Study on the Availability of Commercial Software for the Corps' Life Cycle Project Management (LCPM)

Abstract

With the advent of the Water Resources Development Act of 1989, The Corps entered into a new era in cost sharing and project management. The Corps embarked on the life cycle management of its projects and the need to report the status of its activities under a management effort entitled Initiative 88 . In recognition of the fact that current project management tools are not adequate to provide the needed information in the proper form within the prescribed time frame, the Corp is modernizing its computer-aided project management information capabilities. The effort reported herein explores whether commercially available software can be used to meet the Corp's immediate and long-term needs, lists the criteria used in evaluating the software, gives impressions of the studied software, and gives recommendations for implementation. The primary objective was not to recommend a system(s) that would meet the Corps' needs, but to conclude only whether or not any candidate system(s) exists. Life cycle project management, Project management, Project management software.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA208254

Entities

People

  • Bobby Hughey
  • N. Radhakrishnan
  • Warren Bennett

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Gantt Charts
  • Identification
  • Information Systems
  • Life Cycle Management
  • Life Cycles
  • Management Personnel
  • Project Management
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Relational Databases
  • Resource Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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