JP7610487B2 - PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD - Google Patents

Description

This disclosure relates to a program, an information processing device, and a method.

Systems that manage information about the attendance of personnel working on projects are known.

Patent Document 1 discloses technology for a business cost calculation system that can tally up the budgets for each type of business and the total costs associated with those businesses in real time.

JP 2004-185157 A

The technology in Patent Document 1 describes a technology in which the content of each type of work is registered in advance according to a predetermined classification item, and the work cost of each person in charge of each type of work is calculated based on the classified content of each work, and a technology in which the time reported in a daily report for each day's work is analyzed and compared with the working hours from the time of arrival at work to the time of leaving work based on the registered information. However, the technology in Patent Document 1 requires that if there is a difference between the daily report and the working hours, information to compensate for the difference is received from each user. Therefore, if the technology in Patent Document 1 is used to manage the planned man-hours and actual man-hours for each user, the input of information may become cumbersome.

Therefore, this disclosure describes a technology that allows users to easily check and manage their planned and actual man-hours in a system for managing man-hours in a project.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a program executed by a computer having a processor and a storage unit, the storage unit storing information on attendance of personnel constituting a project, and the program causes the processor to execute the steps of: identifying, from the attendance information, the work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged; calculating the man-hours for the work content identified from the attendance information and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information; checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information; alerting the user if the result of the check is not valid; and completing the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours with a predetermined item.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including a control unit and a storage unit, the storage unit stores information regarding attendance of personnel constituting a project, and the information processing device executes the following steps: the control unit identifies the work content of one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged from the attendance information; calculates the man-hours of the work content identified from the attendance information and registers the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information; checks the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information; alerts the user if the result of the check is not valid; and complements the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours with a predetermined item.

According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, there is provided a method executed by a computer including a processor and a storage unit, the storage unit storing information on attendance of personnel constituting a project, and the method includes the steps of: identifying, from the attendance information, the work content of one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged; calculating the man-hours of the work content identified from the attendance information and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information; checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information; alerting the user if the result of the check is not valid; and completing the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours with a predetermined item.

According to the present disclosure, in a system for managing man-hours in a project, it is possible to easily check and manage each user's planned man-hours and actual man-hours.

1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a man-hour management system 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a terminal device 10 constituting a man-hour management system 1 of a first embodiment. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a server 20 constituting the man-hour management system 1 of the first embodiment. FIG. 2A to 2C are diagrams illustrating examples of data structures of a user information database 2021, a work attendance information database 2022, and a project information database 2023 stored in the server 20. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a flow of processing for man-hour management of each staff member by the man-hour management system 1 of the first embodiment. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when confirming man-hours in the man-hour management system 1. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a screen when additional input of man-hours is performed in the man-hour management system 1.

Below, an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the same components are given the same reference numerals. Their names and functions are also the same. Therefore, detailed descriptions thereof will not be repeated.

＜Overview＞
The man-hour management system according to the present disclosure will be described below. This man-hour management system is a system for providing a service for users to input man-hours related to a project and manage man-hours online. Recently, it has become common for multiple companies to participate in one project and for man-hours related to the project to be managed online. The system accepts and manages the registration of man-hours related to the project by inputting the necessary information from a terminal owned by the manager or employee.
However, in conventional man-hour management systems, the user must input various necessary information, such as the personnel involved in the project, man-hours/duration, and necessary skills. Therefore, if there is a discrepancy in the input information (for example, the plan and the actual results are different), the user must manually check their own schedule, etc. Therefore, when managing man-hours for multiple projects, inputting and checking information becomes cumbersome, and there is a risk of missing input items.
Furthermore, in recent years, compatibility with mobile terminals such as smartphones has become widespread in addition to PCs (Personal Computers), and there is a demand to provide interfaces compatible with mobile terminals.
An object of the present disclosure is to make it possible to easily check and manage each user's planned man-hours and actual man-hours in a system for managing man-hours in a project.

In this regard, the man-hours management system 1 according to the present disclosure provides a program executed by a computer having a processor and a memory unit, the memory unit storing information on the attendance of personnel constituting a project, and the program causes the processor to execute the steps of: identifying the work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged from the attendance information; calculating the man-hours for the work content identified from the attendance information and registering the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information; checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information; alerting the user if the results of the check are inconsistent; and supplementing the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours with predetermined items.

First Embodiment
The following describes the man-hour management system 1. In the following description, for example, when the terminal device 10 accesses the server 20, the server 20 responds with information for generating a screen on the terminal device 10. The terminal device 10 generates and displays a screen based on the information received from the server 20.

<1 Overall configuration of man-hour management system 1>
Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a man-hour management system 1. As shown in Fig. 1, the man-hour management system 1 includes a plurality of terminal devices (terminal device 10A and terminal device 10B are shown in Fig. 1. Hereinafter, they may be collectively referred to as "terminal devices 10") and a server 20. The terminal devices 10 and the server 20 are connected to each other via a network 80 so as to be able to communicate with each other. The network 80 is configured as a wired or wireless network.

The terminal device 10 is a device operated by each user. Here, a user is a person who uses the terminal device 10 to perform functions of the man-hour management system 1, such as inputting man-hours and managing man-hour budgets and actuals, and is, for example, a project manager or personnel (workers) engaged in the project. The terminal device 10 is realized by a stationary PC (Personal Computer), a laptop PC, or the like. Alternatively, the terminal device 10 may be, for example, a tablet compatible with a mobile communication system, a mobile terminal such as a smartphone, or the like.

The terminal device 10 is connected to the server 20 via a network 80 so as to be able to communicate with the server 20. The terminal device 10 is connected to the network 80 by communicating with communication devices such as a wireless base station 81 that supports communication standards such as 4G, 5G, and LTE (Long Term Evolution), and a wireless LAN router 82 that supports wireless LAN (Local Area Network) standards such as IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) 802.11. As shown as the terminal device 10B in FIG. 1, the terminal device 10 includes a communication IF (Interface) 12, an input device 13, an output device 14, a memory 15, a storage unit 16, and a processor 19.

