WebPM: East Bay Municipal Utility District’s Innovative Software That Closely Tracks Projects and Assets and Saves Money

摘要

The East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) developed their own project managementsoftware (named: WebPM) that automatically updates project information in graphs and tablesfrom EBMUD’s financial information system (FIS) to make it easy for project managers andothers to closely track project budgets and schedules, and better oversee and manage projects toavoid cost overruns and schedule delays. Project graphics include well established “S-Curves,“which are automatically constructed and updated, that trend the budgeted cost of work performed(BCWP—actual work done) with planned costs (work actually performed per the project’sbudget and schedule), and the actual project cost to allow the project manager to more easily seewhen a project is starting to slip or is progressing as planned. WebPM also provides the projectmanager easy access, with graphics and tables, to individual project costs to more easily identifywhy cost overruns occured. From individual project information, WebPM can monitor anunlimited number of projects and provide manangement reports that list which projects are aheador behind their budgets and/or schedules. This information can automatically be emailed tothose interested. Recently, EBMUD added an asset tracking feature to WebPM so that asset costcould be more easily tracked, and useful service life for the asset might be better estimated.