Information processing apparatus for project management and its computer software
First Claim
1. An information processing method for project management comprising steps of:
- storing data regarding names of a plurality of tasks which constitute a project and an order relationship between the tasks in the project;
storing detail information including an associated document of one or more of the individual tasks in the project;
displaying in a first display area a table of the plurality of tasks which constitute the project;
receiving a user input selection of a target one of the tasks from the first display area;
displaying a second display area corresponding to the selected target task and an icon within the second display area, wherein the icon corresponds to a document associated with the selected target task in the project;
performing document work according to a user input instruction, for the document corresponding to the icon displayed in the second display area;
identifying a succeeding task in the project, based on the order relationship between the tasks in the project;
displaying a third display area; and
in response to a user input, moving the icon corresponding to the document associated with the selected target task from the second display area to the third display area, and registering the document corresponding to said icon as an associated document of the succeeding task.
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Abstract
The information processing apparatus for project management comprises: a function of displaying on a screen a task area 12 where a symbol 123 representing a document relating to a task constituting a project is displayed; and a function of performing document work according to an operation instruction for the symbol 125 representing the document displayed in the task area 12. The task area 12 has a work area 121 which displays a symbol 123 representing the document, and an output area 122. When a symbol 126 representing a document is moved within the output area 122, the output area 122 displays a symbol representing the document in a task area of another associated task constituting the project.
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21 Claims
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1. An information processing method for project management comprising steps of:
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storing data regarding names of a plurality of tasks which constitute a project and an order relationship between the tasks in the project; storing detail information including an associated document of one or more of the individual tasks in the project; displaying in a first display area a table of the plurality of tasks which constitute the project; receiving a user input selection of a target one of the tasks from the first display area; displaying a second display area corresponding to the selected target task and an icon within the second display area, wherein the icon corresponds to a document associated with the selected target task in the project; performing document work according to a user input instruction, for the document corresponding to the icon displayed in the second display area; identifying a succeeding task in the project, based on the order relationship between the tasks in the project; displaying a third display area; and in response to a user input, moving the icon corresponding to the document associated with the selected target task from the second display area to the third display area, and registering the document corresponding to said icon as an associated document of the succeeding task. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A project information processing apparatus for managing project information including a plurality of tasks, comprising:
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a display device for displaying a character and a graphic to a user; an input device for accepting an input operation from the user; and a data processor for managing and processing data regarding a project, said data processor comprising; a first memory storing data regarding names of the plurality of tasks and an order relationship between the tasks which constitute said project; a first means for performing input and output management of data for said first memory; a second memory storing detail information including data of an associated document of one or more individual tasks in said project; a second means for performing input and output management of data for said second memory; and a third means responsive to a user operation input from said input device, for performing creation and updating of data and display of the data on said display device, using said first means and said second means, said third means having; a function of displaying on a screen of said display device a first display area for displaying a table of the plurality of tasks constituting said project; a function of specifying a target task on said table by the user using said input device; a function of displaying second and third display areas corresponding to the target task on the screen of said display device; a function of displaying on said second display area, an icon corresponding to an associated document of said target task; a function of performing a user'"'"'s specifying operation through said input device to initiate software required to edit the document corresponding to said icon; a function of acquiring a succeeding task of said target task, based on the data regarding the order relationship between the tasks, which is managed by said first means; and a function of performing an operation of moving said document icon from said second display area to said third display area through user'"'"'s operation of said input device to update the associated document data of the task managed by said second means and register said document corresponding to said icon as an associated document of the succeeding task.
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21. A product comprising a recording medium and software carried by the recording medium, wherein execution of the software by an information processing apparatus causes the information processing apparatus to perform a number of steps in relation to management of a project comprising a plurality of project tasks, the steps performed by the information processing apparatus comprising:
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storing data regarding names of a plurality of tasks which constitute a project and an order relationship between the tasks in the project; storing detail information including an associated document of one or more of the individual tasks in the project; displaying in a first display area a table of the plurality of tasks which constitute the project; receiving a user input selection of a target one of the tasks from the first display area; displaying a second display area corresponding to the selected target task and an icon within the second display area, wherein the icon corresponds to a document associated with the selected target task in the project; performing document work according to a user input instruction, for the document corresponding to the icon displayed in the second display area; identifying a succeeding task in the project, based on the order relationship between the tasks in the project; displaying a third display area; and
in response to a user input, moving the icon corresponding to the document associated with the selected target task from the second display area to the third display area, and registering the document corresponding to said icon as an associated document of the succeeding task.
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