INTEGRATED ACTIVITY LOGGING AND INCIDENT REPORTING

• US 20080126162A1
• Filed: 11/28/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Angus, Keith W., Read-Bone, Jonathan J., Hicks, Scott D., Prince, Jeffrey E., Martin, James A.
• Application Number:
  US11/563,816
• Publication Number:
  US 20080126162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

A solution for improving the logging, tracking, and/or reporting of activities and incidents of a project, and more particularly, to an integrated activity logging and incident reporting system is provided. A method may include: providing an on-line electronic database, wherein the database includes a plurality of activities related to the project and at least one incident, wherein the at least one incident is related to at least one activity; providing an activity log from the database; and providing an incident report from the database, wherein the incident report is integrated to the activity log, and wherein access to at least one of the activity log and the incident report is selectable. In an embodiment, the on-line electronic database communicates with an enterprise migration manager (EMM) database for an information technology (IT) transformation project.

Claims

1. A method of managing a project, wherein the project includes a plurality of activities, a schedule, and a plurality of team members, the method comprising:

providing an on-line electronic database, wherein the database includes a plurality of activities related to the project and at least one incident, wherein the at least one incident is related to at least one activity;

providing an activity log from the database; and

providing an incident report from the database, wherein the incident report is integrated to the activity log, and wherein access to at least one of the activity log and the incident report is selectable.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a communication link between the database and an enterprise migration manager (EMM) database.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing full text search capability for at least one of the activity log and the incident report.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying at least one of the activity log and the incident report on a graphical user interface (GUI).

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the project is an information technology (IT) migration project.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the access includes a hierarchy of access levels configured to each of the plurality of team members.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the incident is an activity not being completed as originally scheduled.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the activity log includes an indicia of the incident.

9. A system for managing a project, wherein the project includes a plurality of activities, a schedule, and a plurality of team members, the system comprising:

an on-line electronic database, wherein the database includes a plurality of activities related to the project and at least one incident, wherein the at least one incident is related to at least one activity;

an activity log system for generating an activity log; and

an incident reporting system for generating an incident report, wherein the incident reporting is integrated to the activity log, and wherein access to at least one of the activity log and the incident report is selectable.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising a communication link between the database and an enterprise migration manager (EMM) database.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a full text search system for at least one of the activity log and the incident report.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

a system for displaying at least one of the activity log and the incident report on a graphical user interface (GUI).

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the project is an information technology (IT) migration project.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the access includes a hierarchy of access levels configured to each of the plurality of team members.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the incident is an activity not being completed as originally scheduled.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the activity log provides an indicia of the incident.

17. A computer program stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer system to manage a project, wherein the project includes a plurality of activities, a schedule, and a plurality of team members, the computer program comprising program code for enabling the computer system to:

provide an on-line electronic database, wherein the database includes a plurality of activities related to the project and at least one incident, wherein the at least one incident is related to at least one activity;

provide an activity log from the database; and

provide an incident report from the database, wherein the incident report is integrated to the activity log, and wherein access to at least one of the activity log and the incident report is selectable.

18. The computer program of claim 17, further comprising program code for enabling the computer system to:

provide a communication link between the database and an enterprise migration manager (EMM) datbase.

19. The computer program of claim 17, further comprising program code for enabling the computer system to:

display at least one of the activity log and the incident report on a graphical user interface (GUI).

20. A method for deploying a system for managing a project, wherein the project includes a plurality of activities, a schedule, and a plurality of team members, the method comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure being operable to;

provide an on-line electronic database, wherein the database includes a plurality of activities related to the project and at least one incident, wherein the at least one incident is related to at least one activity;

provide an activity log from the database; and

provide an incident report from the database, wherein the incident report is integrated to the activity log, and wherein access to at least one of the activity log and the incident report is selectable.