Patent ID: 8600793
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06Q,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: maintaining, by a project management server implemented on a first system comprising a first programmable processor, a content status database comprising data representing a status of each content entity of a plurality of content entities in an enterprise resource planning system, the enterprise resource planning system being separate from the first system and comprising a second programmable processor, the enterprise resource planning system maintaining a content repository storing the plurality of content entities that each comprise business configuration content developed or in development for the enterprise resource planning system according to business requirements of a customer for whom the enterprise resource planning system is configured or is being configured; defining, as part of a project plan maintained by the project management server in a plan database for developing the business configuration content, an objective comprising a content category of a plurality of content categories, a goal, and a deadline, the content category specifying a group of related or similar content entities from the plurality of content entities, the goal comprising a specified number or percentage of content entities of the content category that need to be developed, and the deadline comprising a specified time by which the at least one goal needs to be accomplished; requesting, by a call from a synchronizer module at the project management server to a function module at the enterprise resource planning system, updated status information regarding a particular content entity of the plurality of content entities in the content repository, the function module providing an interface for the external system to access the content repository, the requesting comprising sending an identity of the particular content entity; assessing a current status of the particular content entity received by the synchronizer module as part of a response from the function module with the status of the particular content entity in the content status database, the response received by the synchronizer module from the function module comprising a determination of whether a value has been set or updated for the particular content entity in the content repository maintained by the enterprise resource system, the assessing comprising updating the status of the particular content entity in the content status database if the response indicates that the value has been set or updated in the content repository for the particular content entity; quantifying, by the project management server based on the data in the content status database, an objective completion status of the objective, the quantifying comprising querying the content status database to determine whether the specified of the number or percentage of content entities in the content category have been developed in relation to the goal and the deadline; and generating a report, based on the quantifying, the report indicating a completion status of the objective in relation to the goal and the deadline.