Development of project information system for an engineering procurement construction (EPC) company

Project Information System (PIS) is an application developed to enhance the operation of marketing department in a company. Further, the PIS acts as a repository of information about the projects carried out in the company. In addition, this application provides the feasibility of accessing the data of projects in a single database. Hence, PIS has complete information of projectsneeded by a marketing team to perform their work efficiently.

In the current work, the existing manual systems and processes in the marketing department has been studied and analysed. By studying the various processes with the help of tools like Flow Charts, Data Flow Diagrams and Entity Relationship Diagram different parameters like project details, project duration, client details etc. has been analysed. Further, PIS has been designed using Structured System Analysis and Design methodology along with VB.NET as front end programming language and Microsoft Access 2007 as the back end database. Various forms like Project Information, Client Information and Competitor Details has been designed. From this, the manual data entered by employees can be viewed by executive management through detailed reports developed using crystal reports.

The PIS has been partially implemented against the existing system leading to 62% reduction of time compared to the existing system. The developed PIS will help the organisation to effectively store employee data more securely and accurately. Finally, the PIS has made the data entry much more user friendly. The study can be further extended in implementation of other modules like procurement, finance, design and planning.