Crown Vision: Metrics Visualization for Project Management

Software project management tools have become essential for effectively managing software development efforts. Project managers need straightforward yet effective progress and status reports based on metrics for themselves and stakeholders – reports intuitively produced without resorting to a 200-page manual. This paper introduces CrownVision, a new type of project management software system which facilitates project development insight and supports more responsive and effective project development control. This web-enabled innovative system generates visual representations and utilizes evaluative and predictive techniques to accomplish these objectives. The UMLbased software model of CrownVision is presented in the paper, together with several examples of use. Planned enhancements and directions of further work are also described.