دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی سیستم های اطلاعات مدیریت پروژه برای مدیران اختمانی: اجزای رایج و توسعه های آینده

ABSTRACT:

This paper explores future requirements of project management information systems (PMIS) for professional construction management (CM) firms. Current constituents and effectiveness of CM-PMIS were analyzed first by surveying ten CM firms in South Korea. The composition of PMIS was quantitatively investigated by two dimensions; system configuration (e.g. in-house developed, ERP/ASP, groupware, professional software) and construction business functions (e.g. design, estimating, cost, time etc.). Information requirements from the owners and contractors are compared in order to examine the CM’s role among these project participants. Current and future levels of practical utilization of CM-PMIS were also surveyed in order to evaluate the issues and needs. Findings indicate that the Korean CM firms plan to actively enhance PMIS in the areas of ‘sales’ and ‘cost control’ business functions in near future.

8. CONCLUSIONS

This paper proposed an information systems assessment methodology for CM firms with two major dimensions; ‘construction business function’ and ‘systems configuration’. Measures for effectiveness of information systems are also added in order to assess the future direction.

A case study introduced in this paper validates that the proposed methodology is simple enough to utilize and, at the same time, comprehensive enough to address full range of planning issues for PMIS.

Findings from the case study indicate that the PMIS for CM firms has flexibility due to the distinct characteristics of CM. It is also found that the Korean owners, CMs, and contractors have a common trend in developing PMIS.