AN APPLICATION SERVER AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING PROJECT SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION DATA

• US 20150324190A1
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Louvin Group Pty Ltd.
• Original Assignee: The Louvin Group Pty Ltd.
• Inventors: LEDBROOK, Louise
• Granted Patent: US 9,703,548 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/22 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3329 Natural language query formulation or dialogue systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0631 Resource planning, allocation, distributing or scheduling for enterprises or organisations

Abstract

An application server for generating project specific configuration data, the application server having a processor, a memory device coupled to the processor for storing digital data and an interface coupled to the processor for sending and receiving data across a data network. The processor is adapted to receive and store project template data, receive and store question configuration data representing at least one question and at least one associated candidate answer and receive and store rule data representing a rule relating the project template data and the question configuration data. The processor being further adapted to send question data from the question configuration data and receive, answer data in response to the question data and generate project specific configuration data from the project template data based on the answer data and rule data.

Claims

1. An application server for generating project specific configuration data, the application server comprising:

a processor for processing digital data;

a memory device for storing digital data including computer program code, the memory device being coupled to the processor;

a data interface for sending and receiving data across a data network, the data interface being coupled to the processor,

a database connection for storing and retrieving digital data including project template data representing at least one project template, wherein the processor is controlled by the computer program code to;

receive, via the data interface, the project template data;

store, using the database connection, the project template data;

receive, via the data interface, question configuration data representing at least one question and at least one associated candidate answer;

store, using the database connection, the question configuration data;

receive, via the data interface, rule data representing a rule relating the project template data and the question configuration data;

store, using the database connection, the rule data;

send, via the data interface, question data from the question configuration data;

receive, via the data interface, answer data in response to the question data; and

generate project specific configuration data from the project template data in accordance with the answer data and the rule data.

2. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the project template data comprises project category data representing at least one project category and wherein the processor is further controlled by the computer program code to store, in the database, the project template data in relation to the project category data.

3. An application server as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one project category comprises at least one of module, parent project type, project type and sub type categories.

4. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the project template data comprises project task template data representing at least one project task template and wherein, in generating the project specific configuration data, the processor is further controlled by the computer program code to generate project task data representing at least one project task in accordance with the project task template data.

5. An application server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the project task template data comprises deadline data representing at least one deadline for the completion of the at least one project task.

6. An application server as claimed in claim 4, wherein the project task template data comprises role data representing at least one role responsible for the completion of the at least one project tasks.

7. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the project template data comprises risk template data representing at least one risk template.

8. An application server as claimed in claim 7, wherein the risk template data comprises responsible role data representing a role responsible for managing a risk.

9. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the project template data comprises role template data representing at least one role, and wherein, in generating the project task data, the processor is further controlled by the computer program code to generate responsibility data representing at least one responsibility for the at least one role in accordance with the role template data and the project task template data.

10. An application server as claimed in claim 9, wherein the project template data comprises responsibility type data representing at least one responsibility type and wherein, in generating the responsibility data, the processor is further controlled by the computer program code to assign a type to the at least one responsibility.

11. An application server as claimed in claim 10, wherein the at least one responsibility type comprises at least one of responsible, accountable, consulted and informed types.

12. An application server as claimed in claim 11, wherein the responsibility type data is a matrix.

13. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the project template data comprises filesystem directory structure data representing a directory structure and wherein the processor is further controlled by the computer program code to structure a directory in accordance with the filesystem directory structure data.

14. An application server as claimed in claim 13, wherein the filesystem directory structure data comprises template data representing a template for inclusion in a specified directory and wherein the processor, in generating the project specific configuration data, is further controlled by the computer program code to store, in the specified directory the template data.

15. An application server as claimed in claim 14, wherein the template data comprises file data.

16. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the project template data comprises reminder template data representing at least one reminder and wherein the processor, in generating the project specific configuration data, is further controlled by the computer program code to generate reminder data representing at least one reminder in accordance with the reminder template data.

17. An application server as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processor is further controlled by the computer program code to associate at least one rule with the at least one associated candidate answer.

18. A computer readable storage medium for generating project specific configuration data, the computer readable storage medium comprising computer code instructions executable by a computer and comprising instructions for:

receiving, via a data interface, the project template data;

storing, using a database connection, the project template data;

receiving, via the data interface, question configuration data representing at least one question and at least one associated candidate answer;

storing, using the database connection, the question configuration data;

receiving, via the data interface, rule data representing a rule relating the project template data and the question configuration data;

storing, using the database connection, the rule data;

sending, via the data interface, question data from the question configuration data;

receiving, via the data interface, answer data in response to the question data; and

generating project specific configuration data from the project template data in accordance with the answer data and the rule data.

19. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein the project template data comprises project category data representing at least one project category and further comprising instructions for storing, in the database, the project template data in relation to the project category data.

20. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 19, wherein the at least one project category comprises at least one of module, parent project type, project type and sub type categories.

21. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein the project template data comprises project task template data representing at least one project task template and further comprising instructions for generating project task data representing at least one project task in accordance with the project task template data.

22. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the project task template data comprises deadline data representing at least one deadline for the completion of the at least one project task.

23. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the project task template data comprises role data representing at least one role responsible for the completion of the at least one project tasks.

24. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein the project template data comprises risk template data representing at least one risk template.

25. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 24, wherein the risk template data comprises responsible role data representing a role responsible for managing a risk.

26. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein the project template data comprises role template data representing at least one role, and further comprising instructions for generating responsibility data representing at least one responsibility for the at least one role in accordance with the role template data and the project task template data.

27. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 26, wherein the project template data comprises responsibility type data representing at least one responsibility type and further comprising instructions for assigning a type to the at least one responsibility.

28. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 27, wherein the at least one responsibility type comprises at least one of responsible, accountable, consulted and informed types.

29. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 28, wherein the responsibility type data is a matrix.

30. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein the project template data comprises filesystem directory structure data representing a directory structure and further comprising instructions for structuring a directory in accordance with the filesystem directory structure data.

31. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 30, wherein the filesystem directory structure data comprises template data representing a template for inclusion in a specified directory and further comprising instructions for storing, in the specified directory the template data.

32. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 31, wherein the template data comprises file data.

33. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, wherein the project template data comprises reminder template data representing at least one reminder and further comprising instructions for generating reminded data representing at least one reminder in accordance with the reminder template data.

34. A computer readable storage medium as claimed in claim 18, further comprising instructions for associating at least one rule with the at least one associated candidate answer.