Project InfoSphere: Project Information Management System

The Problem

“Managing academic projects through disconnected documents, manual submissions, spreadsheets, and communication channels makes it difficult to track proposals, approvals, project progress, supervisors, reports, and evaluations. Faculty and administrative staff also need a centralized way to monitor projects across different stages and user roles.”

The Solution

Developed a centralized full-stack platform that digitizes the academic project lifecycle from proposal submission and approval to project tracking, report submission, supervision, announcements, and final evaluation. Role-based dashboards and permissions provide each stakeholder with the tools and information relevant to their responsibilities, while RESTful APIs connect the React frontend with the Laravel backend.

Overview

Projects Information Management System (PIMS) is a role-based web application designed to digitize and centralize the academic project workflow at the Myanmar Institute of Information Technology. The platform manages project proposals, team formation, supervisor assignment, project progress, reports, seminars, announcements, and grading through dedicated dashboards for students, supervisors, faculty, internal committees, and administrative staff. The system combines a React and TypeScript frontend with a Laravel API backend, PostgreSQL database, AWS S3 storage, and role-based authentication and authorization.

Key Features

• Role-based dashboards for students, supervisors, faculty, IC, and administrative staff
• Token-based authentication and role-based authorization with Laravel Sanctum and Spatie Permission
• Project proposal creation, team formation, supervisor selection, and approval workflow
• End-to-end project lifecycle tracking from proposal approval to completion
• Mid-report, mid-seminar, final-report, and final-seminar management
• Project supervision, task management, and progress tracking
• Role-based announcements with targeted audiences
• Profile management with avatar upload and AWS S3 file storage
• Interactive dashboards with project statistics, charts, and analytics
• Data tables with sorting, filtering, and pagination
• Drag-and-drop interfaces for streamlined project management
• Responsive design with mobile support and light/dark theme switching
• Excel import and export capabilities for academic project data

The Result

A scalable academic project management platform that centralizes student and faculty workflows, improves project visibility, reduces manual administration, and provides a structured digital foundation for managing special projects and future academic project types.