Generating a status report from source code

• US 20040250176A1
• Filed: 06/03/2003
• Published: 12/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Brown, Christopher W., Unruh, Shane B., Grubb, Paul D.
• Application Number:
  US10/454,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20040250176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Methods and Systems for generating a status report from source code is described. Data that describes the status of one or more tasks associated with a source code file is received. The data is maintained as a part of the source code file. A status report is generated based on the data.

Claims

1. A method of generating a status report from source code, the method comprising:

receiving data that describes status of one or more tasks associated with a source code file, wherein the data is maintained as a part of the source code file; and

generating the status report based on the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the source code file is a first source code file and the data is first data, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving second data that describes status of one or more tasks associated with a second source code file, wherein the second data is maintained as a part of the second source code file; and

generating the status report based on the first data and the second data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a format of the data conforms to an industry-standard.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more tasks represent one or more partitions of work to be performed on the source code file, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the data that describes the status of the one or more partitions of work.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving the data further comprises:

receiving data that describes updates to the status of the one or more tasks.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining work to be performed on the source code file within a given time period; and

partitioning the work into the one or more tasks.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the data is maintained as a part of comments associated with the source code file.

8. A computer system comprising:

a memory unit; and

a processor coupled to the memory unit, the processor for executing a method for generating a status report from source code, the method comprising;

receiving data that describes the status of one or more tasks associated with a source code file, wherein the data is maintained as a part of the source code file; and

generating the status report based on the data.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the source code file is a first source code file and the data is first data, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving second data that describes status of one or more tasks associated with a second source code file, wherein the second data is maintained as a part of the second source code file; and

generating the status report based on the first data and the second data.

10. The computer system of claim 8, wherein a format of the data conforms to an industry-standard.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the one or more tasks represent one or more partitions of work to be performed on the source code file, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the data that describes the status of the one or more partitions of work.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the step of receiving the data further comprises:

receiving data that describes updates to the status of the one or more tasks.

13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

determining work to be performed on the source code file within a given time period; and

partitioning the work into the one or more tasks.

14. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the data is maintained as a part of comments associated with the source code file.

15. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to perform a method of generating a status report from source code, the method comprising:

receiving data that describes status of one or more tasks associated with a source code file, wherein the data is maintained as a part of the source code file; and

generating the status report based on the data.

16. The computer-usable medium of claim 15, wherein the source code file is a first source code file and the data is first data, and wherein the computer-readable program code embodied therein causes a computer system to perform the method, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving second data that describes status of one or more tasks associated with a second source code file, wherein the second data is maintained as a part of the second source code file; and

generating the status report based on the first data and the second data.

17. The computer-usable medium of claim 15, wherein a format of the data conforms to an industry-standard.

18. The computer-usable medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more tasks represent one or more partitions of work to be performed on the source code file, wherein the computer-readable program code embodied therein causes a computer system to perform the method, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the data that describes the status of the one or more partitions of work.

19. The computer-usable medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code embodied therein causes a computer system to perform the method, and wherein the step of receiving the data further comprises:

receiving data that describes updates to the status of the one or more tasks.

20. The computer-usable medium of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code embodied therein causes a computer system to perform the method, and wherein the method further comprises:

determining work to be performed on the source code file within a given time period; and

partitioning the work into the one or more tasks.

21. The computer-usable medium of claim 15, wherein the data is maintained as a part of comments associated with the source code file.