KR20160085174A

KR20160085174A - Apparatus for managing projct and the operation method thereof

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Publication number: KR20160085174A
Application number: KR1020150002246A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 박선재; 오지영; 이정선
Original assignee: (주) 와이즈스톤
Priority date: 2015-01-07
Filing date: 2015-01-07
Publication date: 2016-07-15

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for managing a project and an operating method thereof are provided. The apparatus for managing a project comprises: a relationship setting unit setting relationship information for a plurality of issues belonging to at least one project, wherein the relationship information includes information on a type of a relationship that is set between the issues; a communication unit receiving state change information for a first issue from a manager of the first issue; and a notification processing unit selecting an issue as a notification object of the state change information based on the relationship information. The communication unit transmits the state change information to a manager of the selected issue.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR MANAGING PROJECT AND THE OPERATION METHOD THEREOF [0002]

The present invention relates to a project management apparatus and an operation method thereof, and more particularly, to a project management apparatus and a method of operating the same that provide a more effective project management service through establishing mutual relations between projects and issues constituting the project .

Recently, as the scope of business conducted by companies, universities, and various organizations has diversified due to the improvement of education level and technology, and the cycle of each business becomes shorter, It is becoming common to divide the organization and carry out business. Here, a project may refer to a workforce or a project or project that is planned, managed and / or performed by a certain size group that divides the workforce.

As described above, the method of performing a project on a project-by-project basis can improve the efficiency of manpower utilization, schedule management, etc. in that a plurality of projects having different execution periods and contents can be executed simultaneously or sequentially There are advantages. However, such a project-based business execution method has a limitation in that it is difficult to share various information generated or acquired during the execution of individual tasks. In particular, in the case of different projects, tasks are often processed in different work spaces on different schedules in different groups on different projects. Therefore, even though the same or similar tasks are included among the projects, Information such as risk factors and solutions learned in relation to work can not be shared effectively with other project execution personnel, resulting in unnecessary work repetition, risk of missing information, resulting in cost and loss of personnel There has been a problem that it is caused.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems and it is an object of the present invention to provide a project management apparatus and a project management system for providing effective project management services by sharing necessary information between projects and issues through mutual relation setting of projects and issues constituting the projects. And an operation method thereof.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems which are not mentioned can be understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a project management apparatus is provided. The method comprising: establishing relationship information for a plurality of issues belonging to at least one project, the relationship information including information about a type of association relationship established between the issues; Receiving status change information on the first issue from an administrator of the first issue; Selecting an issue subject to be notified of the status change information based on the relationship information; And transmitting the status change information to the administrator of the selected issue.

Preferably, the step of selecting an issue subject to notification includes the steps of: detecting a second issue directly related to the first issue, based on the relationship information; And selecting at least one of the second issues as a notification target of the status change information.

Preferably, the step of selecting an issue subject to the notification further includes a step of detecting a third issue that is indirectly related to the first issue, based on the relationship information, At least one of the third issues may be further selected as the notification target of the status change information.

The method may further include transmitting the status change information to an administrator of a project to which the issue does not exist if at least one administrator of the selected issues does not exist.

Preferably, the method further comprises the step of creating a new issue for at least one of the projects, wherein the setting of the relationship information comprises: determining whether at least one of the existing issues is to be performed for the new issue, .

Preferably, the setting of the relationship information between the existing issue and the new issue may include setting of at least one of the manager of the new issue and the manager of the project to which the new issue belongs, The approval of at least one of the manager of the issue and the manager of the project to which the existing issue belongs.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method of operating a project management apparatus is provided. Wherein the operation method comprises: setting relationship information for a plurality of projects, the relationship information including information about a kind of association relationship established between the projects; Detecting whether a new issue is generated for the first project; Selecting a project to be notified of the generation information of the new issue based on the relationship information if it is detected that the new issue is generated; And transmitting the generation information to a manager of the selected project.

Preferably, the step of selecting a project to be notified includes the steps of: detecting, based on the relationship information, a second project directly related to the first project and a third project having an indirect relationship with the first project; And selecting at least one of the second project and the third project as a notification target of the generation information.

Preferably, the method further comprises generating at least one new project, and the setting of the relationship information may be performed between at least one of the existing projects and the new project or between the new projects.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method.

A project management apparatus is provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. The apparatus comprising: a relation setting unit for setting relation information for a plurality of issues belonging to at least one project, the relation information including information about a kind of association relation established between the issues; And a notification processing unit for selecting an issue subject to be notified of the status change information based on the relationship information, wherein the communication unit receives the status change information for the first issue from the manager of the first issue, And transmits the status change information to the manager of the issue.

Preferably, the notification processing unit detects a second issue directly related to the first issue, based on the relationship information, and selects at least one of the second issues as a notification target of the status change information .

Preferably, the notification processing unit detects a third issue that is indirectly related to the first issue based on the relationship information, and notifies at least one of the third issues to the notification target of the status change information You can select more.

Preferably, the communication unit may transmit the status change information to an administrator of a project to which the issue does not exist if at least one of the selected issues does not exist.

