      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 (pete@smtl.co.uk), 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 Majordomo@uts.edu.au

      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:

      pmnet@uts.edu.au

      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:
         halvard.kilde@protek.unit.no 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 njaals@idt.unit.no)

      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.
         (david.curling@bbs.synapse.net(

      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 chrisv@cam.org)

      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
         chrisv@cam.org)

      o  Project and Program Manager's Palette <http://www.4pm.com>.  Dick
         Billows rbillows@msn.com 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.

         (sudha@informix.com 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
         johannh@lia.co.za 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
         BDBG3Y0@baplaza.bell-atl.com 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 bergmap@govonca.gov.on.ca 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".  (ag384@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (William R. Watt), Mon, 24 Jan
         1994 )

         Thanks to Priit Parmakson pp@cc.ttu.ee for picking this up.

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

         FONiX Info Systems _ Berkshire, UK _ +44 (0)344 306986
         (johannh@lia.co.za)
      o   In Feb 94, I received this from Chris Vandersluis chrisv@cam.org
         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
      pete@smtl.co.uk.

      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 mail-server@smtl.co.uk 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

                      pete@smtl.co.uk

      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 efm@tummy.com who informed me that
      this site no longer allows anon ftp.  Latest information from Jean-
      Francois Rit jean-francois.rit@der.edfgdf.fr 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 lcd@ais.org, 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
      susan@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov, who was responsible for getting it placed
      on an ftp site along with Mike Tankenson mike@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov.

      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 davison@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au 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
           susan@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov 818-354-1948 cassie mulnix
           clm@natasha.jpl.nasa.gov 818-354-1430

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

      2.1.3.  WISE

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

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

      Yes.  Lots.

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

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

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

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

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

      2.2.1.  AutoPLAN II

         Company
            Digital Tools

         Address
            10351, Bubb Road Cupertino, CA 95014 USA

         Phone No.
            (408)366-6920

         Fax No.
            (408)446-2140

         Email
            info@digit.com

         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
            service@cossack.cosmic.uga.edu

         Platforms
            Sun 3/4

         Price

         Miscellaneous

         Date of entry.

      2.2.3.  IntraPlan

         Company
            Intra2000

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

         Email
            rawynde@intra2000.com
         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
            info@nis.com dave@nis.com (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
            info@nis.com dave@nis.com (Dave Wagner)

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

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

         Miscellaneous

         Date of entry.

      2.2.9.  Open Plan

         Company
            Welcom Software Technology

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

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

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

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

         Email
            support@wst.com sales@wst.com  (for sales) info@wst.com (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 alun@wst.com

         Platforms
            DOS & VAX

         Miscellaneous
            Requires Xbase RDBMS and 4GL.

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

         Date of entry.

      2.2.11.  Ultra Planner

         Company
            Productivity Solutions

         Address
            72 North Street, Medfield, MA 02052

         Phone No.
            +1 508 359 1300

         Fax No.
            +1 508 359 1333

         Email
            psoln@delphi.com

         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 covey@us-es.sel.de for updating me with this - 8/9/93.

         Date of entry.

      2.2.12.  Islandplan

         Company
            Island Graphics Corp.

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

         Phone No.

         Fax No.

         Email

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

         Price

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

         Date of entry.

      2.2.13.  AMS Schedule Publisher

         Company
            Advanced Management Solutions, Inc.

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

         Phone No.
            713-871-8812

         Fax No.
            713-871-9513

         Email

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

         Price

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

         Date of entry.

      2.2.14.  SAS/OR.

         Company
            SAS Institute Limited

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

         Phone No.
            (+44) 6284-86933

         Fax No.
            (+44) 6284-83203

         Email

         Platforms

         Price

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

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

            PROC GANTT
               (for displaying the computed schedule graphically)

            PROC NETDRAW
               (for displaying the activity network graphically)

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

         Date of entry.

      2.2.15.  Project2 / SeriesX (PX)

         Company
            PSDI (Project Software & Development, Inc.)

         Address

         Phone No.

         Fax No.

         Email
            Gudrun Mehlo gudrun.mehlo@rt.bosch.de

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

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

         Miscellaneous

         Date of entry.

      2.2.16.  PACS Project Administration and Control System

         Company
            Herkemij & Partners

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

         Phone No.
            +31-10-4580899

         Fax No.
            +31-10-4508233

         Email
            grullemans@herkemij.nl

         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
            pete@smtl.co.uk (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
            bck@world.std.com

         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
            pete@smtl.co.uk (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 johannh@lia.co.za.

      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"
         (hueske@vb.vwl.th-darmstadt.de) for this on 21st March, 1996.)