The communication IF 12 is an interface for inputting and outputting signals so that the terminal device 10 can communicate with external devices. The input device 13 is an input device (e.g., a keyboard, a touch panel, a touch pad, a pointing device such as a mouse, etc.) for receiving input operations from a user. The output device 14 is an output device (a display, a speaker, etc.) for presenting information to a user. The memory 15 is for temporarily storing programs and data processed by the programs, etc., and is a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The storage unit 16 is a storage device for saving data, such as a flash memory or a HDD (Hard Disc Drive). The processor 19 is hardware for executing an instruction set described in a program, and is composed of an arithmetic unit, a register, peripheral circuits, etc.

The server 20 is a device that manages a series of processes related to inputting and managing man-hours. The server 20 has information about the project, attendance information of the personnel constituting the project, etc. registered in the memory unit. The server 20 calculates the man-hours for each task of the personnel constituting the project from the information about the project and attendance information of each personnel registered in the memory unit, and registers the man-hours corresponding to the working hours of each personnel. The server 20 checks the registered man-hours information at a specified timing, and confirms the difference between the planned working hours and the registered man-hours. The server 20 performs a process to compensate for the confirmed discrepancy while presenting an alert to the relevant personnel or the personnel's manager, etc., in response to the confirmed discrepancy.

The server 20 is a computer connected to the network 80. The server 20 includes a communication IF 22, an input/output IF 23, a memory 25, a storage 26, and a processor 29.

The communication IF 22 is an interface for inputting and outputting signals so that the server 20 can communicate with external devices. The input/output IF 23 functions as an interface with an input device for accepting input operations from the user and an output device for presenting information to the user. The memory 25 is for temporarily storing programs and data processed by the programs, etc., and is a volatile memory such as a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory). The storage 26 is a storage device for saving data, such as a flash memory or a HDD (Hard Disc Drive). The processor 29 is hardware for executing a set of instructions written in a program, and is composed of an arithmetic unit, registers, peripheral circuits, etc.

<1.1 Configuration of terminal device 10>
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of the terminal device 10 constituting the labor-hour management system 1 of the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 10 includes a plurality of antennas (antenna 111, antenna 112), wireless communication units (first wireless communication unit 121, second wireless communication unit 122) corresponding to each antenna, an operation reception unit 130 (including a keyboard 1301 and a mouse 1302), a voice processing unit 140, a microphone 141, a speaker 142, a display 150, a storage unit 170, and a control unit 180. The terminal device 10 also has functions and configurations (e.g., a battery for storing power, a power supply circuit for controlling the supply of power from the battery to each circuit, etc.) that are not particularly shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 2, each block included in the terminal device 10 is electrically connected by a bus or the like.

The antenna 111 emits the signal emitted by the terminal device 10 as a radio wave. The antenna 111 also receives the radio wave from space and provides the received signal to the first wireless communication unit 121.

The antenna 112 emits the signal emitted by the terminal device 10 as a radio wave. The antenna 112 also receives the radio wave from space and provides the received signal to the second wireless communication unit 122.

The first wireless communication unit 121 performs modulation and demodulation processing and the like for transmitting and receiving signals via the antenna 111 so that the terminal device 10 can communicate with other wireless devices. The second wireless communication unit 122 performs modulation and demodulation processing and the like for transmitting and receiving signals via the antenna 112 so that the terminal device 10 can communicate with other wireless devices. The first wireless communication unit 121 and the second wireless communication unit 122 are communication modules including a tuner, an RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indicator) calculation circuit, a CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) calculation circuit, a high-frequency circuit, and the like. The first wireless communication unit 121 and the second wireless communication unit 122 perform modulation and demodulation and frequency conversion of wireless signals transmitted and received by the terminal device 10, and provide the received signals to the control unit 180.

The operation reception unit 130 has a mechanism for receiving input operations from the user. Specifically, the operation reception unit 130 includes a keyboard 1301 and a mouse 1302. Note that the operation reception unit 130 may be configured as a touch screen that detects the user's contact position on the touch panel, for example, by using a capacitive touch panel.

The keyboard 1301 accepts input operations by the user of the terminal device 10. The keyboard 1301 is a device for inputting characters, and outputs the input character information to the control unit 180 as an input signal.

The mouse 1302 accepts input operations by the user of the terminal device 10. The mouse 1302 is a pointing device for selecting an object displayed on the display 150, and outputs position information of the object selected on the screen and information indicating that a button has been pressed as an input signal to the control unit 180.

The audio processing unit 140 modulates and demodulates audio signals. The audio processing unit 140 modulates a signal provided by the microphone 141 and provides the modulated signal to the control unit 180. The audio processing unit 140 also provides the audio signal to the speaker 142. The audio processing unit 140 is realized, for example, by a processor for audio processing. The microphone 141 accepts audio input and provides an audio signal corresponding to the audio input to the audio processing unit 140. The speaker 142 converts the audio signal provided by the audio processing unit 140 into audio and outputs the audio to the outside of the terminal device 10.

The display 150 displays data such as images, videos, and text under the control of the control unit 180. The display 132 is realized, for example, by an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) or an organic EL (Electro-Luminescence) display.

The storage unit 170 is configured, for example, with a flash memory, and stores data and programs used by the terminal device 10. In one aspect, the storage unit 170 stores user information 1701.

The user information 1701 is information about a user who uses the terminal device 10 to perform functions of the man-hour management system 1, such as inputting and managing man-hours. The user information includes information for identifying the user (user ID), the user's name, the user's age, the user's gender, the user's job title, a calendar in which the user has registered plans, a social network service (SNS), and URL information for accessing web services used for work, etc.

