INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20120278118A1
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Published: 11/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: iTiD Consulting Ltd. (Dentsu Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: iTiD Consulting Ltd. (Dentsu Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: ARAKI, Katsufumi, TERASHIMA, Katsuya
• Application Number:
  US13/547,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20120278118A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.17
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/101 Collaborative creation, e.g. joint development of products or services

Abstract

The object of the present invention is to decrease the effort and cost involved in managing a product development project. Provided is an information processing system comprising a specific task list acquiring section that acquires a specific task list in which at least one of a requirement that is needed for a product being developed and a component included in the product being developed is associated with each of a plurality of specific tasks; a requirement/component dependency relationship information acquiring section that acquires requirement/component dependency relationship information indicating dependency relationships of the requirements and the components indicated by the specific task list; an integrated task dependency relationship calculating section that calculates dependency relationships of the specific tasks based on the requirement/component dependency relationship information; and an integrated task dependency relationship information generating section that generates integrated task dependency relationship information indicating the dependency relationships of the specific tasks.

Claims

1. An information processing system for obtaining dependency relationships of a plurality of tasks in a product development project, the information processing system comprising:

a specific task list acquiring section that acquires a specific task list in which at least one of a requirement that is needed for a product being developed and a component included in the product being developed is associated with each of a plurality of specific tasks;

a status acquiring section that acquires a risk value for each requirement and component indicated by the specific task list;

a dependency degree acquiring section that acquires, for each requirement and component indicated by the specific task list, a degree of dependency of the requirement or component on another requirement or component;

an integrated task dependency relationship calculating section that calculates dependency relationships of the specific tasks based on the risk values acquired by the status acquiring section and the degrees of dependency acquired by the dependency degree acquiring section; and

an integrated task dependency relationship information generating section that generates integrated task dependency relationship information indicating the dependency relationships of the specific tasks.

2. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising an integrated task work order calculating section that calculates a work order of the specific tasks based on the dependency relationships of the specific tasks, wherein

the integrated task dependency relationship information generating section generates the integrated task dependency relationship information to indicate the dependency relationships of the specific tasks and the work order of the specific tasks.

3. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a general task dependency relationship information acquiring section that acquires general task dependency relationship information indicating dependency relationships of a plurality of general tasks, which are superordinate tasks of the specific tasks, wherein

the integrated task dependency relationship calculating section calculates the dependency relationships of the specific tasks further based on the general task dependency relationship information.

4. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising a specific schedule generating section that generates a schedule for the specific tasks based on the work order of the specific tasks indicated by the integrated task dependency relationship information.

5. The information processing system according to claim 4, further comprising an overlap policy acquiring section that acquires an overlap policy determining synchronization timings of work dates among the specific tasks, wherein

the specific schedule generating section generates the schedule for the specific tasks such that the work dates are synchronized among the specific tasks, based on the overlap policy.

6. The information processing system according to claim 1, further comprising an update detecting section that detects an update to at least one of the risk values of the requirements and the risk values of the components indicated by the specific task list, wherein

as a result of the update detecting section detecting the update, (i) the status acquiring section acquires an updated risk value and (ii) the integrated task dependency relationship calculating section calculates the dependency relationships of the specific tasks based on the updated risk value and the degrees of dependency acquired by the dependency degree acquiring section.

7. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

9. A computer readable medium storing thereon a program for use by an information processing system for obtaining dependency relationships of a plurality of tasks in a product development project, the program causing a computer to function as:

a specific task list acquiring section that acquires a specific task list in which at least one of a requirement that is needed for a product being developed and a component included in the product being developed is associated with each of a plurality of specific tasks;

a status acquiring section that acquires a risk value for each requirement and component indicated by the specific task list;

a dependency degree acquiring section that acquires, for each requirement and component indicated by the specific task list, a degree of dependency of the requirement or component on another requirement or component;

an integrated task dependency relationship calculating section that calculates dependency relationships of the specific tasks based on the risk values acquired by the status acquiring section and the degrees of dependency acquired by the dependency degree acquiring section; and

an integrated task dependency relationship information generating section that generates integrated task dependency relationship information indicating the dependency relationships of the specific tasks.

10. (canceled)

11. An information processing method for obtaining dependency relationships of a plurality of tasks in a product development project, the information processing method comprising:

acquiring a specific task list in which at least one of a requirement that is needed for a product being developed and a component included in the product being developed is associated with each of a plurality of specific tasks;

acquiring a risk value for each requirement and component indicated by the specific task list;

acquiring, for each requirement and component indicated by the specific task list, a degree of dependency of the requirement or component on another requirement or component;

calculating dependency relationships of the specific tasks based on the acquired risk values and the acquired degrees of dependency; and

generating integrated task dependency relationship information indicating the dependency relationships of the specific tasks.

12. (canceled)