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Method and apparatus for identifying and tracking project trends

a project and trend technology, applied in the field of computer-assisted project management, can solve the problems of no method or apparatus for providing quantitative data, subjective evaluation process, and limited us

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-10-18
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
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Moreover, the evaluation process is very subjective and different analysts may analyze the same project using different parameters and arrive at different conclusions.
Computers have been used in the field of project management, but their use is usually limited to some specific areas or tasks.
None suggest any method or apparatus for providing quantitative data that can be used to evaluate overall project performance and the steps to be taken to maintain performance.
Moreover, each of these methods responds only to limited subsets of data so the data being used is not comprehensive with respect to an entire project.

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[0021]A computer-based system 10 constructed in accordance with this invention includes modules that are depicted functionally in FIG. 1. A database module 12 stores information concerning planned and actual values of various process or project parameters. A planned data store 14 in the database module 12 receives, through the means of an input device 16, a list of project parameters, or “metrics”, and a projected value of the parameter for each of successive sampling times. The sampling time may be minutes, hours, days, weeks or months.

[0022]At each sampling time during the duration of the input, device 16 enables actual data to be loaded periodically into an actual data store 18 with a corresponding sampling time. Typically the actual data will be stored as absolute, as opposed to incremental, numbers.

[0023]When it is desired to analyze a project, an operator initiates a statistical analysis subsystem 20 that includes, in this particular embodiment, a comparator module 22, a corre...

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A method and apparatus for computer-assisted project analysis. Planned values for successive times for each of a plurality of parameters are stored in a database. Another database receives measured values of the parameters at the successive times. A statistical analysis including comparison, correlation and differentiation functions generate a set of output functions that then are displayed to assist in the analysis of the project.

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STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST[0001]The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefor.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002](1) Field of the Invention[0003]This invention generally relates to computer-assisted project management and more specifically to a method and system for tracking and identifying trends in a project.[0004](2) Description of the Prior Art[0005]The accurate identification of project trends is extremely important in determining whether a particular project is on schedule and will remain on schedule. Typically a project manager, system analyst, or like individual, selects certain parameters, or metrics, relevant to a project. In complicated projects the number of possible parameters are so large that an individual generally identities a manageable subset of parameters and then determines variances, correlations and the l...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00
CPCG06Q10/0639G06Q10/10
Inventor THORPE, STEVEN W.HIGGINS, ROBERT C.
Owner THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY