The Theory And Demonstration Research On Multi-Project Cooperative Management

The theory of Multi-Project Cooperative Management (abr. MPCM) results from the development of both the information technology and corporation. It is a new field and a necessary part in the study of Project Management.The paper initiates the definition of "Multi-Project Cooperative Management", attempts to establish the construction of it, and apply it in an existing corporation, which is guided with System Theory, supported by advanced information and management technology.The whole paper includes two parts-the theory part and the demonstration part. And the theory part is divided into two sections by the aim of study-one is "what is MPCM "and the other is "how to apply it". The former establishes the construction, including the definition, characters, meaning, the based-on theory, function modules, main arithmetic and so on. The subsequent section aims to resolve the problem how to apply it into practice, including practice principles, practice modes, practice platforms, practice steps, and key factors. The demonstration part is made up of the corporation general situation, system plan, function antitype, logical modules, and network topology.The subject of MPCM is how to impose planning, organizing, coordinating, and controlling on separated projects by managing them on-line in order to strengthen the timely, exact and mutual communication, and finally realize standardization of management and scientification of decision-making to promote the core competitive force. Its essence is reengineering the management process of the corporation on the base of Internet. It faces to the top ladder of corporation, centers on cooperative management of multi projects, applies advanced information technology and management technology and conforms inner activities of corporation's departments to achieve controlling on-line the duration, cost, and quality of projects.The entity of MPCM is software or management information system. It is commended that designing the function modules should follow three logical circles -the core circle, the outer circle and the extended circle. The core circle consists of function modules such as plan and decision module, supervise and control module, resource balance module, logistics optimize module, manage contracts and customers module, evaluate performance module, which is also the commonness, emphasis and difficulty of MPCM. The paper describes the process of project management by use of the "activity-event model", and builds up the "hierarchy construction model", with reference to Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). It also concludes key factors of applying MPCM on the base of reviewing the success and failure in applying information technology into enterprise management.It is the most important clue of the paper that MPCM is an undetached combination of management revolution and information technology practice. So it is commended that the corporation should not only regard MPCM as a copy of software but also promote duly the revolution of management while applying it.