Work item rules for a work item tracking system

US8554599B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

• Amit Dilip Ghosh · Woodinville, US
• Mareen A. Philip · Bellevue, US
• Tomas Talius · Sammamish, US
• Alastair I. Bell · Dundee, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 25, 2005
• Grant date: Oct 8, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 16, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06316
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Work item rules for a work item tracking system are provided. Work item rules may be accessible, usable and subject to interpretation by multiple software entities. Further, work item rules may be configured to be subject to creation and change by users, for example, by exposure to users through a user interface. A work item rule may specify an identifier by which the abstraction can be identified and/or a name, and may specify, or be indicative of, a condition and an action to be taken if the condition is satisfied. In response to a first user action affecting a first work item rule, one or more work item rules corresponding to the first user and/or the first work item may be determined. The one or more work item rules then may be interpreted, and the user action responded to based on the interpretation.