Patent ID: 7596416
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of managing a project that includes multiple tasks and a plurality of workers, the method comprising: providing a computer-based database that comprises a human model component of the project, a team model component of the project and a product model component of the project, where: the TRL for the at least one product is estimated as a value that increases monotonically as said at least one product moves closer to use in a real environment of the at least one product's contemplated function, where a set of levels of the TRL comprises the following levels of use: (1) basic principles of a product are observed and reported; (2) concept and/or application of the product is formulated; (3) analytical and experimental critical function(s) and/or characteristics of the product are determined to be feasible; (4) component or subsystem or system of the product is validated by a breadboard, if appropriate, in a laboratory environment; (5) component or subsystem or system of the product is validated by a breadboard in a relevant environment; (6) prototype of component or subsystem or system of the product is prepared; (7) system prototype for the product is demonstrated in a relevant environment; (8) actual system including the product is qualified through tests and demonstrations; and (9) actual system including the product is successfully tested many times in a real environment; and providing a search system comprising a computer that is programmed to (i) receive a query, in at least one of a context format and a content format, involving information that may be available in at least one of the human model component, the team model component and the product model component, and (ii) identify and present the available information that responds to the query.