Method and apparatus/software to determine, to represent and to display the state of progress and remaining risk while performing a planned course of action
OwnerDonald Steward, Stuart Williamsinventors
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Abstract
Method and its software that helps one choose assumptions needed to solve problems or manage projects and manage their risks. Throughout the process the software helps one track through time what assumptions have been confirmed as correct, what assumptions are ready to be confirmed, and what assumptions are not yet ready to be confirmed. It also shows what work has been done that is not subject to any unconfirmed assumptions, what work has been done using assumptions that have not been confirmed, and what work is yet to be done. Software uses a matrix showing what information items depend on what others,
Claims4
A method for determining, representing and displaying the state of what assumptions have been used by indicating at each point in time during the course of a project where an open assumption is used and where a closed assumption has been used.
A method for determining, representing and displaying the state of a task at each point in time during the course of a project by showing whether the task has not been worked on (Color A) or is being worked on (Color B), or has been completed using open assumptions, or has been completed without using any open assumptions.
A method for determining, representing and displaying the state of progress by making distinctions between tasks that have been perform using assumptions that are still open and tasks that have been performed without using any assumptions that are still open.
A method for determining, representing and displaying when new information becomes available to allow comparisons to be made between the new information and the assumptions that had been made for that information.
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