Project Management Programs - Frequently asked Questions (FAQ)

From: pete@smtl.co.uk (Pete Phillips) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.software-eng,news.answers,comp.answers Subject: Project Management Programs - Frequently asked Questions (FAQ) Supersedes: <proj-plan-faq-1-867494708@smtl.co.uk> Followup-To: poster Date: Mon, 28 Jul 1997 10:45:14 GMT Organization: Surgical Materials Testing Laboratory (SMTL) Expires: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 10:45:08 GMT Message-ID: <proj-plan-faq-1-870086708@smtl.co.uk> Reply-To: pete@smtl.co.uk (Pete Phillips) Summary: This posting contains information about project management software (also known as project planning software), both commercial and public domain, particularly with reference to programs running under UNIX & X. Keywords: FAQ, PROJECT, PLANNING, MANAGEMENT X-Content-Currency: This FAQ changes regularly. When a saved or printed copy is over 2 months old, please obtain a new one. Posted-By: auto-faq 3.2.1.3 Archive-name: proj-plan-faq Posting-Frequency: posted once a month. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE - AN FAQ Pete Phillips, pete@smtl.co.uk $Date: 1997/06/17 06:46:21 $ $Revision: 2.42 $ ____________________________________________________________ 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: 2.42 $ o Last-Modified: $Date: 1997/06/17 06:46:21 $ 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* have a web site (at present) - 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. Submitted by Ulrich R. Herken urh@specs.de Robert Ward robert@olsen.ch 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 SuperProject 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 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. 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 Manager'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 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. Clearly it is impossible for me to keep this document up to date on my own, and I am indebted to everyone who has sent information to me over the last 3 or 4 years. I have less and less time these days to check the information in the FAQ and am nearly totally reliant on contributions and updates from people on the net. Please keep the information coming - I will still make sure that contributions I recieve are incorporated into the FAQ and that contributions are acknowledged. 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