SHOWING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TASKS IN A GANTT CHART

• US 20140325423A1
• Filed: 04/30/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: MOHAMMAD, Imran, VAN DEN BROEK, Hendrik, BOOTS, Margery L., WONG, Raymond
• Granted Patent: US 9,336,502 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/772
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0633 Workflow analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/1093 Calendar-based scheduling for persons or groups

Abstract

A system for showing a dependency relationship between a first task and a second task in a Gantt chart. The system displays the first task. The system also displays at least one selector. The at least one selector is associated with the first task. Tasks dependent upon the first task are accessible via the at least one selector. The second task is dependent upon the first task. The system also receives a selection of the second task via the at least one selector. The system also displays the second task.

Claims

1. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to show a dependency relationship between a first task and a second task in a Gantt chart, the showing comprising:

displaying the first task;

displaying at least one selector, wherein the at least one selector is associated with the first task, and tasks dependent upon the first task are accessible via the at least one selector, and the second task is dependent upon the first task;

receiving a selection of the second task via the at least one selector; and

displaying the second task.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the at least one selector neighbors the first task.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein displaying the first task and displaying the second task does not include rendering any dependency lines.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein displaying at least one selector comprises displaying a predecessor selector and a successor selector, tasks that depend on a starting time of the first task are accessible via the predecessor selector, and tasks that depend on an ending time of the first task are accessible via the successor selector.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 4, wherein the predecessor selector is prepended to the first task, and the successor selector is appended to the first task.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein displaying the second task comprises automatically navigating to the second task upon receiving the selection of the second task.

7. A method for showing a dependency relationship between a first task and a second task in a Gantt chart, the method comprising:

displaying the first task;

displaying at least one selector, wherein the at least one selector is associated with the first task, and tasks dependent upon the first task are accessible via the at least one selector, and the second task is dependent upon the first task;

receiving a selection of the second task via the at least one selector; and

displaying the second task.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one selector neighbors the first task.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the first task and displaying the second task does not include rendering any dependency lines.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying at least one selector comprises displaying a predecessor selector and a successor selector, tasks that depend on a starting time of the first task are accessible via the predecessor selector, and tasks that depend on an ending time of the first task are accessible via the successor selector.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the predecessor selector is prepended to the first task, and the successor selector is appended to the first task.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein displaying the second task comprises automatically navigating to the second task upon receiving the selection of the second task.

13. A system for showing a dependency relationship between a first task and a second task in a Gantt chart, the system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a first displaying module that displays the first task;

a second displaying module that displays at least one selector, wherein the at least one selector is associated with the first task, and tasks dependent upon the first task are accessible via the at least one selector, and the second task is dependent upon the first task;

a receiving module that receives a selection of the second task via the at least one selector; and

a third displaying module that displays the second task.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one selector neighbors the first task.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein displaying the first task and displaying the second task does not include rendering any dependency lines.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein displaying at least one selector comprises displaying a predecessor selector and a successor selector, tasks that depend on a starting time of the first task are accessible via the predecessor selector, and tasks that depend on an ending time of the first task are accessible via the successor selector.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the predecessor selector is prepended to the first task, and the successor selector is appended to the first task.

18. The system of claim 13, wherein displaying the second task comprises automatically navigating to the second task upon receiving the selection of the second task.