Patent ID: 7844480

Claim:
A computer implemented method of managing and coordinating multiple projects and resources for said projects, the method comprising the steps of: defining a plurality of projects, each of the projects including a multitude of tasks and requiring a multitude of types of service resources, each of said types of service resources having a resource buffer identifying a supply of resources of said each type of service resources, and a replenishment time, said replenishment time being an average time needed to acquire a defined amount of resources of said each type of service resources; managing said service resources with the resource buffers and the replenishment times; and generating, by using a computer, a display on a display screen of the computer, showing both a precedence view and a resource view for one of the projects, said precedence view including visual representations of the multitude of tasks of said one of the projects; and for each of said multitude of tasks, one of the types of service resources needed to perform said each task; and said resource view including a visual representation of when each of a group of types of service resources is scheduled to perform one of the tasks represented in the precedence view; and for each of said group of types of service resources, a single visual indicator indicating both a status of the resource buffer for said each of said types of service resource, and the replenishment time for said each of said types of service resources, thereby creating a linkage between the precedence view and the resource view to show visually how resource constraints impact plans for said one of the projects.