Controlling resource allocation with automated consumption against a work breakdown structure

US9720737B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Babak Nakhayi Ashtiani · Sammamish, US
• Qian Jiang · Longbeilingcun, CN
• Mario Tayah · Seattle, US
• Brian Welcker · Seattle, US
• Thomas G. Patton · Redmond, US
• Sachin Shrikrishna Panvalkar · Sammamish, US
• Wing Kin Chan · Hong Kong, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 17, 2015
• Grant date: Aug 1, 2017
• Expiry date: Apr 17, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/063116
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system displays a user interface display with a user input mechanism that can be actuated in order to identify a set of resources, and corresponding capacities. A team configuration is stored in memory and reflects the configuration of the resources and corresponding capacities that were identified. A task dependency structure is obtained, and is indicative of an underlying project. Resources from the stored team configuration, and corresponding capacities, are assigned to the tasks in the task dependency structure and the team configuration is updated, in memory, to reflect the assignments. A display is generated that shows the state of the underlying memory, and that is indicative of a remaining capacity and a consumed capacity.