Design And Implementation Of Project Management Platform Based On Windows Azure

The informatization of project management has received extensive attention andattracted more and more investments along with the development of science and technology,as well as the formation of the management systems. Project management has beendeveloping to a subject that influence through all aspects and fields of living, and the successor failure of which is likely to determine the fate of business. In some western countries cases,statistics demonstrated that project success rate increased significantly after the adoption ofproject management informatization. Take the writer’s field of expertise--mobilecommunication as an example, this business, which had been developing drastically anddramatically, has an immediate and keen need for management informatization. Themethology of realizing and practicing the management informatization in such industry willbe crucial for any communication products manufacturing industry.Cloud computing suffices convenience and feasibility to the informatization ofmanagerial system. It provides enough resources to meet customers’ demands, large numberof data centers and security services maintenances all over the world have guaranteed thecustomers and users to have more comforting and reliable experience. Also, the ‘pay per need’payment model makes cloud computing platform more acceptable and promotable. This paperproposes a design and creation of a platform by using cloud computing product ‘WindowsAzure’ based on the comprehension, knowledge of cloud computing technology and differentservices of the major service providers. Windows Azure provides an open and secure platform. Software development experience, ability and various resources can be fully used on it.Through the internet and software, users can switch and utilize the equipment freely.Developers can also integrate applications that constructing in other clouds or services whichWindows Azure Platform has to offer. The characteristics of Windows Azure enable us tomake the design and development of the management platform more appropriate for thisindustry according to the special characteristics and needs of communications products.This is an issue which combines the cloud computing technology and projectmanagement of communication products. The goal is to solve some problems existing incommunication industrial projects, and to make the project management more convenient andcomprehensive. The platform uses ASP.NET MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture andcloud computing technology coherently, as the designing concept of distributed computing. Itprovides the email notification function for solving communication problems in projectmanagement. The platform provides simple interface and good functions that bring userspleasures and convenience when they register, login, and do their managing; and the providedsimple operating experience and more optimized functions to project release and target set upwould be very appealing as well. This project also provides positive solution to the problemsoccurred in communication industry management. Moreover, the statistics of corporateproject scale will help to evaluate the real approximate cost of platform operation. It willprovide new ideas to solve practical issues in the future.The design and development of this platform is a significant practice in comprehendingand utilizing the concept of cloud computing--Windows Azure more scientifically. Throughthe realization of this project, author has experienced the characteristics of cloud computing,achieved a more clarified understanding about cloud storage and SQL Azure, andaccumulated valuable experiences of developing products that combined cloud computingtechnology and project management system. Simultaneously, the evaluation ofcommunication products management will very well reflect the current conditions of theindustry, and provide reference for similar projects.