Patent ID: 7921026
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method executing on a processor of a computing device for simultaneously displaying a first Gantt bar chart window pane and a second Gantt bar chart window pane of a project management application, the computer-implemented method comprising: generating a project schedule on the project management application, wherein the project schedule includes a first hierarchical level of project phases and a second hierarchical level of tasks subordinate to each of the project phases; causing a computer processor to populate and display, on a computer display, a first Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein the first Gantt bar chart window pane includes a displayed timeframe, wherein the first Gantt bar chart window pane is populated and displayed with task timeline bars that depict each of the tasks subordinate to each of the project phases, wherein the task timeline bars display spans from a start date to an end date for each task; receiving a filter request for the first Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein the filter request is a request for a high level abstraction of the first Gantt bar chart window pane; in response to the filter request, causing the computer processor to display a second Gantt bar chart window pane simultaneously and independently of the display of the first Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein the second Gantt bar chart window pane includes the same displayed timeframe as the first Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein the second Gantt bar chart window pane is displayed with phase timeline bars that depict each of the project phases without depicting the tasks subordinate to the project phases, wherein the phase timeline bars display a span from a display of a start date to a display of an end date for each phase, wherein the display of the start date for the phase timeline bars in the second Gantt bar chart window pane is graphically aligned in the displayed timeframe with a display of an earliest start date for any of the tasks subordinate to the project phase in the first Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein the display of the end date for the phase timeline bars is graphically aligned in the displayed timeframe with a display of a latest end date of any of the tasks subordinate to the project phase in the first Gantt bar chart window pane; and providing a synchronous relationship between the task timeline bars depicted in the first Gantt bar chart window pane and the phase timeline bars depicted in the second Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein a modification to the task timeline bars depicted in the first Gantt bar chart window pane is graphically synchronized to the phase timeline bars depicted in the second Gantt bar chart window pane, wherein a modification to the phase timeline bars depicted in the second Gantt bar chart window pane is graphically synchronized to the task timeline bars depicted in the first Gantt bar chart window pane.