NET-BASED TASK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Hector Garcia-Molina, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Jennifer Wisdom
ABSTRACT
In
net-based
collaborative
design
environment,
design
resources
become
more
and
more
varied
and
complex.
Besides
common
information
management
systems,
design resources can be organized in connection with design activities.
A set of activities and resources linked by logic relations can form a task. A task
has
at
least
one
objective
and
can
be
broken
down
into
smaller
ones.
So
a
design
project can be separated into many subtasks forming a hierarchical structure.
Task
Management
System
(TMS)
is
designed
to
break
down
these
tasks
and
assign
certain
resources
to
its
task
nodes
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As
a
result
of
decomposition.al1
design
resources and activities could be managed via this system.
KEY WORDS
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Collaborative Design, Task Management System (TMS),
Task Decomposition, Information Management System
1 Introduction
Along with the rapid upgrade of request for advanced design methods, more and
more design tool appeared to support new design methods and forms. Design in a web
environment with multi-partners being involved requires a more powerful and efficient
management system .Design partners can be located everywhere over the net with their
own
organizations.
They
could
be
mutually
independent
experts
or
teams
of
tens
of
employees.
This
article
discusses
a
task
management
system
(TMS)
which
manages
design activities and resources by breaking down design objectives and re-organizing
design
resources
in
connection
with
the
activities.
Comparing
with
common