PROJECT MANAGEMENT VIA COLLABORATIVE CALENDARING

• US 20100332278A1
• Filed: 06/25/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Stern, Edith H., Willner, Barry E., O'Sullivan, Patrick J., Weir, Robert C.
• Application Number:
  US12/491,490
• Publication Number:
  US 20100332278A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.18
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/109 Time management, e.g. calendars, reminders, meetings or time accounting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

An apparatus and method for collaborative calendaring of event management that includes receiving data of a desired calendar event, receiving data of a desired objective related to the desired calendar event, and providing an indication of at least one other calendar event responsive to receiving the indication of the desired objective. The indication of the at least one other calendar event may be provided based on a template associated with the desired objective. The template may define best practices events related to the objective.

Claims

1. A method operable on a server for collaborative calendaring of event management comprising:

receiving, by the server, data of a desired calendar event;

receiving, by the server, data of a desired objective related to the desired calendar event; and

providing, by the server, an indication of at least one other calendar event responsive to receiving the data of the desired objective.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising calendaring, by the server, the desired calendar event and the at least one other calendar event.

3. The method according to claim 2, further comprising automatically modifying, by the server, at least one of the at least one other calendar events responsive to at least one of a dependency, a delay, a calendar of a person, a calendared event occurring on a holiday, a calendared event occurring on a Saturday or Sunday, an unmovable deadline, a milestone occurring, and a milestone being missed.

4. The method according to claim 2, further comprising initiating, by the server, at least one action in accordance with the at least one other calendar event.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the at least one action comprises at least one of calendaring a new event, sending a notification of a meeting to at least one person, sending a reminder to at least one person regarding at least one of the calendared events, defining and calendaring a checkpoint regarding at least one of the calendared events, identifying a dependency, rescheduling an event based on a status of a dependency, and defining and calendaring a project review.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the indication of the at least one other calendar event is provided based on a template associated with the desired objective.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the template defines best practices events related to the objective.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising receiving, by the server, additional data required by the template.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the desired objective comprises a desired project management objective.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising identifying, by the server, at least one person related to at least one of the calendared events based on the received data.

11. A computing device comprising:

a network interface, the network interface being configured to receive data of a desired calendar event and data of a desired objective related to the desired calendar event;

a storage device, the storage device containing at least one template associated with an objective; and

a processor, the processor entering the received data of the desired calendar event, processing the received data of the desired objective, and providing an indication of at least one other calendar event responsive to processing the data of the desired objective.

12. The computing device according to claim 11, further comprising the processor calendaring the desired calendar event and the at least one other calendar event.

13. The computing device according to claim 12, further comprising the processor automatically modifying at least one of the at least one other calendar events responsive to at least one of a dependency, a delay, a calendar of a person, a calendared event occurring on a holiday, a calendared event occurring on a Saturday or Sunday, an unmovable deadline, a milestone occurring, and a milestone being missed.

14. The computing device according to claim 12, further comprising the processor initiating at least one action in accordance with the at least one other calendar event.

15. The computing device according to claim 14, wherein the at least one action comprises at least one of calendaring a new event, initiating a meeting with at least one person, sending a reminder to at least one person regarding at least one of the calendared events, defining and calendaring a checkpoint regarding at least one of the calendared events, identifying a dependency, rescheduling an event based on a status of a dependency, and defining and calendaring a project review.

16. The computing device according to claim 11, wherein the indication of the at least one other calendar event is provided based on a template associated with the desired objective.

17. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium, the computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable storage medium comprising:

computer readable program code configured to receive data of a desired calendar event;

computer readable program code configured to receive data of a desired objective related to the desired calendar event; and

computer readable program code configured to provide an indication of at least one other calendar event responsive to receiving the indication of the desired objective.

18. The computer program product according to claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code configured to calendar the desired calendar event and the at least one other calendar event responsive to one of receiving authorization to calendar the desired calendar event and the at least one other calendar event and automatically.

19. The computer program product according to claim 18, further comprising computer readable program code configured to automatically modify at least one of the at least one other calendar events responsive to at least one of a dependency, a delay, a calendar of a person, a calendared event occurring on a holiday, a calendared event occurring on a Saturday or Sunday, an unmovable deadline, a milestone occurring, and a milestone being missed.

20. The computer program product according to claim 18, further comprising computer readable program code configured to initiate at least one action in accordance with the at least one other calendar event.