One of the technologies that can help build efficient solutions for organizing these processes is the DHTMLX JavaScript UI Library, which offers a wide range of tools for visualizing and managing projects. In this article, we will explore how DHTMLX JavaScript components, such as User Manager, Scheduler, Kanban, To Do List, and Gantt, help build construction management software for process optimization and increased efficiency.

Understanding the Customer’s Needs

Let’s consider the following scenario. A construction company has several teams of specialists with different areas of expertise: concrete workers, roofers, plumbers, electricians, etc. Each team performs regular work on construction sites. Plus, there are new incoming requests for specific specialist services that somehow need to be managed. The company has a piece-plus-bonus wage system and no clearly organized staff structure.

Can you imagine how difficult it would be to organize all these processes without special software? We don’t even need to imagine because one of our clients came to us asking to help deal with all this chaos. The company used a set of applications, one for each aspect of project management. The lack of seamless data exchange between all chain elements did not allow for getting a comprehensive overview of the project, finding bottlenecks, and making adjustments quickly. Our top priority was delivering a full-featured construction project management system to organize the accounting of different teams’ workloads and manage current and planned projects. To reach these goals, the future system would need the following features:

• User management and role assignment;
• Task planning and distribution;
• Visualization of task execution;
• Decomposition of tasks into subtasks;
• Long-term planning and control of task interdependencies.

Our mission was clear and our next step was to choose the right tool set for implementing required functionality. We had to ensure that our solution could handle a diverse range of functionalities efficiently. Our customer required a system that could seamlessly manage user roles, plan and visualize tasks, decompose tasks into subtasks, and facilitate long-term project planning.

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With DHTMLX, we had a suite of JavaScript components that perfectly aligned with these needs. All included JavaScript components already provide a comprehensive set of features. Additionally, rich customization possibilities allow us to adjust them to better fit the requirements of construction project management software we build. These possibilities range from changing the way the filtering function works to completely reworking the component’s appearance to better fit the company’s brand identity. Plus, it was a part of our tech stack in many previous projects, so we mastered the library to perfection. Now, let’s see what specific JavaScript components we chose to help implement required features and meet customer’s expectations.

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Want to know how to make User Management efficient, Task Planning and Distribution structured, Task Execution visualized, as well as better Task Decomposition and Long-term Project Planning? Continue reading our article: https://xbsoftware.com/blog/construction-pm-software-with-dhtmlx/