Project Management

• US 20110145913A1
• Filed: 12/15/2009
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Battle, James, Dantam, Krishnamohan
• Application Number:
  US12/638,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145913A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/19
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/103 Workflow collaboration or project management

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer program products for project management. A method embodiment for project management includes accepting a designation of disparate enterprise data from disparate sources in an enterprise system as plan data for a project. The disparate enterprise data is governed by business rules in the enterprise system. The method also includes dynamically aggregating the plan data from the disparate data sources; presenting the aggregated plan data in a project management interface; accepting a manipulation of a portion of the aggregated plan data; enforcing business rules on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface; and committing the manipulated aggregated plan data back to the datasources.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for project management, the method comprising:

accepting a designation of disparate enterprise data from disparate sources in an enterprise system as plan data for a project, wherein the plan data is governed by a business rule in the enterprise system;

dynamically aggregating the plan data from the disparate data sources;

presenting the aggregated plan data in a project management interface;

accepting a manipulation of a portion of the aggregated plan data; and

enforcing the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein enforcing the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises dynamically applying the business rule to the manipulated aggregated plan data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating new plan data and adding the new plan data to the aggregated plan data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein enforcing the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises allowing the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data only if the manipulation is in accordance with the business rule.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein allowing the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data comprises allowing the manipulation in the project management interface.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein allowing the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data comprises committing the manipulated aggregated plan data to the data source.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein enforcing the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises graphically representing the business rule governing the aggregated plan data in the project management interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein presenting the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises presenting a subset of the aggregated plan data according to authorization credentials enabling access to the subset of the aggregated plan data.

9. A computer program product for project management, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to accept a designation of disparate enterprise data from disparate sources in an enterprise system as plan data for a project, wherein the plan data is governed by a business rule in the enterprise system;

computer readable program code configured to dynamically aggregate the plan data from the disparate data sources;

computer readable program code configured to present the aggregated plan data in a project management interface;

computer readable program code configured to accept a manipulation of a portion of the aggregated plan data; and

computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to dynamically apply the business rule to the manipulated aggregated plan data.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 further comprising creating new plan data and adding the new plan data to the aggregated plan data.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data only if the manipulation is in accordance with the business rule.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data comprises computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation in the project management interface.

14. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data comprises computer readable program code configured to commit the manipulated aggregated plan data to the data source.

15. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to graphically represent the business rule governing the aggregated plan data in the project management interface.

16. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein computer readable program code configured to present the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to present a subset of the aggregated plan data according to authorization credentials enabling access to the subset of the aggregated plan data.

17. A system for project management, the system comprising:

a processor; and

a computer memory operatively coupled to the processor, the computer memory having disposed within it;

computer readable program code configured to accept a designation of disparate enterprise data from disparate sources in an enterprise system as plan data for a project, wherein the plan data is governed by a business rule in the enterprise system;

computer readable program code configured to dynamically aggregate the plan data from the disparate data sources;

computer readable program code configured to present the aggregated plan data in a project management interface;

computer readable program code configured to accept a manipulation of a portion of the aggregated plan data; and

computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to dynamically apply the business rule to the manipulated aggregated plan data.

19. The system of claim 17, further comprising creating new plan data and adding the new plan data to the aggregated plan data.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data only if the manipulation is in accordance with the business rule.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data comprises computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation in the project management interface.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein the computer readable program code configured to allow the manipulation of the portion of the aggregated plan data comprises computer readable program code configured to commit the manipulated aggregated plan data to the data source.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer readable program code configured to enforce the business rule on the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to graphically represent the business rule governing the aggregated plan data in the project management interface.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the computer readable program code configured to present the aggregated plan data in the project management interface comprises computer readable program code configured to present a subset of the aggregated plan data according to authorization credentials enabling access to the subset of the aggregated plan data.