Method and system for estimating project plans for packaged software applications

US8006223B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Paul R. Boulineau · Houston, US
• John D. Cann · New York, US
• Rajat Dugar · Jersey City, US
• Jed Kreamer · Santa Monica, US
• Juhnyoung Lee · Yorktown Heights, US
• Rakesh Mohan · Somers, US
• Andrew Raymond · Lebanon, US
• Thomas D. Rosinski · Frisco, US
• Vikas J. Shivpuriya · Elmsford, US
• Gerhard Sigl · Hudson, US
• Annette Simonato · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 23, 2011
• Expiry date: May 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0201
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for estimating and generating project plans for implementing packaged software applications, the system includes: a view layer configured to act as a user interface for user inputs and system outputs; a model and control layer configured to implement rules based on a series of estimation and implementation models, and to perform calculations of project plan details and project plan schedules; an estimation knowledge base layer configured to hold and derive the series of estimation and implementation models; and wherein the system for estimating and generating multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications is carried out over networks comprising: the Internet, intranets, local area networks (LAN), and wireless local area networks (WLAN).