The control unit 180 controls the operation of the terminal device 10 by reading a program stored in the storage unit 170 and executing instructions contained in the program. The control unit 180 is, for example, an application that is pre-installed in the terminal device 10. The control unit 180 operates according to the program to fulfill the functions of an input operation reception unit 1801, a transmission/reception unit 1802, a data processing unit 1803, and a notification control unit 1804.

The input operation reception unit 1801 performs processing to receive user input operations on an input device such as the keyboard 1301.

The transmission/reception unit 1802 performs processing for the terminal device 10 to transmit and receive data to and from external devices such as the server 20 in accordance with a communication protocol.

The data processing unit 1803 performs calculations on the data received by the terminal device 10 according to a program, and outputs the calculation results to a memory, etc.

The notification control unit 1804 performs processing to present information to the user. The notification control unit 1804 performs processing to display a display image on the display 150, output audio to the speaker 142, etc.

The control unit 180 controls the operation of the terminal device 10 by reading a program stored in the storage unit 170 and executing instructions contained in the program. The control unit 180 is, for example, an application that is pre-installed in the terminal device 10. The control unit 180 operates according to the program to fulfill the functions of an input operation reception unit 1801, a transmission/reception unit 1802, a data processing unit 1803, and a notification control unit 1804.

<1.2 Functional configuration of server 20>
3 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of the server 20 constituting the man-hour management system 1 of the embodiment 1. As shown in FIG. 3, the server 20 performs the functions of a communication unit 201, a storage unit 202, and a control unit 203.

The communication unit 201 performs processing for the server 20 to communicate with external devices.

The storage unit 202 stores data and programs used by the server 20. The storage unit 202 stores a user information database 2021, an attendance information database 2022, a project information database 2023, etc.

The user information database 2021 is a database for storing various information about users who are personnel who compose projects in the man-hour management system 1 and who input and manage man-hours. Details will be described later.

The attendance information database 2022 is a database for holding various information registered in advance in the storage unit 202 or various information input by a user regarding attendance information of personnel constituting a project in the man-hour management system 1. Details will be described later.
In a certain aspect, the server 20 may obtain information related to the attendance of each employee from software, applications, programs, etc. that provide an attendance management service and the like associated with the server 20, and may store the information in the attendance information database 2022. In this case, the associated software, applications, programs, etc. may be provided in an external system different from the system 1, or may be provided inside the system 1.
In addition, in a certain aspect, the server 20 may cooperate with calendars registered on the network by each employee, acquire the information, and store it in the attendance information database 2022.

The project information database 2023 is a database for holding various information registered in advance in the storage unit 202 for each project in the man-hour management system 1, or various information related to the project input by the user. Details will be described later.
In a certain aspect, the server 20 may acquire information related to the project from software, applications, programs, etc. that provide a linked project management service, etc., and store the information in the project information database 2023. In this case, the linked software, applications, programs, etc. may be provided in an external system different from the system 1, or may be provided inside the system 1.

In addition, in a certain aspect, the man-hour management system 1 may cooperate with software or the like that provides an external personnel and labor service. The server 20 may calculate personnel costs and the like for each project and each user by transmitting information on the man-hours registered by the man-hour management system 1 to the personnel and labor system.
Here, the information on man-hours is, for example, a value expressed as the product of the work required to complete a certain project (system construction, service provision, construction, etc.) and the required time (for example, 2 hours, etc.), and is shown in units of "work/hours". In this case, the item of the required time may be expressed as the unit time of one month's work hours (160 hours for 8 hours per day and 20 days of work), or may be shown in units such as "work/month". Furthermore, the information on man-hours may be shown as "man-months", which is the product of the number of people required for the project and the required period. This allows a user who manages the project to understand how much each task costs, etc. Furthermore, a user who is engaged in a project can easily manage his or her own work by managing various tasks in the project with information combined with the task time.
This allows a user who manages a project to easily manage not only the number of people in the project but also information related to the personnel costs and the like all in one place.

The control unit 203 performs the functions shown in various modules, such as a reception control module 2031, a transmission control module 2032, a user information acquisition module 2033, a project information acquisition module 2034, an attendance information acquisition module 2035, an attendance information storage module 2036, a work content identification module 2037, a labor hour calculation module 2038, a labor hour registration module 2039, a labor hour check module 2040, an alert presentation module 2041, and a labor hour supplementation module 2042, by the processor of the server 20 performing processing according to the program.

The reception control module 2031 controls the process in which the server 20 receives signals from external devices according to a communication protocol.

The transmission control module 2032 controls the process in which the server 20 transmits signals to external devices according to a communication protocol.

The user information acquisition module 2033 controls the process of acquiring various information about the user from the user who uses the labor-hour management system 1. The various information about the user includes information such as the user's name, age, sex, job title, calendar in which the schedule is registered, and URLs for accessing SNS and web services used for work. The user information acquisition module 2033 stores the acquired information about the user in the user information database 2021.

The project information acquisition module 2034 controls the process of acquiring information about the project from a user who uses the man-hour management system 1. Here, the information about the project includes, for example, the following:
・The details of each task in the project ・The personnel who make up the project ・Project construction period (delivery date, expected time required, etc.)
Additionally, the project information acquisition module 2034 may acquire tag information related to the project.
Here, the tags related to the project include information such as the development language used in the project, the required skills, etc. The project information acquisition module 2034 stores the acquired various pieces of project-related information in the project information database 2023.

The attendance information acquisition module 2035 controls the process of acquiring information related to the attendance of a user from the user who uses the man-hour management system 1. The attendance information includes, for example, the following.
Dates on which each user is scheduled to work Hours of each user on the scheduled work dates Information on projects to which each user is assigned There is no limit to the means by which the attendance information acquisition module 2035 acquires the attendance information of users. For example, when acquiring information such as a user's schedule, the attendance information acquisition module 2035 may acquire the information from a calendar on the Internet, or may acquire information stored in advance in a storage unit by external software that provides a linked service.

In one aspect, the attendance information acquisition module 2035 may acquire detailed schedule information for each working day of a user. For example, it may acquire information such as a detailed work plan for a specific user for a day.

