Task Management Tool Cartesian Plane Visualization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current project management software struggles to effectively visualize and correlate numerical task attributes, such as priority, impact, and risk, with visually depicted information, making it difficult for users to perceive the nature and intensity of project situations.
Innovation Solution
A task management tool that uses a graphical user interface to display tasks as rectangles in a Cartesian plane format, with attribute indicia represented as draggable dots, allowing users to interactively update and filter task attributes, providing a visual representation of priority, impact, ROI, and risk alongside timeline and resource allocation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If numerical attributes are displayed in color-coded format, then visual perception of task attributes is improved, but the ability to correlate multiple attributes simultaneously deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from one-dimensional color-coded display to a two-dimensional Cartesian plane where tasks are positioned based on multiple attributes simultaneously. The x-axis represents one attribute (e.g., priority) and the y-axis represents another attribute (e.g., impact), allowing users to visually perceive both attributes and their correlation at once through the task's position in the plane.
2Illumination intensity
If additional attributes are depicted as color or shading patterns, then visual representation is enhanced, but interpretation accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses color-coded quadrant divisions in the Cartesian plane to enhance visual representation. Each quadrant is assigned a specific color pattern that corresponds to combinations of attribute values (e.g., high priority/high impact, low priority/high impact). This allows users to quickly perceive attribute magnitudes and relationships through both position and color, improving interpretation accuracy while maintaining visual enhancement.
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AI summary
Systems, methods, and other embodiments for providing management of tasks of a project plan associated with a computer application are described. In one embodiment, a task management tool is disclosed that is configured to generate a task rectangle for display in a task management view. The task rectangle is representative of a task of the project plan in a Cartesian plane format having two attribute axes. An attribute indicium is also generated for display at a first position within the task rectangle as determined by the intersection of two attribute values of the first task on each of the two attribute axes, respectively. At least one of the two attribute values may be modified by re-positioning the attribute indicium at a second position within the task rectangle. The two attribute values take on two attribute axes values of the Cartesian plane format that intersect at the second position.