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Patent No.:

US 8996982 B1

Date of Patent:

Mar. 31, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 27, 2006

Managing requirements planning in a collaborative computing environment

Applicants:

Geoffrey M. Clemm, Concord, MA (US);

Muhtar B. Akbulut, Boston, MA (US);

Aamer Khan, Arlington, MA (US);

Sean P. Cudmore, Acton, MA (US);

Inventors:

Geoffrey M. Clemm, Concord, MA (US);

Muhtar B. Akbulut, Boston, MA (US);

Aamer Khan, Arlington, MA (US);

Sean P. Cudmore, Acton, MA (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

CRGO Law

Primary Examiner:

Stephen Hong

Assistant Examiner:

Gregory J Vaughn

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

G06F 8/10 (2013.01); G06Q 10/10 (2013.01);

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for managing requirements planning in a collaborative computing environment. In one embodiment of the invention, a requirements planning management method can include identifying each approving stakeholder for a version of a requirement in a requirements plan, creating traceability links between each approving stakeholder and the version of the requirement, and notifying each approving stakeholder having a traceability link to the version of the requirement whenever a new version of the requirement is proposed by a stakeholder. The method also can include merging multiple versions of the requirement into a single document, displaying the single document to a viewing stakeholder, and marking up the single document to reflect differences between the single document and a most recent version of the requirement for the viewing stakeholder.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Clemm, Geoffrey. (2015). Managing requirements planning in a collaborative computing environment (U.S. Patent No. 8996982). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8996982

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