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; 5 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 an 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 project;
- insert a completion milestone probability distribution function (PDF) of a child IMS into the IMS project to generate an updated IMS with child IMS rolled up;
- and
- store the updated IMS.
The system of claim 22, wherein the processor is further configured to probabilistically maximize allocation benefits using one or more of automatic adjustment of one or more of task ordering and task timing and manual adjustment of one or more of task ordering and task timing.
A software project management method, comprising:
- retrieving an 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 project;
- inserting a completion milestone probability distribution function (PDF) of a child IMS into the IMS project to generate an updated IMS with child IMS rolled up;
- and
- storing the updated IMS.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.