Preferably, the generating unit further generates a new issue for at least one of the projects, and when the new issue is generated, the relationship setting unit sets at least one of the existing issues and the new issue The relationship information can be set.

Preferably, the setting of the relationship information between the existing issue and the new issue by the relationship setting unit is performed by a request for setting a relation between at least one of the manager of the new issue and the manager of the project to which the new issue belongs, And the approval of at least one of the managers of the project and the manager of the project to which the existing issue belongs.

A project management apparatus is provided according to an embodiment of the present invention. Wherein the apparatus comprises: a relation setting unit for setting relation information for a plurality of projects, the relation information including information about a kind of association relation established between the projects; A sensing unit for sensing whether a new issue is generated for the first project; A notification processing unit for, when it is detected that the new issue is generated, selecting a project to be notified of the generation information of the new issue based on the relationship information; And a communication unit for transmitting the generated information to a manager of the selected project.

Preferably, the notification processing unit detects a second project directly related to the first project and a third project that is indirectly related to the first project based on the relationship information, and at least one of the second project and the second project, And the third project can be selected as the notification target of the generation information.

Preferably, when the new project is created, the relationship setting unit sets the relationship information between at least one of the existing projects and the new project or between the new projects, preferably, at least one new project is created .

According to the present invention, a method of sharing creation information of an issue with a project with an administrator of another project having a relation to the project, or sharing state change information generated in one issue with managers of other related issues It minimizes the possibility of repeating nonsensical procedures and the possibility of missing information, thereby making it possible to systematically and effectively manage the project.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS A brief description of each drawing is provided to more fully understand the drawings recited in the description of the invention.
FIG. 1 illustrates a network including a project management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 illustrates a project management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 illustrates an operation method of the project management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 illustrates a specific embodiment of step S340 of FIG.
5 illustrates an operation method of the project management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 illustrates an exemplary relationship between a project and an issue generated and managed by the project management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive. In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described below, but the technical idea of the present invention is not limited thereto and can be variously modified by those skilled in the art.

Throughout the specification, when a part is referred to as being "connected" to another part, it includes not only "directly connected" but also "indirectly connected" . Throughout the specification, when an element is referred to as "comprising ", it means that it can include other elements as well, without excluding other elements unless specifically stated otherwise. In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements.

The present invention relates to an apparatus for providing a management service for a project including at least one issue, wherein the project includes any tasks, projects, researches, etc., which are planned, managed and / or performed by a group comprising at least one person Tasks, development tasks, and the like. In addition, here, an issue collectively refers to each element constituting a project, and can be classified and defined according to various criteria according to the characteristics of the project. In other words, for example, if the project is assumed to be a database construction for group personnel management, the database construction work for each affiliate company can be configured as an issue included in the project based on the affiliates constituting the group.

FIG. 1 illustrates a network including a project management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a project management apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is connected to at least one project manager 210, 220 and an issue manager 212, 222 through a wired and wireless network communication network .

The project management apparatus 100 may provide a project management service to the project managers 210 and 220 and / or the issue managers 212 and 222 to effectively manage the projects and issues that they manage and perform. Specifically, the project management apparatus 100 may generate a project and an issue corresponding to an actual project and an issue related thereto, according to a request from the project managers 210 and 220 or the like. In addition, the project management apparatus 100 receives a request for establishing a mutual relationship between projects or issues from the project managers 210 and 220 and / or the issue managers 212 and 222, The relationship information can be set to each other. Thereafter, when a new issue is created or status change information about an arbitrary issue is received, a project in which the new issue is directly or indirectly related to the created project, or status change information is received 222 of the detected issue, and / or detects the issue of the new issue to the managers 210, 220 of the detected project, The change information of the related project or related issue is not missed to the project managers 210 and 220 and / or the issue managers 212 and 222 by notifying the managers 210 and 220 of the project to which the changed issue belongs To be shared.

The project managers 210 and 220 refer to those who have authority to manage and direct the overall project and designate the issue managers 212 and 222 for each issue. 210, 220) to designate and manage each of the issues that make up the project. At this time, one or more project managers 210 and 220 may exist in each project. The project managers 210 and 220 can designate the issue managers 212 and 222 for the issues belonging to the project managed by the project managers 210 and 220 and directly manage some issues for which the issue managers 212 and 222 are not designated.

The project managers 210 and 220 and / or the issue managers 212 and 222 access the project management apparatus 100 through a predetermined administrator terminal such as a smart phone, a mobile phone, a tablet PC, a desktop, Project management services will be provided.

FIG. 2 illustrates a project management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the project management apparatus 100 may include a communication unit 110, a control unit 120, and a memory unit 130.

