System and method of product development
First Claim
1. A project development application for consolidating project development data from a plurality of project development work groups comprising:
- a plurality of data sources providing project development data in native formats from the project development work groups, wherein at least some of the native formats are dissimilar enough to prevent direct data sharing between at least some of the data sources;
a data bus connected to the data sources for transferring data in a universal format;
a plurality of interfaces connected to the data bus and the data sources for converting data from the data sources native formats into the universal format;
a data pool connected to the data bus; and
a data manager connected to the data pool for providing user selectable project development data from the data pool in a universal format to an end user.
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Abstract
A system for consolidating project development data from a plurality of project development work groups. The invention includes a plurality of data sources providing project development data in native formats from the project development work groups. At least some of the native formats are dissimilar enough to prevent direct data sharing between at least some of the data sources. The system also includes a data bus connected to the data sources for transferring data in a universal format and a plurality of interfaces connected to the data bus and the data sources for converting data from the data sources native formats into the universal format. A data pool connected to a data bus serves as a reference for the entire enterprise data where all the providers and consumers of the data are connected to the data bus. A data manager connected to the data pool provides all the administrative functions for the data pool.
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13 Claims
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1. A project development application for consolidating project development data from a plurality of project development work groups comprising:
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a plurality of data sources providing project development data in native formats from the project development work groups, wherein at least some of the native formats are dissimilar enough to prevent direct data sharing between at least some of the data sources;
a data bus connected to the data sources for transferring data in a universal format;
a plurality of interfaces connected to the data bus and the data sources for converting data from the data sources native formats into the universal format;
a data pool connected to the data bus; and
a data manager connected to the data pool for providing user selectable project development data from the data pool in a universal format to an end user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of project development for consolidating project development data from a plurality of project development work groups comprising:
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providing project development data from a plurality of project development work groups in native formats, wherein at least some of the native formats are dissimilar enough to prevent direct data sharing between work groups;
converting the project development data in the native formats to a universal format;
transferring the project development data to a common data pool; and
providing user selectable project development data from the data pool to an end user. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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