Software portfolio management system and method
AssigneeRtconfidence, Inc.
InventorsMichael M. Bissonette, Thomas Cocotis, Craig Trivelpiece, David Maeschen, Parvaneh Alavi
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Abstract
A software-based product development portfolio management system and method that may be implemented using a software as a service (SaaS) model that allows users (based on access rights) to: create and update valid project plans using integrated management tools and techniques, view near-real-time project data and metrics; enable lean project management; send messages to other users via system alerts and/or e-mails and receive messages/alerts from other SPM System users; input data; establish and change organizational governance guidelines; and approve, conditionally approve or reject decisions.
Claims23
A software project management system, comprising:
- a computer system having a processor and memory and a plurality of lines of instructions that are configured to:
- retrieve a risk adjusted integrated master schedule (IMS) project having a plurality of tasks wherein each task has a duration and one or more parameters of the task and wherein an association exists between two or more tasks in the IMS;
- receive a child IMS being one of an imported IMS and a new IMS, the child IMS having at least one completion milestone probability distribution function (PDF);
- insert the child IMS completion milestone PDF into the IMS project to generate an updated IMS with the child IMS automatically rolled up into the IMS project;
- and
- store the updated IMS.
A software project management method, comprising:
- retrieving a risk adjusted integrated master schedule (IMS) project having a plurality of tasks wherein each task has a duration and one or more parameters of the task and wherein an association exists between two or more tasks in the IMS;
- receiving a child IMS being one of an imported IMS and a new IMS, the child IMS having at least one completion milestone probability distribution function (PDF);
- inserting the child IMS completion milestone PDF into the IMS project to generate an updated IMS with the child IMS automatically rolled up into the IMS project;
- and
- storing the updated IMS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.