Use of Mobile for Project management in Construction Industry

1. Use of Mobile for Project management in Construction Industry Presented by Fawad Ahmad Zahirul Din Babur Sita Pun

2. Project management is the discipline of planning, organizing, and managing resources to bring about the successful completion of specific project goals and objectives. [1] • It is equally important in construction industry just like in any other industry. • Project management tool will help to standardise the following processes: [2] • Construction planning • Construction scheduling • Construction estimating of costs and expenses • Construction documentation processes • Purchase and sales processes • Change Management and so on

3. Reasons for using mobile • Possibility of remote connection and control of equipment • Performance improvement by bundling mobile functionalities with sold equipment • Better knowledge on where and when each employee is needed • Fewer errors – especially at tasks where mobility reduces the amount of paper reporting • Faster and more accurate communication and information • Reliable and precise inventory control [3]

4. Focus • Our focus for code camp is the ”Task Scheduling” using mobile so that project manager can remotely assign tasks to the onsite workers. • As soon as task is assigned to a worker, his calendar will be updated. He can check for information about tasks like description, deadline and priority of the tasks. • In addition to this , the worker can send status update to the project manager once the task is complete.

5. Technology Used • C++ • Maemo 5 • Linux Socket Programming • Maemo 5 Calendar API

6. Final Architecture

7. Screenshots

9. REFERENCES • [1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management • [2]http://www.buzzle.com/articles/construction-project-management-software-for construction-industry.html • [3]http://www.bledconference.org/proceedings.nsf/0/6bc63b8932cf7e43c1257481003b3b24/$FILE/02Leskinen.pdf

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