Project Management Role Inheritance for Child-Node Synchronization

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing project management systems face challenges in automatically synchronizing role persons across different hierarchical levels, leading to high labor costs and inefficiencies when projects are disassembled or roles are updated.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a role person synchronization rule that allows a first process node to inherit the role person from its parent node, enabling automatic determination and display of role persons in the project management interface, reducing manual input and improving accuracy and speed.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If role persons are manually assigned to each process node in a project management system, then the accuracy of role person assignment can be ensured, but the labor cost and time consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of role person assignmentVSAvoidtime consumption for assigning role persons
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary action by automatically assigning role persons to child process nodes based on the parent node's role person configuration before manual intervention is needed. This preliminary automatic assignment reduces the initial time consumption while maintaining accuracy through subsequent verification mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses copying by replicating the role person configuration from the parent process node to child process nodes. This copying mechanism preserves the accuracy of role person assignment while significantly reducing the time and labor required to manually assign each role person individually to every node.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If role persons are manually updated for each process node when project structure changes, then the accuracy of role person synchronization can be maintained, but the labor cost increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveaccuracy of role person synchronizationVSAvoidlabor cost for updating role persons
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

When project structure changes occur, the system automatically copies role person configurations from parent nodes to affected child nodes, maintaining synchronization accuracy without requiring manual updates. This copying approach preserves reliability while eliminating the high labor cost associated with manual role person updates across multiple nodes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements self-service by automatically detecting project structure changes and performing role person synchronization without human intervention. This self-service mechanism maintains the reliability of role person synchronization while reducing labor costs to near zero for update operations.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Productivity

If automatic role person inheritance is implemented from parent to child process nodes, then the productivity and speed of role person determination improve, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespeed of determining role personsVSAvoidsystem complexity for synchronization rules
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system establishes preliminary action by pre-configuring role person inheritance rules at the parent node level before child nodes are created or modified. This preliminary configuration enables automatic role person determination at high speed without requiring complex real-time calculations, thus improving productivity while managing system complexity through advance setup.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS20250217727A1Method and an apparatus for processing role information in a project management system, and a storage medium
Publication Date: 2025.07.03 BEIJING ZITIAO NETWORK TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and apparatus for processing role information in a project management system, and an electronic device. A specific implementation of the method includes: determining, in a project management system, a role person of a first process node from role persons bound by a parent node of the first process node, based on a role person synchronization rule of the first process node in a first project, wherein the role person synchronization rule indicates a rule for the first process node to inherit the role person from the parent node of the first process node; and displaying the role person of the first process node in a project management interface of the project management system.