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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2006
Sandra L. Kogan, Newton, MA (US);
Eric M. Wilcox, Cambridge, MA (US);
Charles R. Hill, Belmont, MA (US);
Sandra L. Kogan, Newton, MA (US);
Eric M. Wilcox, Cambridge, MA (US);
Charles R. Hill, Belmont, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to project management tools and provide a method, system and computer program product for an activity-centric project management tool. In one embodiment of the invention, an activity-centric project management tool data processing system can be provided. The system can include an activity-centric project management tool, one or more ad-hoc communications tools externally coupled to the activity-centric project management tool, and ad hoc communications activity objectification logic coupled to both the activity-centric project management tool and the ad-hoc communications tools. The logic can include program code enabled to integrate external ad-hoc communications among task nodes of an activity hierarchy modeling a project plan.