The examples in this chapter describe several scenarios that illustrate the different ways in which the project management procedures can be used to define, manage, and monitor projects. As described in the previous sections, the SAS System can be used to create comprehensive Decision Support systems or project management systems, in particular, using the procedures described in this book. With the availability of SAS/IntrNet software, you can also create Web-based project management or scheduling systems where the browser is used to display schedules and resource usage information that is updated using the CPM procedure’s scheduling engine.
Examples of such Web-based applications are available at SAS Institute’s external Web site at the following url: http://support.sas.com/sassamples/demos/supplychain/demos. In particular, the "Enterprise-Wide Resource Management" (EWRM) demo uses several of the ideas described in this chapter and illustrated in the examples throughout this book to create an application that schedules the tasks required for the maintenance of aircraft engines at a hypothetical service facility.
Note: The EWRM Web demo is a client-server application driven from your desktop and running at SAS Institute in Cary, NC. You can access the demo from SAS Institute’s Supply Chain Web site (http://support.sas.com/sassamples/demos/supplychain/demos/ewrm/ewrm_index.html). The graphs and reports in the demo have not been saved, but are calculated on demand; this means that they change dynamically as the data used to calculate them change. This demo requires Internet Explorer, version 5.0 or later.