Patent ID: 8731991
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a deployment project of an information technology (IT) solution which is implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions that: identify and prioritize organizational problems and opportunities that form a basis for a project; determine a set of critical success factors (CSFs) relevant to the project using data from a project management knowledge base; determine a set of knowledge barriers relevant to the project using data from the project management knowledge base; automatically select and aggregate, by at least one processor, a subset of CSFs and knowledge barriers relevant to a current project based on a comparison of the subset of CSFs and knowledge barriers to the current project; generate, by the at least one processor, a project management report for the current project including the subset of CSFs and knowledge barriers that are relevant to the current project; output the project management report to a user during a lifecycle of the project; accept input from the user that the project is not approved; alert a user to CSFs and knowledge barriers that are relevant to a phase of the project; and provide the user with information regarding the lifecycle of the project based on the CSFs and knowledge barriers provided to the user, wherein: