System and method for managing activities in project management

• US 8,666,934 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Issued: 03/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Cui, Jie, Su, Hui, Zhang, Qiang, Zhao, Chen, Moody, Paul Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, CAM LINH T
• Application Number:
  US11/848,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20080059516A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,377 Days
• Field of Search: 707/999.103, 707/E17.048, 707/751, 707/603, 707/791, 707/804
• US Class Current: 707/603
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A system, a method and a computer program product for managing activities in project management. The system includes an activity sensor for collecting activity data from user inputs and event logs; a model builder for creating a project model by integrating said activity data with project tasks; and a central repository for storing the project model created by said model builder. The method includes steps for collecting activity data from user inputs and event logs; creating a project model by integrating said activity data with project tasks; and storing the created project model. Accordingly, the project manager can track various activities that occurred during the project and team members can share information and knowledge.

Claims

1. A system for managing activities in project management, comprising:

at least one processor device;

an activity sensor for collecting project activity data from user inputs and project task change event logs wherein activity data from user inputs comprises posting activity and deletions and activity data from project task change event logs comprises user input of operations on project tasks;

a project model builder for creating a project model by integrating said activity data with project tasks; and

a central repository for storing the created project model created by said model builder.

2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an activity filter and categorizer for categorizing the activity data collected by said activity sensor to create an activity object; and

an activity database for storing the activity object created by said activity filter and categorizer to provide it to said model builder.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2, further comprising:

an activity monitor for tracking said activity sensor, and for, based on an activity, causing said activity filter and categorizer to categorize the activity data and create an activity object, or modifying or deleting a created activity object.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a graphical user interface engine for providing a user with graphical interface representation of a created project model involving various activities by querying the project model in said central repository.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said activity sensor comprises:

a user input interface for user input of various project activities; and

an event log engine for capturing various project task change activities.

6. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said model builder further can update said created project model in accordance with the activity data obtained from said activity sensor.

7. A method for managing activities in project management, comprising the steps of:

collecting project activity data from user inputs and project task change event logs wherein activity data from user inputs comprises posting activity and deletions and activity data from project task change event logs comprises user input of operations on project tasks;

creating a project model by integrating said activity data with project tasks; and

storing the created project model.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

categorizing the collected activity data to create an activity object; and

storing the created activity object to provide it to the step of creating a project model.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

updating said created project model in accordance with said obtained activity data.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

monitoring said step of collecting activity data to perform said step of categorizing the collected activity data to create an activity object or to perform the step of modifying or deleting a created activity object.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising:

providing a user with graphical interface representation of a created project model involving various activities by querying said project model.

12. A computer program product comprising computer program stored in a non-transitory computer executable medium configured to implement method steps for managing activities in project management, comprising the steps of:

collecting project activity data from user inputs and project task change event logs wherein activity data from user inputs comprises posting activity and deletions and activity data from project task change event logs comprises user input of operations on project tasks;

creating a project model by integrating said activity data with project tasks; and

storing the created project model.