Illustrations, tables or graphs.The paper utilizes not only illustrations, but tables or graphs as well. This stands to a greater advantage as graphs and tables complement the text, which assists the paper manifolds. Major findings and conclusions.The author has been able to convey his point through his concluding remarks. Moreover, the article gets further augmented with factual support in terms of research findings and data. The authors' preferred approach is based on a unique project-specific product modeling, using object oriented programming techniques. The application of systems' approach in solving the project information in order to execute a particular function, or a combination of inter-related functions, was also discussed.Footnotes or Bibliography.The paper does quote forty four references; which are more than sufficient to elaborate the effort that has gone into this paper.