Patent ID: 6351734
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A computer implemented method for management of resources estimated to be required to develop a product and distribution of resources allocated for the development of the product, comprising:interactively defining a hierarchy of projects required for completion of the product; interactively associating estimates of resource requirements with the respective projects; interactively associating project-level target allocations of resources with the respective projects; automatically summing the estimates of resource requirements and project-level target allocations of resources for a total estimated resource requirement and a calculated total target allocation, respectively, and associating the total estimated resource requirement and calculated total target allocation of resources with the product; interactively assigning an actual total target allocation of resources to the product; and interactively displaying the hierarchy of projects, associated estimates of resource requirements, project-level target allocations, total estimated resource requirement, calculated total target allocation, and the actual target allocation of resources for the product.