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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2012
Sean Morris, Renmore, IE;
Keith Kroeger, Renmore, IE;
Thomas Mcguire, Claregalway, IE;
Igor Nikolaev, Galway, IE;
Sean Morris, Renmore, IE;
Keith Kroeger, Renmore, IE;
Thomas McGuire, Claregalway, IE;
Igor Nikolaev, Galway, IE;
FMR LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is provided for optimizing allocation of resources across stories for a release within an Agile development environment. The method includes receiving (i) resource information representing a plurality of resources available for allocation to the stories, (ii) one or more story definitions, each story definition comprising a unique identifier and one or more story-level constraints corresponding to a story, (iii) release information, (iv) iteration information, and (iv) one or more optimization criteria. The method also includes generating a plurality of story-level allocation scenarios and determining one or more optimized story-level allocation scenarios from the plurality of story-level allocation scenarios. Each story-level allocation scenario satisfies the one or more story-level constraints associated with each story definition. Each optimized story-level allocation scenario optimizes assignment of iterations or allocation of resources to the stories to satisfy the one or more optimization criteria.