Patent ID: 7337124
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for operating a quality plan in a product development organization comprising a plurality of members and having quality objectives for product development projects, the method analyzing a quality metrics report, and comprising the steps of: defining a set of quality processes adapted to quality objectives required by an organization, wherein the set of quality processes includes: defining a set of computer implemented quality tools to collect data relative to product development projects, said quality tools comprising at least one database to store said collected data; for each quality process, aggregating a set of the stored data to generate a respective quality report; analyzing each quality report to detect problems in the product development projects; and using results of the analyzing step to initiate actions to resolve the problems detected, thereby improving quality of the product development projects, and wherein the daily headlights reporting process further comprises the steps of: generating headlight reports having headlights data; consolidating at a first predetermined frequency the headlights reports into a single executive report to be distributed to an executive distribution list; recording issue items in an issue memory area based on data of the executive report; and generating at a second predetermined frequency a headlight summary based on the executive reports.