Patent ID: 7386847
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for achieving a higher-order task comprising the steps of: Providing a listing of higher-order tasks, each said higher-order task comprising a plurality of sequential lower-order tasks; Listing sequential lower-order tasks as a list in a user interface (UI) control, said sequential lower-order tasks collectively forming the higher-order task; Retrieving a specified sequence in which said sequential lower-order tasks are to be performed in order to achieve the higher-order task; Initiating selected sequential lower-order tasks in said list in said UI control, regardless of said specified sequence; Visually indicating whether each of said sequential lower-order tasks in said list have been performed in said specified sequence; Performing said listing, retrieving, initiating, and visually indicating steps for selected ones of said higher-order tasks; and Wherein said higher-order tasks are software development tasks to be performed in a software development application.