Monitoring the progress of a task set within a hierarchy
US8571906B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 28, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 29, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 27, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/06398
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for monitoring a flow of related tasks by supervisors of an organization stores information that defines a hierarchy within an enterprise, the hierarchy including a tree structure where each of a plurality of supervisors is placed in a supervisory position over one or more subordinates and each supervisor is sub ordinate to at most one other supervisor. The system also assigns a task for each of the plurality of supervisors to perform, wherein performing the task by a first supervisor depends in part on completion of the task by each of the one or more respective subordinates. The system also determines if one or more subordinates are causing a delay in the progress towards completion of the task within the hierarchy. The system further generates a report identifying the subordinates, if any, who are causing a delay in the task completion progress.
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