Interface for Project and Task Submission for Automated Delegation

• US 20100174578A1
• Filed: 01/07/2009
• Published: 07/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: McGlynn, Evangeline A., Kuratomi, Toshio Ernie, MacKen, Luke J., Palmieri, John, Duffy, Maureen Emily
• Granted Patent: US 8,805,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/9
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The automated task delegation and project management system tracks user profiles and project profiles, which include information about the interests and skills each user in the system possesses as well as the skills that are required by each project in the system and the characteristics of each project. This information can then be utilized to correlate user interests and skills with the available projects. Project data can be collected from the submitter to enable the automated matching. The user interface facilitates the collection and storage of the project profile data including tasks, files, resources, and tags.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

generating an interface to collect data and import a project by a user interface module;

receiving a designation of a plurality of skills and interests for the project through the user interface module; and

matching project with a user based on the plurality of skills by a task assignment module.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting a set of tasks associated with the project.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting a set of resources associated with the project.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting a set of project files.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, further comprising:

uploading the set of project files; and

storing the set of project files in a persistent storage.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

placing the project into a pool of projects to await automated delegation.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting a project status overview to a project owner.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the project status overview includes a participant list.

9. A computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a set of operations comprising:

generating an interface to collect data and import a project, by a user interface module;

receiving a designation of a plurality of skills and interests for the project through the user interface module; and

matching project with a user based on the plurality of skills by a task assignment module.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, having further instructions thereon, which when executed cause the computer system to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

collecting a set of tasks associated with the project.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, having further instructions thereon, which when executed cause the computer system to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

collecting a set of resources associated with the project.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, having further instructions thereon, which when executed cause the computer system to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

collecting a set of project files.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, having further instructions thereon, which when executed cause the computer system to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

uploading the set of project files; and

storing the set of project files in a persistent storage.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, having further instructions thereon, which when executed cause the computer system to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

placing the project into a pool of projects to await automated delegation.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, having further instructions thereon, which when executed cause the computer system to perform a set of operations, further comprising:

presenting a project status overview to a project owner.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the project status overview includes a participant list.