Patent ID: 8458646

Claim:
In a computer system, a method for managing a development project having a planned number of project components to be completed, wherein the project is divided into a series of development periods, with each project component assigned to one of the development periods, wherein for each development period there is a planned amount of work and a planned amount of resources, so that for each development period there is a total of work and a total of resources associated with project components within that development period, and wherein the development project involves both the development of project components as well as a testing of project components, the method comprising: providing a graphical user interface (GUI) in the system; entering into the system data relating to the planned work and data relating to the planned resources; displaying at the GUI a graph illustrating for at least one development period both the total work and the total resources for the development of project components during that development period; and adjusting the previously entered data relating to either the planned work or the planned resources or both, so that the impact of the adjustment can be observed at the graph displayed at the GUI, wherein adjusting the previously entered data comprises one or more of the following operations: reassigning at least one project component to a different development perion; reassigning at least one resourse to a different development period; or reassigning at least one resource to a different project component.