Progress management for projects

A progress management system for a project having a plurality of tasks having a hierarchical structure, the system comprising:

• a storage device configured to store the plurality of tasks including a high order task, middle order tasks, and low order tasks as the lowest order tasks corresponding to the project;
• a processor configured to:
• receive an indication of a “complete” or “incomplete” state as progress of each of the lowest order tasks of the project;
• and
• calculate progress rate of a higher order task based on progress rates of the middle order tasks and levels of importance associated with the middle order tasks, wherein:
• the levels of importance associated with the middle tasks are preset for the middle tasks,
• levels of importance associated with the lowest order tasks are preset for the lowest order tasks,
• a level of importance of the higher order task is preset independently of a sum of levels of importance of all the lowest order tasks and a sum of level of importance of all the middle tasks included in the higher order task,
• the progress rates of the middle order tasks is calculated based on progress rates of the lowest order tasks and the levels of importance associated with the lowest order tasks, and a progress rate of a middle order task is calculated based on a sum of level of importance of completed lowest order tasks divided by a level of importance of the middle task, and
• the calculate progress rate of the higher order task including calculate the progress rate of the higher order task by divide the progress rates of the middle tasks included in the higher order task multiplied by sum of levels of importance of the middle tasks over the level of importance of the higher order task.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable storage medium having stored therein computer usable program code for managing a project comprising a plurality of tasks having a hierarchical structure, the computer usable program code, which when executed on a computer hardware system, causes the computer hardware system to perform:

• receiving an indication of a “complete” or “incomplete” state as progress of each of lowest order tasks of the project, wherein the project has an at least 3-level hierarchical structure including a high order task, middle order tasks, and low order tasks as the lowest order tasks;
• and
• calculating progress rate of a higher order task based on progress rates of the middle order tasks and levels of importance associated with the middle order tasks, wherein
• the levels of importance associated with the middle tasks are preset for the middle tasks,
• levels of importance associated with the lowest order tasks are preset for the lowest order tasks,
• a level of importance of the higher order task is preset independently of a sum of levels of importance of all the lowest order tasks and a sum of level of importance of all the middle tasks included in the higher order task,
• the progress rates of the middle order tasks is calculated based on progress rates of the lowest order tasks and the levels of importance associated with the lowest order tasks, and a progress rate of a middle order task is calculated based on a sum of level of importance of completed lowest order tasks divided by a level of importance of the middle task, and
• the calculating the progress rate of the higher order task includes calculating the progress rate of the higher order task by dividing the progress rates of the middle tasks included in the higher order task multiplied by sum of levels of importance of the middle tasks over the level of importance of the higher order task.