Structured system for the planning, integration, analysis and management of new product development on a real-time, enterprise-wide basis

A method for assigning resource capacity to projects, said method comprising:

• directing a list of requests for resources issued by a project team to at least one appropriate resource group manager based upon resource configuration;
• analysis of said list of requests by said at least one resource group manager to make a determination as to the capacity for assigning the requested resources to said project;
• and
• assigning capacity to said project based on said determination made by said at least one resource manager.

A method for assigning resource capacity to projects, said method comprising:

• directing a list of requests for resources issued by a project team to at least one appropriate resource group manager based upon resource configuration;
• analysis of said list of requests by said at least one resource group manager to make a determination as to the capacity for assigning the requested resources to said project;
• directing said determination made by said at least one resource group manager to a portfolio manager for approval, disapproval or modification;
• and
• assigning capacity to said project based on said approval, disapproval or modification made by said portfolio manager.

A method for assigning resource capacity to projects, said method comprising:

• directing a list of requests for resources issued by a project team to at least one appropriate resource group manager based upon resource configuration;
• analysis of said list of requests by said at least one resource group manager to make a determination as to the capacity for assigning the requested resources to said project;
• transmitting a tentatively assigned capacity to said project team based on said determination made by said at least one resource manager;
• and
• confirming said tentatively assigned capacity after a portfolio manager approves said determination made by said at least one resource manager.

A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium and comprising code that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the following:

• a determination of resource capacity for each resource group;
• a determination of resource assignment for each project;
• an analysis of said determined resource group capacity and said determined project assignment with one another;
• and
• a generation of a report illustrating the same.

A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium and comprising code that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the following:

• a review of data items contained in a schedule for enterprise management, said data items including current plan information, goal information and actual information;
• continuous adjustments of said current plan information and said actual information on a continuous basis, and adjustments of said goal information on a given periodic basis;
• a comparison of said current plan information, said actual information, and said goal information to one another as determined by said continuous adjustments and said periodic adjustments;
• and
• a notification of a variance of said current plan information, said actual information, and said goal information to one another as determined by said comparison.

A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium and comprising code that, when executed, causes the computer to perform the following:

• an association of at least two portfolios with one another to create a superportfolio inheriting tracking criteria from each of said at least two portfolios;
• an imposition of said inherited tracking criteria from said superportfolio on said association of said at least two portfolios creating said superportfolio;
• and
• an imposition of said inherited tracking on projects subordinate to each of said at least two portfolios of said association.