Software Development Planning and Management System

• US 20070168918A1
• Filed: 11/10/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Metherall, Jeanne, Britton, Catherine, DiJoseph, Philip, Conti, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US11/558,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20070168918A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/101
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A software development planning and management system includes at least one repository of information associating, sub-tasks of an encompassing software development task to be completed and a timeline of sub-task completion, programmer personnel resources, software development requirements and software defects. A user interface uses the repository in providing data representing at least one display image indicating status of sub-task completion, including status of sub-task software generation and test. A resource processor also uses the repository in determining programmer personnel resources required for completion of a plurality of sub-tasks.

Claims

1. A software development planning and management system, comprising:

at least one repository of information associating, sub-tasks of an encompassing software development task to be completed and a timeline of sub-task completion, programmer personnel resources, software development requirements, and software defects;

a user interface for using said at least one repository in providing data representing at least one display image indicating status of sub-task completion including status of sub-task software generation and test; and

a resource processor for using said at least one repository in determining programmer personnel resources required for completion of a plurality of sub-tasks.

2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one display image enables a user to assign responsibility of completion of a sub-task to at least one of, (a) an individual worker and (b) a group of workers.

3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one display image enables a user to assign priority of said plurality of sub-tasks.

4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one display image enables a user to assign relationships between at least two of:

(a) a sub-task, (b) a software defect, (c) a programmer, and (d) a group of workers.

5. A system according to claim 1, wherein said at least one display image enables a user to assign at least one of :

(a) software requirements, (b) a sub-task, and (c) a defect, to a task and group of workers.

6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said user interface uses said at least one repository in providing data representing at least one display image indicating status of sub-task completion including status of sub-task software integration.

7. A software development planning and management system, comprising:

at least one repository of information associating, sub-tasks of an encompassing software development task to be completed and a timeline of sub-task completion, programmer personnel resources, software development requirements, and software defects; and

a user interface for using said at least one repository in providing data representing hierarchically navigable display images enabling a user to determine status information of a task, sub-task and portion of a sub-task indicating status of completion of said task, sub-task and portion of said sub-task including status of task, sub-task and sub-task portion software generation and test.

8. A system according to claim 7, further comprising a resource processor for using said at least one repository in determining programmer personnel resources required for completion of a plurality of sub-tasks.

9. A system according to claim 7, wherein said hierarchically navigable display images enable a user to determine status information of a task, sub-task, and portion of a sub-task indicating status of completion of said task, sub-task and portion of said sub-task including status of task, sub-task and sub-task portion software integration.

10. A system according to claim 9, wherein at least one of said hierarchically navigable display image enables a user to assign priority of said plurality of sub-tasks.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein at least one of said hierarchically navigable display image enables a user to assign relationships between at least two of:

(a) sub-task, (b) a software defect, (c) a programmer, and (d) a group of workers.

12. A system according to claim 11, wherein at least one of said hierarchically navigable display image enables a user to assign at least one of:

(a) software requirements, (b) a sub-task, and (c) a defect, to a task and group of workers.

13. A system according to claim 12, wherein said user interface uses said at least one repository in providing data representing at least one display image indicating status of sub-task completion including an effect of delinquent sub-task completion on other uncompleted sub-tasks.

14. A method of planning and managing software development tasks, comprising:

identifying each software development task;

decomposing each software development task into at least one sub-task;

assigning relevant planning parameters to each sub-task; and

relating at least a first sub-task to at least a second sub-task by means of at least one relevant planning parameter so as to determine at least one interdependency between the first sub-task and the second sub-task.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising storing each relevant planning parameter within a relational database.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising creating a user interface to the relational database so as to permit user selection and modification of relevant planning parameters residing within the relational database.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising creating at least one display image accessible to a user via the user interface, the display image presenting a graphical relationship between at least the first sub-task and the second sub-task.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of creating a textual report summarizing interrelationships between a plurality of sub-tasks.

19. The method of claim 18 further comprising creating a display image that characterizes sub-tasks according to an effect on other sub-tasks.

20. The method of claim 19 further comprising creating a display image that visually codes sub-tasks according to a probability of completion according to a predetermined schedule.