Patent ID: 7216088

Claim:
A computer-network-based development-project-management method comprising: receiving data indicative of a temporal relationship between a first and a second project team member relative to work comprising modification of at least one artifact of the development project; receiving data indicative of an amount of work performed on the at least one artifact by the second team member as a result of work performed by the first team member on the at least one artifact; wherein the work performed by the second team member comprises modification of the at least one artifact; performing regression analysis on the data indicative of the temporal relationship to form at least one metric representative of the strength of an interdependency relationship between the first and second project team members; wherein the interdependency relationship is formed as the second project team member performs work that is required due to work performed on the at least one artifact by the first project team member; performing regression analysis on the data indicative of the amount of work performed to form at least one metric representative of an impact relationship between the first and second project team members; wherein the at least one metric representative of the impact relationship is indicative of the amount of work performed by the second project team member as a result of work performed by the first team member on the at least one artifact; storing the at least one metric representative of the interdependency relationship and the at least one metric representative of the impact relationship; wherein the steps of receiving data, performing regression analysis, and storing the at least one metric representative of the interdependency relationship and the at least one metric representative of the impact relationship are performed over the computer network; outputting data based at least in part on the at least one metric representative of the interdependency relationship and the at least one metric representative of the impact relationship; and performing a development-project task based at least in part on the output data.