P3PO: An information system for supporting installation procedures at PETRA III

For the PETRA III project, an information system called P3PO has been developed for supporting the logistics of the installation process and for managing the technical infrastructure. P3PO provides a central information access point for the PETRA III installation status. The system registers all the components of the accelerator and provides work lists which list the tasks and their responsible groups for each component. It records the progress of work and provides support for managing the documentation. Users can access P3PO through an easy-to-use web-interface and obtain for example inventory lists, delivery status reports and task lists for groups or individuals. P3PO is based on DESYs inventory management and engineering data management systems and is in production since summer 2006. The paper describes the system capabilities and reports benefits and experience.