Project management system providing interactive issue creation and management

• US 10,127,507 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2015
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Latista Technologies, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Latista Technologies, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Lavrov, Andrei, Tishin, Anatoliy, Remacle, Patricia, Ramsey, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Koneru, Sujay
• Application Number:
  US14/592,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20150193711A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for providing interactive issue creation and management for use in project management processes. The system provides users with mechanisms for creating fully-featured, easy-to-identify, and highly legible issues, with a visual mechanism for communicating issue information between the parties involved in the project management process, thereby resulting in improved tracking to ensure issues are appropriately addressed and timely resolved, saving time and money.

Claims

1. A computing system comprising:

a processor connected to memory; and

a module stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and configured with instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to;

receive, through a communication interface over a computer network, a template selection from a mobile device for a field inspection;

query an issue template database to retrieve a selected field inspection issue template from the issue template database corresponding to the template selection;

transmit the selected field inspection issue template through the communication interface over the computer network to the mobile device;

receive, from the mobile device through the communication interface over the computer network, an issue markup corresponding to the selected field inspection issue template, the issue markup corresponding to a particular project drawing under inspection during the field inspection;

store, within a cloud computing environment for synchronization over the computing network with a plurality of mobile devices, the issue markup as a separate layer of the project drawing within an electronic data file comprising a set of separate layers corresponding to separate issue markups for the project drawing;

receive a filter parameter corresponding to at least one of a video annotation type or a voice annotation type;

filter the issue markups using the filter parameter to identify a subset of issue markups; and

transmit the subset of issue markups through the communication interface over the computer network to the mobile device for display.

2. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

retrieve each of multiple issue markups from each layer for the project drawing.

3. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the filter parameter comprises an image annotation type.

4. The computing system of claim 2, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

create a marked-up project comprising the project drawing and the issue markups.

5. The computing system of claim 4, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

assign an issue record identifier to each of the multiple issue markups.

6. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

assign a pre-defined workflow to the issue markup, the pre-defined workflow specific to an issue identified by the issue markup.

7. The computing system of claim 1, wherein the filter parameter comprises at least one of an issue severity, an issue duration, an issue status, or a responsible party.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the instructions cause the processor to:

communicate the marked-up project through the communication interface over the computer network to the cloud storage system.

9. A method comprising:

receiving, through a communication interface by a processor over a computer network, a template selection from a mobile device for a field inspection;

querying, by the processor, an issue template database to retrieve a selected field inspection issue template from the issue template database corresponding to the template selection;

transmitting, by the processor, the selected field inspection issue template through the communication interface to the mobile device over the computer network;

receiving, from the mobile device through the communication interface by the processor over the computer network, an issue markup corresponding to the selected field inspection issue template, the issue markup also corresponding to the project drawing under inspection during the field inspection;

storing, by the processor within a cloud computing environment for synchronization over the computing network with a plurality of mobile devices, the issue markup as a specific layer among the layers of the project drawing within an electronic data file comprising a set of separate layers corresponding to separate issue markups for the project drawing;

receiving, by the processor, a filter parameter corresponding to at least one of a video annotation type or a voice annotation type;

filtering, by the processor, the issue markups using the filter parameter to identify a subset of issue markups; and

transmitting, by the processor, the subset of issue markups through the communication interface over the computer network to the mobile device for display.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

establishing multiple separate layers for the project drawing, each corresponding to a separate issue markup for the project drawing.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

creating a marked-up project comprising the project drawing and the issue markup.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

retrieving each of multiple issue markups from each layer for the project drawing; and

creating a marked-up project comprising the project drawing the issue markups.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising assigning an issue record identifier to each of the multiple issue markups.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

assigning a pre-defined workflow to the issue markup, the pre-defined workflow specific to an issue identified by the issue markup.

15. The method of claim 14, where the pre-defined workflow comprises:

a list of statuses that the issue will flow through; and

transitions that move the issue between statuses of the list of statuses.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

communicating the marked-up project through the communication interface to the cloud storage system over the computer network.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer causes the processor to:

receive, through a communication interface over a computer network, a project model for use in a field inspection of a project;

render the project model on an electronic display of the computer as a project drawing;

receive, through an input interface, a selection for an issue template available for the project drawing;

receive, through the input interface, issue markup for the project drawing and according to the issue template;

store, within a cloud computing environment for synchronization over the computing network with a plurality of mobile devices, the issue markup as a separate layer of the project drawing within an electronic data file comprising a set of separate layers corresponding to separate issue markups for the project drawing

receive a filter parameter corresponding to at least one of a video annotation type or a voice annotation type;

filter the issue markups using the filter parameter to identify a subset of issue markups; and

transmit the subset of issue markups through the communication interface over the computer network to the mobile device for display.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:

assign a pre-defined workflow to the issue markup, the pre-defined workflow specific to an issue identified by the issue markup.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:

receive, through the input interface, an issue markup selection;

retrieve the issue markups corresponding to the issue markup selection from the set of layers of the project drawing; and

display the issue markups on the project drawing on the display.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the instructions comprise instructions to:

render the issue markups on the project drawing.