Software Development Planning and Management System
AssigneeSiemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation
InventorsJeanne Metherall, Philip DiJoseph, Nicholas Conti, Catherine Britton
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Abstract
A software development planning and management system includes at least one repository of information associating, sub-tasks of an encompassing software development task to be completed and a timeline of sub-task completion, programmer personnel resources, software development requirements and software defects. A user interface uses the repository in providing data representing at least one display image indicating status of sub-task completion, including status of sub-task software generation and test. A resource processor also uses the repository in determining programmer personnel resources required for completion of a plurality of sub-tasks.
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A software development planning and management system, comprising:
- at least one repository of information associating, sub-tasks of an encompassing software development task to be completed and a timeline of sub-task completion, programmer personnel resources, software development requirements, and software defects;
- a user interface for using said at least one repository in providing data representing at least one display image indicating status of sub-task completion including status of sub-task software generation and test;
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- a resource processor for using said at least one repository in determining programmer personnel resources required for completion of a plurality of sub-tasks.
A software development planning and management system, comprising:
- at least one repository of information associating, sub-tasks of an encompassing software development task to be completed and a timeline of sub-task completion, programmer personnel resources, software development requirements, and software defects;
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- a user interface for using said at least one repository in providing data representing hierarchically navigable display images enabling a user to determine status information of a task, sub-task and portion of a sub-task indicating status of completion of said task, sub-task and portion of said sub-task including status of task, sub-task and sub-task portion software generation and test.
A method of planning and managing software development tasks, comprising:
- identifying each software development task;
- decomposing each software development task into at least one sub-task;
- assigning relevant planning parameters to each sub-task;
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- relating at least a first sub-task to at least a second sub-task by means of at least one relevant planning parameter so as to determine at least one interdependency between the first sub-task and the second sub-task.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.