Patent ID: 8245153

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for representing a timeline for a plurality of projects, the method comprising: generating a graphic display in the form of a Gantt chart in a browser, the generating comprising: displaying a vertical list of projects in the Gantt chart, the projects in the vertical list comprising at least a portion of the plurality of projects running during a first time range, and displaying at least one activity timeline reflecting activity for each of the projects in the vertical list of projects during the first time range and presenting the at least one activity timeline horizontally across a viewable area of the Gantt chart; displaying a control area in the browser providing a graph showing a high level view of activity associated with the plurality of projects during a second time range greater than the first time range, the graph showing the high level view of activity plotting a number of the plurality of projects running as a function of time; providing at least one date range control in the control area in the form of a scrollable view bar overlapping the graph, the scrollable view bar having manipulable edges and a view window configured for visually indicating a portion of the high level view of activity in the graph associated with the first time range; and responsive to manipulating at least one of the manipulable edges of scrollable view bar, adjusting the first time range and repeating the generating and displaying based on the adjusted first time range.