Patent ID: 9218582
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for evaluating applicability of a data set for a target project estimation, the method comprising: defining a collection of reference data sets derived from multiple historical projects in a similar subject area as the target project; defining multiple indicators of data set applicability to a target project estimation, wherein each of said multiple indicators is based on a characteristic specific to the target project, and wherein the multiple indicators comprise: determining a set of governance rules to be associated with the multiple indicators to determine relevance of historical projects in each of the reference data sets to the target project estimation, wherein said set of governance rules comprises (i) one or more rules derived from characteristics of the target project and (ii) one or more rules based on characteristics of an execution environment for which the target project estimation is to be carried out, wherein said determining comprises: evaluating applicability of each of the reference data sets to the target project by ill applying the set of governance rules and (ii) determining an alignment of each of the reference data sets to each of the multiple indicators, wherein said evaluating is carried out by an evaluation module executing on the hardware processor of the computing device and communicatively linked to the collection of reference data sets and the rule selection module; and identifying one or more of the reference data sets as applicable for use in the target project estimation.