diff --git a/doc/src/user/en/01-introducion.rst b/doc/src/user/en/01-introducion.rst index 8645238bc..5c859dcb6 100644 --- a/doc/src/user/en/01-introducion.rst +++ b/doc/src/user/en/01-introducion.rst @@ -3,7 +3,13 @@ Introduction .. contents:: -The program for the production management of the naval assistance sector mainly aims to solve planning problems for companies that work in the sector. This is why a series of tools has been developed to solve specific problems that have been identified during the analysis of the project. However, the solutions proposed for these problems are not exclusive to the naval sector, and can be useful for any company that applies the program's basic concepts. +The purpose of this document is to describe the features of NavalPlan and provide user information on how to configure and use the application. + +NavalPlan is an opensource web application for project planning. Its main goal is to provide a complete solution for company project management. +For any specific information you may need about this software, please contact the development team at http://www.navalplan.org/contact + + +The program for the production management of the naval assistance sector mainly aims to solve planning problems for companies that work in the sector. This is why a series of tools has been developed to solve specific problems that have been identified during the analysis of the project. However, the solutions proposed for these problems are not exclusive to the naval sector, and can be useful for any company that applies the program's basic concepts. .. figure:: images/company_view.png @@ -49,12 +55,14 @@ The program has the following views for an order: * Editing order view. View where the user can change the details of the order. See the *Orders* section for more information. * Advanced resource allocation view. View where the user can allocate resources including advanced options: choosing hours per day or the allocated functions to be carried out. See the *Resource allocation* section for more information. -What makes "NavalPlan" useful? -============================== +What makes NavalPlan useful? +============================ -"NavalPlan" is a project that has been developed as a planning tool for users. This tool is based on a series of concepts that were discovered by analysing problems in the planning of the naval sector in Galicia. The essential concepts used for the program are as follows: +NavalPlan is an application that has been developed as a general purpose planning tool. It is based on a series of concepts discovered by analysing problems in industrial project planning that were not fully covered by any existing planning tool. Also the motivations for the development of NavalPlan were based on providing a free software alternative, and completely web, for existing privative plannig tools. -* Company and multi-project overview: "NavalPlan" is a program that has been developed specifically to provide information about projects that are being carried out in a company to users, therefore it is a multi-project program. It was decided that the program's focus would not be individual to each project. However, it is also possible to have several specific views, individual projects among them. +The essential concepts used for the program are as follows: + +* Company and multi-project overview: NavalPlan is a program that has been developed specifically to provide information about projects that are being carried out in a company to users, therefore it is a multi-project program. It was decided that the program's focus would not be individual to each project. However, it is also possible to have several specific views, individual projects among them. * View management: The company overview or multi-project view comes with the views on the information that is stored. For example, the company overview enables users to view orders and compare their status, view the company's general resource load and process orders. Users can also view the planning, the resource load, the advanced resource allocation view and the editing order view on the project view. * Criteria: Criteria are a system entity that enables resources (both humans and machines) and tasks to be classified. Resources must fulfil criteria and tasks require criteria to be fulfilled. These are one of the program's most important aspects, as criteria are the basis of generic allocation in the program and resolve one of the most important problems for the sector: the long time taken in human resources and the difficulty in having long-term company load estimations. * Resources: There are two different kinds: humans and machines. Human resources are workers in a company that are used to plan, monitor and control the company's load. On the other hand, machines, dependent on the people that manage them, are resources that act in a similar way to human resources.