San Diego Firm Launches Web-Based, Project Management Tool

SAN DIEGO, CA, August 10, 1998 - Rational Concepts Inc announced the beta release of Proj-Net, a suite of project management tools. Dan Cornell, President of Rational Concepts reports, "Proj-Net will help companies better manage their projects through the use of new technical performance measures and networked collaboration. Our basic approach is to deliver information rather than data. By converting project information into measureable units and making that information available anywhere, anytime, Proj-Net is revolutionary new way for companies to manage projects." 

Proj-Net is attuned to the needs of geographically and organizationally diverse workgroups. It can import data from many existing applications. It provides technical team leads and project managers with tools for following and directing activities and departments from a single knowledge base center. 

Web Master
A tool for creating web sites that become the focus for all of a project's collaboration and data interchange. No Web Master is required. This dramatically reduces the cost to develop project web sites while providing web technology uniquely qualified for the tasks of project management. 

Schedule Master
Continue using your existing project scheduling software. The Schedule Master imports schedule metrics from leading desktop scheduling systems including Microsoft Project, Open Plan, and Primavera. 

Cost Master
The Cost Master accepts import information on costs, expenses and man hours from systems such as Microframe and Cobra. Proj-Net develops metric measurements from existing accounting information stored in existing formats. 

Metric Master
Technical performance measures are defined, traced and maintained via the Metric Master. 

Task Master
The Task Master is an action item / fault reporting system that incorporates action item work flow and email notification. Activities are automatically monitored and communicated. 

Risk Master
The Risk Master captures project risk mitigation activities; maintaining and communicating the values of those risks. 

Evaluation Master
This tool maintains a documented project history to correlate with project metrics.

"Project managers are inundated with data, but never have enough information," relates Dan Cornell. "Proj-Net delivers quantifiable information that will facilitate timely project decisions backed by an extensive project knowledge base." For more information about the Proj-Net Suite of Tools or about other project management services offered by Rational Concepts, Inc., contact our Sales Department at (760) 632-0444 or send e-mail to sales@rationalconcepts.com or visit www.rationalconcepts.com.