Automated Task Delegation System for New Participant Onboarding

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Solution Overview

Problem

In large projects, new participants often find it overwhelming to contribute due to the vast scope and lack of guidance, leading to high turnover rates as they struggle to find appropriate tasks and resources, and mentors are insufficient to provide necessary support.

Innovation Solution

An automated task delegation and project management system that tracks user and project profiles to match users with tasks and resources based on their skills and interests, and suggests mentors, using a networked system with a user interface for project submission and management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If a mentor or guide is provided to a new participant, then the new user can be helped to navigate the project and find useful ways to contribute, but there may be an insufficient number of mentors and it is time-consuming to identify an appropriate mentor for each new participant

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of finding tasks and resourcesVSAvoidcomplexity of mentor identification and matching

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables new participants to autonomously find suitable tasks and resources by automatically matching their profile characteristics (skills, interests, experience level) with project requirements, eliminating the need for manual mentor intervention while maintaining personalized guidance

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of manual mentor-student matching with an automated computational system that uses profile data analysis and algorithmic matching to connect new participants with appropriate tasks and mentors, significantly reducing time and complexity

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Quantity of substance

If the project provides comprehensive resources and tasks for new participants, then they can find useful ways to contribute, but the vast scope of the project can be overwhelming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveavailability of tasks and resourcesVSAvoidease of navigating and finding tasks

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the overwhelming project scope into manageable task units with clear definitions, prerequisites, and skill requirements. Each task is presented as an independent, actionable item rather than part of a vast undifferentiated whole, making it easier for new participants to understand and engage with specific contributions

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies local quality by tailoring the presentation and detail level of tasks and resources to the specific needs, skill level, and interests of each new participant. The system filters and prioritizes information locally for each user based on their profile, rather than presenting all project resources uniformly

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS8805713B2Interface for project and task submission for automated delegation

Publication Date: 2014.08.12 RED HAT INC

AI summary

The automated task delegation and project management system tracks user profiles and project profiles, which include information about the interests and skills each user in the system possesses as well as the skills that are required by each project in the system and the characteristics of each project. This information can then be utilized to correlate user interests and skills with the available projects. Project data can be collected from the submitter to enable the automated matching. The user interface facilitates the collection and storage of the project profile data including tasks, files, resources, and tags.