Task management
First Claim
1. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps ofrepresenting a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity,displaying each said geometric object on a display device, andgraphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display.
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Abstract
The management of a set of tasks is aided graphically by a technique in which a quantity associated with each task is represented by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of the quantity, each geometric object is displayed on a display device, and information about dependencies in the performance of the tasks are indicated graphically on the display.
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36 Claims
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1. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity, displaying each said geometric object on a display device, and graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display.
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2. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity, displaying each said geometric object on a display device, and graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display, including indicating spatial independence between said tasks performed at spatially distinct locations.
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3. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity, displaying each said geometric object on a display device, graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display, associating a set of said objects representing related tasks at a first level of said project together on said display device, and generating an object at a higher level to represent a combination of said set of objects at said first level such that the configuration of said higher level object as displayed is indicative of the total resources required to perform the tasks represented by the objects at the first level.
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6. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity, displaying each said geometric object on a display device, graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display, and arranging objects on said display to graphically indicate the spatial independence of sets of tasks.
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10. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity, displaying each said geometric object on a display device, graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display, and providing a user interface to permit the user to alter the size, shape, and location of each said object on said display.
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30. A method to aid graphically the management of a construction project which includes a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing each task by a quantified bar whose area is indicative of a quantity of resources required for said task, displaying each said quantified bar on a display device, and graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display either by the positions of said objects or lines interconnecting the objects.
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31. A method to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising the steps of
representing a quantity associated with each task by a geometric object of two dimensions and more than four sides and whose geometric area or volume is indicative of said quantity, displaying each said geometric object on a display device, and graphically indicating information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks on said display.
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32. Apparatus to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising
object generator means for generating for each task a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of a quantity associated with said task, a display device for displaying each said geometric object, and dependency generator means for indicating graphically on said display information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks.
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33. Apparatus to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising
object generator means for generating for each task a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of a quantity associated with said task, a display device for displaying each said geometric object, and dependency generator means for indicating graphically on said display information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks including indicating spatial independence between said tasks performed at spatially distinct locations.
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34. Apparatus to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising
object generator means for generating for each task a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of a quantity associated with said task, a display device for displaying each said geometric object, dependency generator means for indicating graphically on said display information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks, association means for associating a set of said objects representing related tasks at a first level of said project together on said display device, and hierarchy means for generating an object at a higher level to represent a combination of said set of objects at said first level such that the configuration of said higher level object as displayed is indicative of the total resources required to perform the tasks represented by the objects at the first level.
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35. Apparatus to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising
object generator means for generating for each task a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of a quantity associated with said task, a display device for displaying each said geometric object, and dependency generator means for indicating graphically on said display information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks, and for arranging objects on said display to graphically indicate the spatial independence of sets of tasks.
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36. Apparatus to aid graphically the management of a set of tasks, comprising
object generator means for generating for each task a geometric object of at least two dimensions whose geometric area or volume is indicative of a quantity associated with said task, a display device for displaying each said geometric object, dependency generator means for indicating graphically on said display information about dependencies in the performance of said tasks, and a user interface to permit the user to alter the size, shape, and location of each said object on said display.
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