The attendance information storage module 2036 controls the process of storing attendance information obtained from users who use the man-hour management system 1 in the storage unit.

The work content identification module 2037 controls the process of identifying the work content of a project in which a user is engaged, based on the information on the project and the information on the user's attendance acquired in the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, the work content identification module 2037 refers to the acquired information on the user's attendance and the information on the project. Here, the contents to be referenced include, for example, the following:
Information on the user's assigned projects and information on the members of the projects. Information on the user's working days and working hours, project work content, and man-hours (at this time, the work content may include information on the process, meetings, and discussions).
The work content identification module 2037 identifies the work content of the project in which the user is engaged, based on the referenced user's attendance information and information related to the project.

In a certain situation, when the attendance information acquisition module 2035 acquires detailed schedule information for each working day of the user, the work content may be identified by referring to the information contained in the schedule (e.g., title, planned work time, etc.) and information on the work content and man-hours in the project.

The man-hour calculation module 2038 controls the process of calculating the man-hours for each project of each user in the man-hour management system 1 based on the information on the work content of the user identified by the work content identification module 2037. Specifically, the man-hour calculation module 2038 refers to the man-hour information set for the identified work content, and calculates the man-hour information corresponding to each user's working hours. At this time, the man-hour calculation module 2038 may calculate the man-hour information of each user for each project. For example, if a specific user is working on multiple projects, the man-hours for each project in which the user is involved may be calculated.

The man-hour registration module 2039 controls the process of registering man-hour information corresponding to the attendance of each user calculated by the man-hour calculation module 2038 in the man-hour management system 1 in the memory unit.

The man-hour check module 2040 controls a process of checking man-hour information corresponding to the attendance of each user, which is registered by the man-hour registration module 2039 in the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, the man-hour check module 2040 checks whether the time set as working hours and the calculated man-hour time match (consistency) in each user's attendance as a process of checking man-hour information. For example, if a user has registered an 8-hour work schedule (including breaks) on a specific date, the man-hours of each task that the user will be engaged in on that day are referenced from the user's work schedule for that day, and it is determined whether the man-hours are registered to satisfy the working hours. In a certain aspect, the man-hour check module 2040 may execute a predetermined process when there is a discrepancy between the working hours and the man-hours (the man-hours registered are small compared to the working hours). The predetermined process includes, for example, the following.
The discrepant information is sent to the alert presentation module 2041 .
Flag inconsistent data.
Only data containing discrepancies is saved in a temporary file and the alert presentation module 2041 reads it out.
This allows the user to check for discrepancies between the hours set as working hours and the actual man-hours required for work.

The alert presentation module 2041 controls the process of sending an alert to the terminal device 10 to at least one of the user, the user's manager, and the project manager when a discrepancy is found between the user's working hours and the registered man-hours as a result of checking the man-hours information by the man-hours check module 2040. At this time, the alert may be in the form of sending a specified notification to the user or in the form of displaying an alert on a menu of the man-hours management system or the like, and is not limited thereto.

The man-hour complement module 2042 controls a process to complement the difference when a discrepancy is found between the user's working hours and the registered man-hours as a result of checking the man-hour information by the man-hour check module 2040. Specifically, the man-hour complement module 2042 extracts performance information by scraping from the calendar or schedule information registered by the user on the network, and refers to the registered man-hours information. After that, if the man-hours corresponding to the extracted performance information were not registered within the working hours, the difference is complemented by registering the performance information. Here, the process to complement the difference includes, for example, the following.
・When there is no attendance record but the man-hours information corresponding to the time in the schedule is recorded, this information is extracted and supplemented to the attendance information. ・When there is less attendance than the registered man-hours and there is no attendance information for the time to be worked, this process supplements the attendance information by the time corresponding to the man-hours. ・When there is more attendance than the registered man-hours, this process supplements the excess attendance information (for example, when a person is recorded as working even though they are actually off).
The above process may be presented to the user before the completion process is executed, and an input operation for confirmation may be received.
This allows users to supplement labor-hour information based on information such as performance and schedules stored in external systems, etc., eliminating the need to manually input information based on one's own memory, making labor-hour management easier.

<2 Data Structure>
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the data structure of the user information database 2021, the attendance information database 2022, and the project information database 2023 stored in the server 20. As shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, each record in the user information database 2021 includes the items "User ID", "Name", "Age", "Gender", "Position", "Schedule registration URL", and "Notes", etc.

The item "User ID" is information that identifies each user who inputs information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The "Name" item is information that indicates the name of the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The item "Age" is information that indicates the age of the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The item "Gender" is information that indicates the gender of the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The item "position" is information indicating the position of a user who inputs information such as man-hours managed in the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, this item includes, for example, the following as the user's position:
・Regular employee (no title)
・Chief ・Section chief ・Group leader

The item "schedule registration destination URL" is information indicating a URL where a user who inputs man-hour information managed in the man-hour management system 1 registers a schedule and actual results. Examples of URLs where a user registers a schedule and actual results include the following:
- URL of the calendar that is synchronized on the Internet
・URL to refer to the schedule and results registered in the linked external schedule management service
・URL to refer to the schedule and results registered in the linked external human resources and labor service
- URL to refer to the SNS where the schedule and results are registered
In one aspect, when server 20 obtains information from the above-mentioned URL, it may obtain the information by scraping.
This allows the user to easily obtain information on the schedule and results without having to input detailed information.

The "Notes" item is information that is stored when there are special notes regarding the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, each record in the attendance information database 2022 includes an item "user ID," an item "work date," an item "work hours," an item "assigned project," an item "remarks," etc.

The item "User ID" is information that identifies each user who inputs information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The item "Work Date" is information that identifies information related to the work date of the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed in the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, it indicates information that identifies the date on which the user is scheduled to work. For example, it indicates that the work date of the user with user ID "U001" is "21/6/2", etc.

