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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2006
Judith H. Cass, Hudson, MA (US);
Geoffrey M. Clemm, Concord, MA (US);
Catherine G. Col, Gloucester, MA (US);
Leendert P. Geffen, West Roxbury, MA (US);
Judith H. Cass, Hudson, MA (US);
Geoffrey M. Clemm, Concord, MA (US);
Catherine G. Col, Gloucester, MA (US);
Leendert P. Geffen, West Roxbury, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer method and apparatus for managing changes for a given software system is disclosed. The invention method and apparatus forms a respective change request object to represent each user's request to make a change to a given software system. For each change request object, the invention method/apparatus provides an issue hierarchy of issue objects, a task hierarchy of task objects and an activity hierarchy of activity objects. Each issue object represents a respective issue, each task object defines work needed to address a respective issue and each activity object tracks respective work performed. There is provided a tabular user interface including a table representation of the respective issue hierarchy, task hierarchy and activity hierarchy of a change request object. The table representation serves as a to-do list per user and displays issue object, task objects, and activity objects as a function of user role.