An Object-Oriented Approach for Integrated Project Management Software

本建议概述了一种开发项目管理软件的新方法，该方法有望为软件开发过程和最终应用程序的特征提供广泛的改进。总体目标是构建提供更大灵活性、更高智能和更好集成的系统。所提出的方法既不会取代传统的项目管理应用程序，也不会取代专家系统等高级应用程序；相反，它为实现这些程序提供了一种更有效和统一的方法，并为这些应用程序提供了一个新的集成环境。本研究主要依赖于面向对象编程的概念，其基本方法是创建一组标准化的软件对象，这些对象代表了项目管理过程的基本要素。例如，将创建对象来表示建筑物的物理组件（例如，梁和柱）、生产这些物理组件所需的基本建筑活动以及执行这些活动所需的资源。这些基本的“构建块”对象可以根据一般的设计和开发指南拼凑在一起，形成各种项目管理应用程序的核心。

This proposal outlines a new approach to developing software for project management that is expected to offer a wide range of improvements to both the software development process and the characteristics of the resulting applications. The overall objectives are to construct systems that offer greater flexibility, higher intelligence, and significantly better integration. The proposed approach does not replace either traditional project management application or advanced application such as expert systems; rather, it offers a more efficient and uniform methodology for implementing these programs and a new integrated environment in which these application can reside. The basic approach of the proposed research which relies heavily on the concepts of object- oriented programming, is to create a set of standardized software objects that represent the fundamental elements of the project management process. For example, objects would be created to represent a building's physical components (e.g., beams and columns), the basic construction activities needed to produce these physical components, and the resources required to perform the activities. These basic "building block" objects could then be pieced together , according to general design and development guidelines, to form the core of various project management application programs.