Review of Automated Review Management System

Download or read book Review of Automated Review Management System written by Narayanswamy Radhakrishnan and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Automated Review Management System (ARMS) was developed by the US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in response to a need by Corps of Engineers Project Managers for a tool to assist them in tracking constructability and design reviews for military construction projects. The effort reported here explores whether ARMS should be recommended for Corps-wide implementation and, if so, what support mechanism should be provided to the offices. The study was conducted using a field task group consisting of Headquarters, Laboratory, District, and Division members. This approach was chosen to bring balance and realism to the conclusions and recommendations. The task group developed the following recommendations: The Corps should adopt ARMS as a Corps-wide system to be used in Military Program projects. Headquarters should fund a Civil Works to pilot test ARMS. Based on this pilot test, a decision should be made in fielding ARMS in Civil Works projects. CEMP-ES should be designated as Headquarters' proponent of ARMS. A small ARMS Support Center consisting of three to five members should be established at the Sacramento District. Care should be taken to see that the support functions of the Center do not conflict or overlap with the operational functions of the Sacramento District. Use of ARMS in UNIX-based microcomputers should be further investigated. If successful, many districts may prefer to implement ARMS in this manner. The ARMS Support Center computer should be made available for any district wanting to test ARMS or wanting to use ARMS in a central computer. (sdw).