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

         Company
            Kidasa Software

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

         Phone No.
            (512)328-0167

         Fax No.
            (512)328-0247

         Email
            Kidasa1@aol.com

         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 (sean_barbera@compuserve.com)

      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 <102425.2033@compuserve.com>

      3.3.4.  Project Commander

         Company
            Project Management Software Centre

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

         Phone No.
            (+44)-1226-780930

         Fax No.
            (+44)-1226-780837

         Platforms
            DOS/Windows

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

         Date
            July 1994

         Submitted by
            pete@smtl.co.uk (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
            robert@olsen.ch 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 urh@specs.de Robert Ward robert@olsen.ch Kelvin
            Kirby technology@dial.pipex.com

      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, tkuch@gnn.com (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 delta1@netcom.com 0005650778@mcimail.com

            tkuch@gnn.com (Terence Kuch)

      3.3.7.  Power Planner

         Company
            Sphygmic Software

         Address
            Sphygmic Software Ltd, Skewen, West Glamorgan, UK

         Phone No.
            +44-1792-323-002

         Fax No.
            +44-1792-812-843

         Email
            100343.1144@compuserve.com

         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 100661.2440@compuserve.com has written a
      shareware project planning application called Plan which is available
      for the Psion 3a palmtop. It is available on Compuserve in the palmtop
      forum and also via ftp from: the imperial ftp site.
      <ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/psion/icdoc/misc/plan303.zip>

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

      Plan has the following key features:

      o  Gantt and PERT charts.

      o  Resource allocation histogram view.

      o  Task scheduling and tracking.

      o  Define dependencies between tasks.

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

      o  Calculation of critical path.

      o  Transfer projects between Plan and MS Project.

      o  Cost calculations.

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

      5.  Training & Miscellany

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

         (from Pablo Luengas, compuserve: 105301.1326)

      o  Software Engineering Management Associates, Inc. (Richard Fairley)
         Software Project Management: 2 or 3 days, @$2.500/day plus
         expenses.  Consulting rate- $1,500/day.  (from Cheng-Lung Chang
         changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com)

      o  Fastrak Training Inc. (Eileen Quann, et al) Software Project
         Management course; 4 days, 20 students, $10.5k (from Cheng-Lung
         Chang changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com) Address: 9175 Guilford Road, Suite
         300, Columbia, MD  USA  21046-1844, Tel: 301-924-0050, Fax:
         301-924-3049, email: contact@fastrak.com, 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 changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com)

      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 changc@vlab.nsd.fmc.com)

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

         Courses include:

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

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

      (from Scott W. Robertson USVCN64N@IBMMAIL.COM
      RobeSc00@dons.ac.usfca.edu).

      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: sales@microplanning.com

      (Brad Pirrung 102513.3531@compuserve.com 14 Aug 95 ]

      5.2.1.  Miscellany

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

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

      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 dave@nis.com, 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 kup@hdc.hha.dk, 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 sendall@dxpt01.cern.ch)

      5.5.3.  Razor

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

        Tower Concepts, Inc
        103 Sylvan Way
        New Hartford, NY 13413
        (315) 724-3540
        sales@tower.com

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

      5.5.4.  Tom Sawyer Software

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

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

      For ordering and price information, please contact :

      Tom Sawyer Software     phone: 510.848.0853
      1824B Fourth Street     fax: 510.848.0854
      Berkeley, CA 94710      e-mail: info@TomSawyer.COM

      (Brendan P. Madden" bmadden@tomsawyer.com)

      5.5.5.  Software Technology Support Center

      Jeffrey A Lewis lewis.jeffrey@smumc.mcclellan.af.mil 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 ag384@freenet.carleton.ca).

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

      For change of address/subscription/membership inquiries

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

      Information submitted by kup@hdc.hha.dk, JimS@cybernetics.net, and
      DenysM@aol.com.  For editorial/advertising queries and reprint/bulk
      copy/permission requests:

              PMI Communications Office

            Postal

              P.O. Box 189
              Webster, NC 28788

            Shipping (UPS, etc.)

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

      Information submitted by Ken Glade 71546.66@compuserve.com and
      JimS@cybernetics.net.

      Randall Raemon <0005650778@mcimail.com> 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 rmonagha@sun.cis.smu.edu 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
      JBE@dean.med.ufl.edu.  http://www.pmi.org/ <http://www.pmi.org/>

      Also, in Holland:

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

      Thanks to Erwin Traas etraas@te.xs4all.nl 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:
      Cris_Seabury@qmail.newbridge.com.

      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
      (gerdyukov@mx.decnet.ihep.su). 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

                   pal@ikar.sept.msk.su

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

      7.  Postscript

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