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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Paul R. Boulineau, Houston, TX (US);
John D. Cann, New York, NY (US);
Rajat Dugar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, NY (US);
Andrew Raymond, Monroe, MI (US);
Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, TX (US);
Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, NY (US);
Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, NH (US);
Annette Simonato, Port Melbourne, AU;
Paul R. Boulineau, Houston, TX (US);
John D. Cann, New York, NY (US);
Rajat Dugar, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, NY (US);
Andrew Raymond, Monroe, MI (US);
Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, TX (US);
Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, NY (US);
Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, NH (US);
Annette Simonato, Port Melbourne, AU;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for estimating and generating project plans for implementing packaged software applications, the system includes: a view layer configured to act as a user interface for user inputs and system outputs; a model and control layer configured to implement rules based on a series of estimation and implementation models, and to perform calculations of project plan details and project plan schedules; an estimation knowledge base layer configured to hold and derive the series of estimation and implementation models; and wherein the system for estimating and generating multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications is carried out over networks comprising: the Internet, intranets, local area networks (LAN), and wireless local area networks (WLAN).