Project organization and optimization tool and method of use thereof

US5890131A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SkyMark Corporation · US

Inventors

• Justin Ebert · Boulder, US
• Scott H. Collins · Boulder, US
• John P. Arnold · Gainesville, US
• Stephen L. David · Pittsburgh, US
• Susan D. Dwyer · Lexington, US
• Michael D. Mills · Plymouth, US
• Patricia Shanahan · San Diego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 1996
• Grant date: Mar 30, 1999
• Expiry date: Apr 19, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/1093
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides a project optimization software tool in which a single window in a graphical user interface serves as a tool for planning future actions, reviewing past actions, organizing meetings and launching executable software tools. A project pathway window supports: 1) the listing and viewing of sequences of pathway steps, which, if accomplished, lead towards a defined project goal, 2) the ability to link software tools to those pathway steps, and launch the software tools for execution, 3) the creation of meeting agendas, each of which may encompass several pathway steps, without demoting the included pathway steps, and 4) the marking of the status of pathway steps.