The item "Working hours" is information that identifies information related to the working hours of the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed in the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, the item "Working hours" indicates information on the user's working hours on each working day. In this case, the working hours may or may not include break times, travel time, etc. For example, it indicates that the working hours on 6/2 for the user with user ID "U001" are "9:00-17:00 (8 hrs)."

The item "Assigned project" indicates information that identifies the project to which the user who inputs information such as man-hours managed in the man-hour management system 1 is assigned. For example, it indicates that the assigned projects for the user with user ID "U001" are "P001, P003...".

The "Notes" item is information that is stored when there are special notes in the attendance information of a user who enters information such as man-hours managed by the man-hour management system 1.

As shown in FIG. 4, each record in the project information database 2023 includes an item "Project ID," an item "Project work ID," an item "Job content," an item "Constituent personnel," an item "Man-hours," an item "Notes," etc.

The item "Project ID" is information that identifies each piece of information about a project managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The item "Task ID within project" is information for identifying each task in a project managed by the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, when a project is made up of multiple tasks (e.g., meetings, preliminary research, work, reports, etc.), this information is used to identify each task.

The item "Work content" is information that identifies the work content of each project managed by the man-hour management system 1. Specifically, this item indicates detailed information on the work in each project. For example, this indicates that the work content for the project task ID "P001-1" of project ID "P001" is "A kick-off meeting."

The item “constituent personnel” is information that indicates information on the personnel who constitute the project managed by the man-hour management system 1.
In some cases, the item may be stored in association with the user ID of the personnel rather than the personnel name.

The "Man-hours" item is information that indicates the man-hours for each task in the project managed by the man-hour management system 1.

The "Notes" item is information that is stored when there are special notes in the project information managed by the man-hour management system 1.

In one aspect, the server 20 may store "tag" information for each task. Specifically, the "tag" indicates information about the development language in the project, information about the skills required to carry out the project, etc.

<3 Operation>
A series of processes performed by the man-hour management system 1 in the first embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

Figure 5 is a flowchart showing an example of the process for managing man-hours of each employee by the man-hour management system 1 of embodiment 1.

In step S550, as pre-processing for step S551 described later, the control unit 203 of the server 20 stores information about attendance of personnel constituting the project in the storage unit 202. Specifically, the attendance information acquisition module 2035 constituting the control unit 203 of the server 20 acquires information about the attendance of users from the users who use the man-hour management system 1. The attendance information includes, for example, the following:
- Dates on which each user is scheduled to work - Working hours of each user on the scheduled work dates - Information on projects to which each user is assigned The means by which the attendance information acquisition module 2035 acquires the attendance information of users is not limited. For example, when acquiring information such as a user's schedule, the attendance information acquisition module 2035 may acquire the information from a calendar on the Internet, or may acquire information that is stored in advance in the storage unit by external software that provides a linked service. The attendance information acquisition module 2035 transmits the acquired attendance information to the attendance information storage module 2036, and the attendance information storage module 2036 stores the received attendance information in the storage unit 202.
At this time, the control unit 203 may obtain information regarding the attendance of personnel making up the project by collaborating with a human resources and labor service provided by the server 20 or a human resources and labor service provided by an external system, and store the information in the memory unit 202.

In step S551, the control unit 203 of the server 20 identifies the work content of one or more projects in which the relevant personnel is engaged from the attendance information. Specifically, the work content identification module 2037 constituting the server 20 refers to the acquired user attendance information and project-related information. Here, the contents to be referred to include, for example, the following:
- Information on the user's assigned projects and information on the project's personnel - Information on the user's working days and working hours, as well as project work content and labor hours The work content identification module 2037 identifies the work content of the project in which the user is engaged based on the referenced user's attendance information and information related to the project.

In a certain situation, when the attendance information acquisition module 2035 acquires detailed schedule information for each working day of the user, the work content may be identified by referring to the information contained in the schedule (e.g., title, planned work time, etc.) and information on the work content and man-hours in the project.

In step S552, the control unit 203 of the server 20 calculates the man-hours for the identified work content from the attendance information, and registers it as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information. Specifically, the man-hour calculation module 2038 constituting the control unit 203 of the server 20 refers to the man-hours information set in the identified work content, and calculates the man-hours information corresponding to the working hours of each user. Thereafter, the man-hour registration module 2039 constituting the control unit 203 of the server 20 registers the man-hours information corresponding to the attendance of each user calculated by the man-hour calculation module 2038 in the memory unit 202 in the man-hour management system 1.

In step S553, the control unit 203 of the server 20 checks the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the information on the registered man-hours. Specifically, the man-hour check module 2040 constituting the control unit 203 of the server 20 checks the man-hours information by checking whether the time set as the working hours in the attendance of each user matches the calculated man-hours. For example, if a user has registered an 8-hour work schedule (including breaks) on a certain date, the man-hours of each task that the user will be engaged in on that day are referenced from the user's work schedule for that day, and it is determined whether the man-hours are registered to satisfy the working hours. In addition, the control unit 203 may detect days on which no man-hours are registered among the user's working days.
Here, the predetermined timing may be, for example, any one of a day of the week, a weekend, or the end of the month specified by a personnel or a project manager.

In step S554, the control unit 203 of the server 20 issues an alert to the user if the check results in an inconsistency. Specifically, the alert presentation module 2041 constituting the control unit 203 of the server 20 issues an alert to at least one of the user, the user's manager, and the project manager if, as a result of checking the man-hour information by the man-hour check module 2040, there is a discrepancy between the user's working hours and the registered man-hours. At this time, the alert may be in the form of sending a specified notification to the user or in the form of displaying an alert on a menu of the man-hour management system or the like, and is not limited thereto.

In step S501, the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 presents the alert to the user by displaying it on the display 150, for example. The display form at this time may be a pop-up display on the screen, or the alert may be displayed in a specific color or sound. Any of these display forms may be used and are not limited.

