Patent ID: 8639553
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A software development pipeline planning tool that comprises: an interface component stored as executable instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium executable by a computer to accept, for each of multiple projects in a software pipeline, a set of inputs that includes 1) labor demand, 2) labor supply, and 3) one or more historical data points; a productivity analysis component stored as executable instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium executable by a computer to multiply a productivity multiplier by the labor supply to determine an effective labor supply, wherein the productivity multiplier is based on patterns in one or more of vacation schedules, sick time, administrative time, and training schedules, and varies by geography and at least one of month, calendar season, and fiscal planning period; and a growth analysis component stored as executable instructions on a non-transitory computer-readable medium executable by a computer to aggregate the inputs, calculate an overall labor supply/demand balance of an amount labor demand exceeds the effective labor supply, determine a threshold from historical data points indicating a cap on how quickly the labor supply may grow over a given period of time when labor demand exceeds the effective labor supply, compare the overall labor supply/demand balance to the threshold, and set a flag when the overall labor supply/demand balance exceeds the threshold.