Cloud based Project Management Information System (PMIS) for construction projects

Cloud computing refers to use of virtual servers where users access stored data through an internet connection. It has become an innovative model for delivering IT infrastructure, applications and data management. It shifts the emphasis from static, stand-alone applications to dynamic, shared environments, dynamically allocated among various tasks and accessed via a network. In construction projects, construction managers spend a significant portion of their time gathering project data, assessing production rates, communicating with project participants and tracking project quality. Executing those tasks manually reduces efficiency and can result in less effective project management operations. In order to improve efficiency of information process flow, various types of Project Management Information Systems (PMIS) have been introduced to construction projects. This paper is an attempt to structure the data base through cloud computing and also to develop a Project Management Information System (PMIS) through cloud computing for a power plant project.