US Patent:
20030014409, Jan 16, 2003
Inventors:
Shabina Shukoor - Jersey City NJ, US
International Classification:
G06F007/00
Abstract:
A method and system for managing a project is shown, having the steps of dividing the project into at least one category; dividing each such category into at least one subtask; creating a hierarchical data model inverted such that the at least one subtask is above the at least one category; designating at least two statuses for the at least one subtask; determining a status for the at least one subtask; placing the designations for the at least two statuses along an axis and defining a columnar axis for each such at least two statuses, ordinal to the axis; stacking the at least one subtask along the columnar, ordinal axis conforming with one of the at least two statuses in accordance with the determination; and creating a histogrammatical representation of the stacked at least one subtask, along with the at least one category. Further steps include tracking the performance of the at least one subtask over time; redetermining a status for the tracked, at least one subtask; re-stacking the tracked, at least one subtask in accordance with the redetermination; and creating an additional histogrammatical representation of the re-stacked, tracked, at least one subtask, along with the at least one category. Additional steps include comparing the histogrammatical representation and the additional histogrammatical representation, and managing the project in accordance with the comparison. The statuses are generally selected from the group consisting of “not started,” “started,” and “done,” although other statuses are employed when appropriate. The system further includes designations for categories, supertasks, tasks and subtasks, linkages, historical logs and interdependencies.
