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The Virtual Office Using Internet Technology for Cost Engineers and Project Management Practitioners. Daniel R, Boyd, ing, m.ing Proji-contrôle inc. Tel: 514-735-3843 e-mail: dboyd@projicontrole.com. Internet stats. Estimated # of users (1998): 147,800,000 52% of these in the US
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The Virtual OfficeUsing Internet Technology for Cost Engineers and Project Management Practitioners Daniel R, Boyd, ing, m.ing Proji-contrôle inc. Tel: 514-735-3843 e-mail: dboyd@projicontrole.com
Internet stats... • Estimated # of users (1998): 147,800,000 • 52% of these in the US • 760 US households/hr joining internet • 7.3 billion e-mail messages per day • Finland ranks #1 in number of Internet hosts per capita
Internet stats... • Estimated 8.2 Billion$ spent in US by consumers on Internet during 1998 holiday season • Bank's cost to process an in-person transaction, in dollars: 1.07 • Bank's cost to process an Internet transaction, in dollars: 0.01
Where Does Canada Stand • According to a survey by the Forrester institute ranked 45 countries: • #1 United States is the world's leading electronic commerce (Ecommerce) • #2Germany • #3 U.K. • #4 Japan • #5Canada
Internet History - early • 1962: The RAND Corporation begins research into robust, distributed communication networks for military command and control. • 1965: DOD ARPA (Advanced Research Project Agency) sponsors research into a "cooperative network of time-sharing computers.” • 1967: Delegates at a symposium for the Association for Computing Machinery in Gatlingberg, TN discuss the first plans for the ARPANET. • 1969: Researchers at four US campuses create the first hosts of the ARPANET, connecting Stanford Research Institute, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. • 1971: TheARPANET grows to 23 hosts connecting universities and government research centers around the country.
Internet History - 70`s and 80`s • 1973: The ARPANET goes international with connections to University College in London, England and the Royal Radar Establishment in Norway. • 1975 - Internet operations transferred to the Defense Communications Agency • 1976 - Queen Elizabeth goes online with the first royal email message. • 1978 - TCP checksum design finalized • 1982 - The term 'Internet' is used for the first time • 1987-87 - Bob Kahn and Vint Cerf are key members of a team which creates TCP/IP, the common language of all Internet computers. For the first time the loose collection of networks which made up the ARPANET is seen as an "internet", and the Internet as we know it today is born
Internet History - late 80`s , 90`s • 1987 - The number of Internet hosts exceeds 10,000. • 1988 - First virus -Internet worm unleashed • 1990 - A happy victim of its own unplanned, unexpected success, the ARPANET is decommissioned, leaving only the vast network-of-networks called the Internet.The number of hosts exceeds 300,000. • 1991 - The World Wide Web is born! • 1993 - Mosaic, the first graphics-based Web browser, becomes available. Traffic on the Internet expands at a 341,634% annual growth rate. • 1996 - Nearly 10 million hosts online. The Internet covers the globe
E-Mail used primarily to send messages e-mail received on PC could attach files such as drawings Internet web sites contained mostly static information, such as a brochure Internet was like a library, containing information on almost anything P3 web publishing wizard In the past ...
Demonstration P3 3.0 web publishing
P3`s Web Publishing Wizard Publish your project in HTML format for viewing with browsers.
E-Mail messaging with graphics, hyperlinks to web sites, ... update project schedules P3 send/receive mail Internet dynamic web sites, often tied to database Project Web sites virtual office sites Expedition Express P3e site e-room Now ...
Demonstration Send/Receive Mail in P3e Primavera Webster Expedition Express New P3e website
P3`s Send Mail Update your P3 schedule by sending e-mail to other team members
Tomorrow... • E-commerce • Purchase Pro • Dynamic web sites • Various thin client devices: Phones, Palm Computing, TV….
E-Commerce It`s here E-Commerce is growing !
Savings from Ecommerce Businesses in industrialized nations will see savings from ecommerce climb from $17.6 billion last year to $1.25 trillion in 2002 Internet increasingly will offer an efficient and effective sales channel, as well as enabling processes such as: -Order handling/processing -Sell-side distribution -Supply chain management and procurement -Routine employee transactions (e.g., human resources) -Marketing -Customer services (source Giga Information Group (www.gigaweb.com))
Revenues from Ecommerce (for business-to-business) • 1997 US$5.6 billion • 1998 US$16 billion • 2002 estimated to be at US$294 billion (source 1998 eCommerce Report)
Purchase Pro Select suppliers by SIC Code, Products & Services offered, Location, ...
Purchase Pro Send bids to multiple suppliers in an instant to gain competitive pricing
Purchase Pro Review bids and issue PO`s
E-Room - The Virtual Office Save documents in user defined folders E-Room looks after security, and provides tools to insert documents, initiate discussions, have surveys
E-Room - The Virtual Office Here, we have a user that dropped an Excel file with the Project Budget in a Budget folder
E-Room - The Virtual Office Open discussion threads with members of the team
