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October 13, 2005
SWAMP Projects Module to Be Revamped
One of the things I pride myself on with SWAMP is it's flexibility. Whenever there is a need for modification, this can usually be accomplished with a reasonable amount of effort. Well, the Projects module is putting me to the test!
Our director, Tom Neal, has been pushing for a Projects form that can show him the overall financial status of a funding source, in addition to the usual project data that we track. I've written before on the myriad problems that make this a deceptively complex goal.
Another thing has also been going on over the past 4-6 months, and that is that no new projects are being entered into the SWAMP module. So the information has become stale. I believe this is mostly due to the rather cumbersome project initiation process we currently use.
These two things tie together, because there is no way that we'll ever get a good financial summary if we don't track EVERY project under a particular funding source.
So, in a moment of weakness, I decided to revamp the whole Projects module, from A to Z. Some work has already been done revamping the project initiation process, which will be put to the project managers next week. Also, a preliminary layout of the new Summary form has been developed for their review. It has some new graphics for displaying project status, like these:
We'll see how it goes!
Posted by rossm at October 13, 2005 2:58 PM
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