In step S555, the control unit 203 of the server 20 complements the difference between the information on attendance and the registered man-hours with a specified item. Specifically, the man-hour complementation module 2042 constituting the control unit 203 of the server 20 extracts performance information from the calendar or schedule information registered on the network by the user by scraping, and refers to the registered man-hours information. After that, if the man-hours corresponding to the extracted performance information were not registered during working hours, the difference is complemented by registering the performance information.

In one aspect, the control unit 203 may complement the difference between the information on attendance and the registered man-hours with a trained model. For example, the server 20 may store a trained model in the storage unit 202 that associates information on attendance with information on man-hours. Specifically, the server 20 associates information such as working days, working hours, and work content included in the information on attendance with information such as work date and time and working hours included in the man-hours information. When the server 20 receives the information on attendance and the man-hours information, the server 20 refers to the trained model, associates the information on attendance and the man-hours with each other, and complements the man-hours information corresponding to the working time period in the information on attendance.
Such a machine learning model may be generated by machine learning performed as a function of the control unit 203, or a machine learning model generated as a result of machine learning performed by another device may be acquired. Such machine learning may be performed by supervised machine learning using predetermined teacher data, unsupervised machine learning, or deep learning. In addition, an aggregation process may be performed in which the evaluation result of the trained model is later compared with the result of user input, and the learning result of further machine learning is merged.
This allows users to use the trained model to accurately compensate for any deficiencies or excesses in attendance data.

In one aspect, the control unit 203 checks the complemented results, and if the check of the complemented results indicates a discrepancy between the user's attendance information and the stored man-hours, the control unit 203 may notify the project manager of the discrepancy and prompt the target user to input man-hours on the days where there is a discrepancy.

In one aspect, the control unit 203 may present the complemented result to at least one of a personnel and a project manager, and may receive an input operation for confirmation of the presented result from at least one of a personnel and a project manager. At this time, the control unit 203 may receive operations including the following from at least one of a personnel and a project manager:
- An operation to approve the complemented item - An operation to not approve the complemented item - An operation to approve some of the complemented items and not approve some of the items - An operation to specify the source from which the original information to be complemented is obtained At this time, if the control unit 203 does not approve the complemented item, it may display a notification to at least either the relevant personnel or the project manager, encouraging them to enter corrections.

This allows users to supplement labor-hour information based on actual results, schedules, and other information stored in external systems, etc., eliminating the need to manually input information based on their own memory and making labor-hour management easier.

Although the above description has been given in the form of exchanging various signals between the terminal device 10 and the server 20, the processing in the present disclosure is not limited to this. For example, all of the processing described above may be processed by the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10. In this case, the input operation acceptance unit 1801, the transmission/reception unit 1802, the data processing unit 1803, and the notification control unit 1804 constituting the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 may play the role of each module constituting the server 20. Furthermore, the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 may be configured with a module that controls each module constituting the control unit of the server 20.
This allows users to consistently extract and register man-hours using their own devices.

<4 Screen example>
Hereinafter, examples of screens for man-hour input and management processing by a user using the man-hour management system 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

Figure 6 shows an example of a screen when checking man-hours in the man-hour management system 1.

As shown in FIG. 6, a status display section 601, a batch registration button 602, and a calendar display section 603 are displayed on the display 150 of the terminal device 10.
In the status display section 601, the control section 180 of the terminal device 10 displays the status of man-hour registration of each user in the man-hour management system on the screen. Specifically, the control section 180 displays, for example, the following in the status display section 601.
- A button to select whether to display the dates displayed in the calendar display section 603 by week or month - Information on the period currently displayed on the display 150 - A button to display registration information for the current date - The total amount of man-hours registered for the selected date This allows the user to intuitively confirm the date on which they are currently attempting to register man-hours.

In the batch registration button 602, the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 displays a button for collectively registering the man-hours for the week/month displayed on the display 150 in the man-hour management system. Specifically, when the control unit 180 accepts an operation in which the batch registration button 602 is pressed by a user, the control unit 180 executes a process for registering man-hour information corresponding to all dates included in the target period. At this time, the method for registering the man-hour information may be, for example, the following method.
- A method in which a list screen for inputting man-hours is displayed to the user and input of the required items is accepted from the user. - In response to pressing the button, the control unit 180 refers to the user's schedule and project information for the target period and automatically registers the man-hours for the corresponding dates. This allows the user to register and manage man-hours in one go without having to check each date one by one, improving convenience.

In the calendar display section 603, the control section 180 of the terminal device 10 displays a screen for checking and managing the man-hours and the like registered in the man-hour management system. Specifically, the control section 180 displays the user's schedule (work, holidays, etc.) and details thereof (detailed schedule for work days, etc.) for each date in the form of, for example, a calendar. In some aspects, the control section 180 may display the user's schedule for each date in a form other than a calendar. For example, the control section 180 may display the information in any form, such as a list, graph, etc.

In one aspect, the control unit 180 may display a predetermined alert or the like when there is a shortage of registered man-hours on a specific date (when there is a discrepancy between the user's working hours and the registered man-hours). For example, a notification or icon indicating that there is a shortage of registered man-hours may be displayed on the display 150, or the date on which there is a shortage of registered man-hours may be displayed in a predetermined color or manner. For example, the control unit 180 may present the user with a comment such as "There is a shortage of time," as exemplified in the calendar display unit 603.
This allows the user to visually grasp, within a specified period, which dates have man-hours registered, which dates have insufficient man-hours registered, and so on.
At this time, the control unit 180 may display a button for adding man-hour information for a date for which man-hour registration is insufficient. In response to receiving an operation of the user pressing the button for adding the man-hour, the control unit 180 may present the user with a screen for additionally inputting man-hours. In response to receiving an operation of the user pressing the button, the control unit 180 may refer to information such as the user's schedule and automatically register the man-hours.

Figure 7 shows an example of a screen when additional man-hours are entered in the man-hour management system 1.

