PMA: An ESS Prototype to Support Software Project Planning
Ojoung Kwon, Donna Dufner · Journal of Decision System · 2002
Project management has become increasingly complex and important, a professional discipline in its own right. Often project managers lack the training needed to do adequate planning. Without an accurate plan, rework increases, budget and schedules are overrun, scope must often be trimmed, and projects fail. The difference between success and failure can be the skill of the project manager. This paper presents and discusses a Webenabled, rule based, expert system prototype, Project Management Advisor (PMA), to support project managers who are learning and refining project management skills. PMA, a field prototype, was evaluated and tested for accuracy using 11 project plans from a fortune 500 company.