ADAPTIVE PROJECT PLANNING

摘要

A system for project planning comprising: a processor; a graphical user interface which: receives a project plan having a plurality of project tasks hierarchically arranged in a plurality of tiers, associated by a plurality of parent-child relationships; enables a user to provide a plurality of project task characteristics for at least one of said plurality of project tasks; enables a user to alter a first at least one of a plurality of project task characteristics of a first project task; and a propagation software engine for adapting a second at least one of a plurality of project task characteristics of a second project task wherein a tier of said second project task is lower in a hierarchy arrangement with respect to a tier of first project task, using said processor.

主权项

1. A computerized method for project planning, comprising:
receiving a project plan having a plurality of project tasks hierarchically arranged in a plurality of tiers forming a plurality of parent-child relationships and associated by a plurality of constraining rules defined between members of two or more of said plurality of project tasks; receiving an alteration to at least one altered project task characteristic of a plurality of project task characteristics of an altered project task; adapting at least one child project task characteristic of a child project task according to said at least one altered project task characteristic in compliance with at least one a plurality of constraining rules defined between said altered project task and said child project task; and adapting at least one parent project task characteristic of a parent project task according to said at least one altered project task characteristic in compliance with at least one a plurality of constraining rules defined between said altered project task and said parent project task; wherein said child project task is a child of said altered project task and said parent project task is a parent of said altered project task.