Patent ID: 7472373
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to gauge and control churn of a project, comprising: determining an estimated project churn, wherein project churn includes any identifiable and unplanned changes to a scope of the project; identifying at least one task of the project requiring rework or modification; collecting heuristic information on each task of the project requiring rework or modification in response to any potential project changes for determining the estimated project churn, wherein collecting heuristic information comprises at least one of: entering at least optimistic, pessimistic and expected time requirements for reworking or modifying each task of the project requiring rework or modification in response to any potential project changes; and allocating resources in response to the estimated project churn based on the collected heuristic information and the at least optimistic, pessimistic and expected time requirements for each task of the project.