As shown in FIG. 7, a status display section 701, a project information display section 702, work log information 703, and a man-hour registration/cancellation section 704 are displayed on the display 150 of the terminal device 10.
In the status display section 701, the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 displays the status on the date on which additional man-hours are to be registered in the man-hour management system on the screen. The status to be displayed includes, for example, the following:
・Date to register additional man-hours ・Man-hours registration status (current registration time and user working hours)

In the project information display section 702, the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 displays information about the project for which additional man-hours are to be registered. Specifically, when the user presses the "Select" button in the project information display section 702, the control unit 180 displays information about the project for which man-hours are to be registered. At this time, the project information displayed to the user may be only information about projects to which the user is assigned based on the user information, or information about all projects stored in the storage unit may be displayed. In addition, only projects that are not registered as man-hours information may be extracted from among the projects to which the user is assigned and displayed on the screen.

When a project to be displayed is selected, the control unit 180 displays, for example, the following information as detailed project information:
- Work content of the project - Information on tags attached to the project - Man-hours for the work of the project The above information may be displayed by the control unit 180 referring to the project information, or may be input by the user.

In one aspect, when the control unit 180 receives a user's press of the "fill in missing time" button displayed in the project information display unit 702, the control unit 180 may automatically perform a series of processes such as project selection and labor hour calculation.

In the work log information 703, the control unit 180 of the terminal device 10 displays information on work that is a candidate for adding man-hours. Specifically, the control unit 180 refers to information such as the user's schedule, and extracts information that is not registered as man-hours information despite being working hours. The control unit 180 displays the extracted work information on the screen together with the man-hours information. At this time, the control unit 180 may display information on work that is not registered as man-hours on the date on which additional man-hours are to be registered as "today's work tag," and information on other dates and work for which date information cannot be confirmed as "work tags to store."
This means that even if users find that the amount of man-hours they have registered is insufficient, they no longer need to check detailed plans or schedules, making it easier for them to check and manage their man-hours.

In the man-hour registration/cancellation section 704, the control section 180 of the terminal device 10 displays buttons for registering or discarding the man-hour information input and selected in the project information display section 702 and the work log information 703. At this time, if the "Continue adding" checkbox is checked, the control section 180 presents the same screen to the user with the input contents cleared in response to the user pressing the "Save" button.
This allows the user to minimize screen transitions even when adding man-hours across multiple dates and time periods.

<Summary>
As described above, according to this embodiment, the server 20 registers in advance in the storage unit 202 information on attendance of users who are personnel constituting a project. The server 20 identifies the work content in one or more projects in which the user is engaged, which is registered in the storage unit 202. The server 20 calculates the man-hours of the identified work content from the information on attendance, and registers the calculated man-hours in the storage unit 202 as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the information on attendance. The server 20 checks the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information. If the result of the check is inconsistent, the server 20 issues an alert to the user. The terminal device 10 presents the alert to the user by displaying it on a display, etc. The server 20 complements the difference between the information on attendance and the registered man-hours with a predetermined item.
This enables users to easily check and manage each user's planned man-hours and actual man-hours in a man-hour management system for project management.

Although the disclosed embodiments have been described above, they can be embodied in various other forms and can be implemented with various omissions, substitutions, and modifications. These embodiments and variations, as well as omissions, substitutions, and modifications, are included in the technical scope of the claims and their equivalents.

<Additional Notes>
The matters described in the above embodiments will be supplemented below.

(Appendix 1)
A program executed by a computer 20 having a processor 29 and a memory unit 202, the memory unit 202 storing information regarding the attendance of personnel constituting a project (S550), and the program causes the processor 29 to execute the following steps: identifying work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged, from the attendance information (S551); calculating the man-hours for the work content identified from the attendance information and registering it as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information (S552); checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information (S553); alerting the user if the result of the check is invalid (S554); and supplementing the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours with predetermined items (S556).

(Appendix 2)
In the step of performing a check (S553), the program performs the check at a predetermined timing, which is either a day of the week, a weekend, or the end of the month, as specified by a personnel or project manager.

(Appendix 3)
In the step of alerting the user (S554), the program alerts at least one of personnel and managers as the target users of the alert that there is a discrepancy between the personnel's attendance and labor hours, as described in Appendix 1 or 2.

(Appendix 4)
A program according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein in the step of performing the check (S553), the program detects days on which no man-hours are registered among the working days of the personnel.

(Appendix 5)
A program described in any one of appendices 1 to 4, in which in the checking step (S553), the program detects days on which there is a time during the working hours set in the attendance information for which no man-hours are registered.

(Appendix 6)
A program described in any of appendices 1 to 5, in which in a step (S556) of supplementing with specified items, the program extracts and supplements performance information for personnel as specified items from calendar or schedule information registered on the network by scraping.

(Appendix 7)
The program described in Appendices 1 to 6 causes the processor 29 to execute the following steps: checking the results of the completion in the step of completing with specified items (S556); if the check of the completion results shows a discrepancy between the personnel attendance information and the completed labor hours, notifying at least one of the personnel and the project manager of the discrepancy; and notifying at least one of the personnel and the project manager of a prompt to enter labor hours on the days when there is a discrepancy.

(Appendix 8)
The computer 20 further causes the processor 29 to execute the program described in any one of Appendices 1 to 6, which includes a step of presenting the results completed in the step of completing with specified items (S556) to at least one of a personnel and a project manager, and a step of accepting an input operation for confirmation of the presented results from at least one of the personnel and the project manager.

(Appendix 9)
A program described in any of Appendices 1 to 8, in which the computer 20 obtains information regarding the attendance of personnel constituting the project by linking with a human resources and labor service provided by the computer 20 or a human resources and labor service provided by an external system, and stores the information in the memory unit 202.

(Appendix 10)
The computer 20 stores in the memory unit 202 a trained model that associates information regarding attendance and labor hours information, and when the trained model accepts attendance information and labor hour information as input, it outputs the result of complementing the difference between the attendance information and the labor hour information, and in a step (S556) of complementing with specified items, the program complements the difference with the registered labor hours with specified items based on the attendance information, registered labor hour information, and the trained model, a program described in any of Appendices 1 to 9.

