Hybrid development systems and methods

• US 10,713,040 B2
• Filed: 03/18/2019
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Inventors: Bansal, Pradeep, Fuller, Scott, Cuttackham, Balaji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chavis, John Q
• Application Number:
  US16/356,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20190278592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 717102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/77 Software metrics
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment

Abstract

Systems and methods may include software development tools that allow for planning hybrid projects performed according to a combination of project development models. A processor may be operatively coupled to a memory. The processor may determine a target application of an enterprise service. The processor may determine a backlog associated with the target application, wherein the backlog comprises one or more tasks, one or more stories, or any combination thereof. The processor may generate a hybrid project from the backlog comprising a waterfall phase having at least one task and an agile phase having at least one story.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more hardware processors; and

a non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more hardware processors, cause the one or more hardware processors to perform actions comprising;

generating a hybrid project, wherein the hybrid project comprises an agile phase and a waterfall phase, wherein the agile phase comprises a first set of tasks organized using an agile methodology, and wherein the waterfall phase comprises a second set of tasks organized using a waterfall methodology;

receiving an indication of a first dependency between a first task of the first set of tasks and a respective task or of a second dependency between a second task of the second set of tasks and the respective task; and

modifying the hybrid project based on the indication, wherein modifying the hybrid project comprises modifying the first task or the second task relative to other tasks in the hybrid project based on the indication.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the hybrid project based on the indication comprises rearranging a task schedule of the hybrid project commensurate with the first dependency or the second dependency.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the respective task corresponds to an external project separate from the hybrid project.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the agile phase or the waterfall phase comprises the respective task.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the agile phase comprises a first plurality of stories, wherein a first plurality of sprint cycles is generated for the first plurality of stories.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a hard dependency, wherein the hard dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication to be mandatory.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a soft dependency, wherein the soft dependency provides a notification indicative of the modification before modifying the hybrid project, such that the soft dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication to be optional.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the hybrid project corresponds to a project plan, wherein the waterfall phase corresponds to a portion of a planning phase of the project plan, and wherein the agile phase corresponds to an execution phase of the project plan.

9. A method, comprising:

generating a hybrid project, wherein the hybrid project comprises an agile phase and a waterfall phase, wherein the agile phase comprises a first set of tasks organized using an agile methodology, and wherein the waterfall phase comprises a second set of tasks organized using a waterfall methodology;

receiving an indication of a first dependency between a first task of the first set of tasks and a respective task or of a second dependency between a second task of the second set of tasks and the respective task; and

modifying the hybrid project based on the indication, wherein modifying the hybrid project comprises modifying the first task or the second task relative to other tasks in the hybrid project commensurate with the indication.

10. The method of claim 9, comprising:

determining a target application of an enterprise service; and

determining a backlog associated with the target application, wherein the hybrid project comprises a plurality of tasks associated with the backlog.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising receiving a scheduling modification to the respective task.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein modifying the hybrid project based on the indication comprises rearranging the first task commensurate with the scheduling modification in response to receiving the scheduling modification to the respective task.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a hard dependency, wherein the hard dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication to be mandatory.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a soft dependency, wherein the soft dependency provides a notification indicative of the modification before modifying the hybrid project, such that the soft dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication to be optional.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code, that when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

generating a hybrid project, wherein the hybrid project comprises an agile phase and a waterfall phase, wherein the agile phase comprises a first set of tasks organized using an agile methodology, and wherein the waterfall phase comprises a second set of tasks organized using a waterfall methodology;

receiving an indication of a first dependency between a first task of the first set of tasks and a respective task or of a second dependency between a second task of the second set of tasks and the respective task; and

modifying the hybrid project based on the indication, wherein modifying the hybrid project comprises modifying the first task or the second task relative to other tasks in the hybrid project commensurate with the indication.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein modifying the hybrid project based on the indication comprises rearranging a task schedule of the hybrid project commensurate with the first dependency or the second dependency.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the respective task corresponds to an external project separate from the hybrid project.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, comprising receiving a scheduling modification to the respective task, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a hard dependency, wherein the hard dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a hard dependency, wherein the hard dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication to be mandatory.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein receiving the indication is indicative of the first dependency, the second dependency, or both, being a soft dependency, wherein the soft dependency provides a notification indicative of the modification before modifying the hybrid project, such that the soft dependency causes the modification of the hybrid project based on the indication to be optional.