Patent ID: 11900329
Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  Y | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A schedule generation system that comprises:
a computer system that comprises:
a storage repository that comprises a collection of modules; and
a scheduler in the computer system, wherein the scheduler is configured to:
receive a selection of modules for a project selected from the collection of modules, wherein each module in the selection of modules includes a group of milestones;
receive a set of backoffs, wherein each backoff in the set of backoffs is a pointer that points one module to a milestone in another module in the selection of modules;
form a template that comprises the selection of modules, wherein each of the selection of modules further comprises;
at least one of the set of backoffs; and
at least one buffer to add additional offset dates to the group of milestones;
receive a reference date for a schedule;
create the schedule from the template based on the selection of modules, the set of backoffs, the at least one buffer of each of the selection of modules, and the reference date; and

manufacture a product based upon the schedule created by the scheduler of the computer system by controlling manufacturing equipment using the computer system, wherein each of the milestones has a type and wherein all of the milestones in the module in the modules have a same type,

wherein the schedule is a working schedule and wherein the scheduler is configured to:
display the working schedule on a graphical user interface in a display system;
receive a set of changes to the working schedule displayed on the graphical user interface in the display system;
update the working schedule based on the set of changes to generate an updated working schedule; and
display the updated working schedule comprising a change to at least one of the set of backoffs or the at least one buffer.