(Appendix 11)
The information processing device 20 includes a control unit 203 and a memory unit 202, and the memory unit 202 stores information regarding the attendance of personnel constituting a project (S550). The information processing device 20 executes the following steps by the control unit 203: identifying work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged, from the attendance information (S551); calculating the man-hours for the work content identified from the attendance information, and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information (S552); checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information (S553); alerting the user if the result of the check is invalid (S554); and complementing the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours with predetermined items (S555).

(Appendix 12)
A method executed by a computer 20 having a processor 29 and a memory unit 202, the memory unit 202 storing information regarding attendance of personnel constituting a project (S550), and the method comprising the steps of: identifying, by the processor 29, from the attendance information, the work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged (S551); calculating the man-hours for the work content identified from the attendance information and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the attendance information (S552); checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on the registered man-hours information (S553); alerting the user if the result of the check is invalid (S554); and supplementing, with predetermined items, the difference between the attendance information and the registered man-hours (S556).

LIST OF SYMBOLS 10 Terminal device, 20 Server, 80 Network, 130 Operation reception unit, 170 Memory unit, 1701 User information, 180 Control unit, 1801 Input operation reception unit, 1802 Transmission/reception unit, 1803 Data processing unit, 1804 Notification control unit, 22 Communication IF, 23 Input/output IF, 25 Memory, 26 Storage, 29 Processor, 201 Communication unit, 202 Memory unit, 2021 User information database, 2023 Attendance information database, 2023 Project information database, 203 Control unit, 2031 Reception control module, 2032 Transmission control module, 2033 User information acquisition module, 2034 Project information acquisition module, 2035 Attendance information acquisition module, 2036 Attendance information storage module, 2037 Work content identification module, 2038 Man-hour calculation module, 2039 Man-hour registration module, 2040 Man-hour check module, 2041 alert presentation module, 2042 man-hour completion module.

Claims (11)

A program executed by a computer having a processor and a storage unit,
The storage unit stores information regarding attendance of personnel constituting a project and information regarding the project ,
The information on attendance includes information on the project to which the personnel is assigned, and the personnel's working days and working hours;
The information about the project includes information about the work content and man-hours of the project,
The program causes the processor to:
Identifying work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged, using the information on attendance and the information on the projects ;
calculating the man-hours of the work content identified from the information on attendance for each project using the information on attendance and information on the project , and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the information on attendance;
A step of checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on information of the registered man-hours;
alerting a user if the check is not valid;
and a step of supplementing a difference between the information regarding attendance and the registered man-hours by using the information regarding attendance or the registered man-hours. In the step of performing the check, the program
2. The program according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined timing is a timing of performing the check on a day of the week, a weekend, or an end of the month specified by the person or a manager of the project. In the step of alerting the user, the program further comprises:
3. The program according to claim 1, further comprising: issuing an alert to at least one of the personnel and a manager of the project as a target user of the alert, notifying the user of a discrepancy between the personnel's attendance and man-hours. In the step of performing the check, the program
4. The program according to claim 1, further comprising: detecting a day on which the man-hours are not registered among the working days of the personnel. In the step of performing the check, the program
5. The program according to claim 1, further comprising: detecting a day on which the man-hours are not registered within working hours set in the attendance information. In the step of complementing, the program further comprises:
A program as described in any one of claims 1 to 5 , which extracts actual information for said personnel from calendar or schedule information registered on a network, and if said actual information contains information on man-hours corresponding to a time not included in said attendance information, supplements said attendance information with the corresponding man-hours information from said actual information. The computer further includes the processor:
presenting the results of the complementation to at least one of the personnel and a manager of the project;
7. The program according to claim 1, further comprising: a step of receiving an input operation for confirmation of the presented result from at least one of the personnel and a manager of the project. The program according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the computer obtains information regarding attendance of personnel constituting the project through a personnel and labor service provided by the computer or in cooperation with a personnel and labor service provided by an external system, and stores the information in the storage unit. The computer includes a storage unit.
The system memorizes a trained model that associates attendance information with labor-hour information.
The trained model receives attendance information and man-hour information as input, and outputs a result of complementing a difference between the attendance information and the man-hour information,
In the step of complementing, the program further comprises:
A program according to any one of claims 1 to 8, which supplements the difference between the registered man-hours and the attendance information based on the attendance information, the registered man-hours information, and the trained model using the attendance information or the registered man-hours. An information processing device including a control unit and a storage unit,
The storage unit stores information regarding attendance of personnel constituting a project and information regarding the project ,
The information on attendance includes information on the project to which the personnel is assigned, and the personnel's working days and working hours;
The information about the project includes information about the work content and man-hours of the project,
The information processing device includes:
Identifying work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged, using the information on attendance and the information on the projects ;
calculating the man-hours of the work content identified from the information on attendance for each project using the information on attendance and information on the project , and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the information on attendance;
A step of checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on information of the registered man-hours;
alerting a user if the check is not valid;
and compensating for a difference between the information on attendance and the registered man-hours by using the information on attendance or the registered man-hours. A method implemented by a computer having a processor and a memory, comprising:
The storage unit stores information regarding attendance of personnel constituting a project and information regarding the project ,
The information on attendance includes information on the project to which the personnel is assigned, and the personnel's working days and working hours;
The information about the project includes information about the work content and man-hours of the project,
The method further comprises the processor:
Identifying work content in one or more projects in which the personnel is engaged, using the information on attendance and the information on the projects ;
calculating the man-hours of the work content identified from the information on attendance for each project using the information on attendance and information on the project , and registering the man-hours as the man-hours corresponding to the working hours set in the information on attendance;
A step of checking the registered man-hours at a predetermined timing based on information of the registered man-hours;
alerting a user if the check is not valid;
and compensating for a difference between the information on attendance and the registered man-hours by using the information on attendance or the registered man-hours.