Patent Document ID: 8249906
Application ID: 12029372

Base Claim:
1. A planning method, relating to at least one project, comprising the steps of: a) providing at least one computational device having at least one graphical user interface manipulable graphically by at least one human project planner; b) identifying, by such least one human project planner, a plurality of activities relating to such at least one project, each activity of such plurality of activities having at least one initial estimated duration; c) selecting, on such at least one computational device, by such at least one human project planner, at least one time-scaled calendar to display on such at least one graphical user interface; d) positioning, by such at least one human project planner using such at least one computational device, of at least one symbol representing each of at least two such activities on such at least one time-scaled calendar on such at least one graphical user interface; e) selecting, on such at least one computational device, by such at least one human project planner, at least one time-dependent relationship between such at least two activities; f) calculating, by such at least one computational device, at least one relationship float value and at least one reverse float value relating to such at least one time-dependent relationship; and displaying, continuously, by such at least one computational device, such at least one relationship float value and such at least one reverse float value on such at least one time-scaled calendar on such at least one graphical user interface.

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Claim 19:
19. The planning method according to claim 1 , wherein such step of selecting, on such at least one computational device, by such at least one human project planner, at least one time-dependent relationship between such at least two activities comprises the step of selecting, on such at least one computational device, such at least one time-dependent relationship between any first activity embedded node, intermediate of the start and finish nodes of such at least one first activity, and any of the following: a) at least one activity start node of at least one second activity; b) at least one activity finish node of such at least one second activity; c) at least one milestone deadline; and d) at least one second activity embedded node, intermediate of the start and finish nodes of such at least one second activity.