Inventors:
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
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY
International Classification:
G06F 9/44
G06Q 10/00
US Classification:
717101, 717105, 717120, 705 723, 705 722, 705 729, 705 728, 705 737
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).