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Patent No.:

US 7930677 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011

Filed:

Jul. 12, 2006

Method, system and computer program for tracking software development

Applicants:

Salvatore D'alo, Nino Taranto, IT;

Alessandro Donatelli, Rome, IT;

Antonio Perrone, Rome, IT;

Scot Maclellan, Rome, IT;

Inventors:

Salvatore D'Alo, Nino Taranto, IT;

Alessandro Donatelli, Rome, IT;

Antonio Perrone, Rome, IT;

Scot MacLellan, Rome, IT;

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Attorneys:

Garg Law Firm, PLLC

Rakesh Garg

Jeffrey S. LaBaw

Primary Examiner:

Wei Y Zhen

Assistant Examiner:

Chung Cheng

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A solution () for tracking computer software development (for example, based on UML diagrams) is proposed. In the solution of the invention, a completion coefficient is associated () with each activity concerning the development process (to indicate the effort required to complete it). The activities are organized into a tree (starting from a root node for the whole development process). In operation, a user tunes (-) a progress index for each micro-activity represented by a leaf node of the tree (to indicate its actual progress). The progress index of each macro-activity represented by a non-leaf node of the tree is instead calculated (-) by aggregating the progress indexes of its depending activities weighted according to the respective completion coefficients (with a recursive process down to the micro-activities). In this way, the progress of the development process can be tracked with an incremental approach at different levels of detail.

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D'Alo, Salvatore. (2011). Method, system and computer program for tracking software development (U.S. Patent No. 7930677). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7930677

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