Dear Friends

I am currently involved in reviewing Project Management Tools (similar
to Pimavera) from Indian Vendors and suggest modification to enable
Project team to be guided/mandated (in compliance to CMMI) execution
of WBS-scheduled activities and to check-in Work-products (as result
of the activity)into designated folder of CM-library-structured in VSS
(also through the PM-tool).

Main efforts are to define (project-sopecific modified) detailed WBS
(via SDLC-based prestructured WBS-template) including reviews/audits
and Management-Reviews and Unit/Integration/System-Testing.

The workflow of task-type (design, coding, testing, reviews, audit)
would guide, mandate the doer of the activity to populate the
predefined template (for the desired work-product) and/or log-in
defects/issues/NCs.

Attempt is to automate collection of DA/IA in project documentation
VSS-controlled folders and tracking the Plan/Actual-varaition of
schedule, efforts & defects(nrs) would enable measure and track the
project performance as well as process-capability against
organization-defined limts of varinace.

This to the extent doable & achieved would enable regular noticing the
gaps in implementation & proactive efforts for process improvemnts
since the violations of variance-limit are notified to designated
management level to be addressed via CAR / DAR work-flow i.e.
identified stake holders are invited for review-meetings (scheduled
actvitity in WBS) and log-in decisions against preventive action plan
recommended after analysing the resons recorded (by PM) for the
violation (of variance limits).

I request your critique and suggestions, which would provide me
'Improvement Opportunities'

Reagrds Goyal