The communication unit 110 connects the project management apparatus 100 to an external apparatus (for example, a project manager or an administrator terminal used by the issue manager) under the control of the control unit 120. [ Specifically, the communication unit 110 may receive a project and / or issue creation request for requesting creation of at least one new project and / or at least one new issue from a project manager or the like, and may transmit the request to the generation unit 122. In addition, the communication unit 110 receives a relation setting request from an administrator of an arbitrary project and / or an issue manager, and transmits the relation setting request to an administrator of another project and / or an administrator of another issue requested to establish a relationship, You can receive approval or not. When the notification processing unit 126 selects a project to be notified of the generation information of the new issue according to the generation of a new issue for a certain project (for example, the first project, etc.), the communication unit 110 selects The generated information can be transmitted to the manager of the project. The communication unit 110 receives status change information about an issue from an administrator of an arbitrary issue (for example, the first issue, etc.), and when the notification processing unit 126 selects an issue subject to status change information, The state change information can be transmitted to the manager of the selected issue. The operation of the communication unit 110 is illustrative, and the communication unit 110 can communicate various signals or data necessary for the operation of the project management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.

The communication unit 110 may be a LAN, a Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA), a Long Term Evolution (LTE), a Wireless Broadband Internet (WiBro), a Radio Frequency (RF) communication, a wireless LAN, Fidelity, Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, and infrared communication. However, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various kinds of wired and wireless communication technologies applicable to the related art may be used according to the embodiments to which the present invention is applied.

The control unit 120 is a component that controls the overall operation of the project management apparatus 100. [ The control unit 120 may include a generating unit 122, a relation setting unit 124, a notification processing unit 126, and a sensing unit 128. [ have.

The generating unit 122 may generate at least one new project and / or at least one new issue. Specifically, when the communication unit 110 receives a request to create a project from a project manager or the like, at least one new project may be created in response to the request. In addition, when the communication unit 110 receives the issue creation request, the generation unit 122 may generate at least one new issue belonging to at least one project in response to the request. At this time, these projects and / or issues generated on the project management apparatus 100 may correspond to actual projects and issues managed and performed by the project manager and / or the issue manager.

The relationship setting unit 124 can set mutual relationship information for a plurality of projects and / or for a plurality of issues. In particular, when creating a new project and / or a new issue, the relationship setting unit 124 sets relationship information for at least one of the existing projects and the new project, or sets relationship information for at least one of the existing issues and the new issue . Setting of such relationship information may be performed by a request of one side (for example, a manager of a new project, a manager of a new issue, etc.) and an approval method of the other side (for example, an administrator of an existing project, . On the other hand, when there are a plurality of new projects and / or new issues requested to be generated, the setting of relationship information can be performed between new projects and / or between new issues.

The notification processing unit 126 can select issues to be notified of the generation information of the new issue and / or the state change information based on the relationship information between the projects and / or the issues. Specifically, when the sensing unit 128 detects generation of a new issue for the first project, the notification processing unit 126 detects an issue that is directly or indirectly related to the first project based on the relationship information, At least one of them can be selected as the notification target of the generation information of the new issue. Upon receiving the status change information for the first issue, the notification processing unit 126 detects an issue that is directly or indirectly related to the first issue on the basis of the relationship information, and transmits at least one of them to the first issue Can be selected as the notification target of the status change information.

The sensing unit 128 may detect whether a new issue is generated for a certain project, and may transmit a detection signal to the notification processing unit 126. In response to the transmission of the detection signal of the sensing unit 128, the notification processing unit 126 selects the project to which the new issue generation information is notified based on the relationship information between the projects, as described above.

Such operations of the generating unit 122, the relationship setting unit 124, the notification processing unit 126, and the sensing unit 128 are illustrative and the present invention may be applied to various embodiments of the present invention, Various operations can be performed.

The memory unit 130 stores a signal or data (for example, a project creation request, an issue creation request, a relation setting request, a relationship, etc.) corresponding to the operation of the project management apparatus 100 under the control of the control unit 120 Information on the creation of a new issue, status change information, identification information on the project and its related issues, identification information on the project manager and the issue manager, etc.). The memory unit 130 also stores programs and data necessary for the operations of the project management apparatus 100 or the control unit 120. [ The memory unit 130 may be a hard disk drive (HDD), a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), an electrically erasable and programmable read only memory (EEPROM) flash memory, CF (Compact Flash) card, SD (Secure Digital) card, SM (Smart Media) card, MMC (Multimedia) card or Memory Stick And may be provided in the project management apparatus 100 or may be provided in a separate apparatus.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the project management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may further include an input unit (not shown). An input unit (not shown) processes an input from the outside inputted to the project management apparatus 100, generates an input signal, and transmits the input signal to the control unit 120. In the present invention, an input unit (not shown) may receive at least one of a project creation request, an issue creation request, a relation setting request, and status change information for an arbitrary issue from the outside. That is, at least one of the project creation request, the issue creation request, the relation setting request, and the state change information is received through wireless communication with the project manager and / or the administrator terminal used by the issue manager, Or by the user input of the project manager and / or issue manager. The operation of the input unit (not shown) is illustrative, and various input signals, data, and the like may be received according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied. The input unit may include a key pad, a touch pad, a touch screen, and a voice recognition sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 illustrates a method of operating a project management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 illustrates a specific embodiment of step S340 of FIG.

In step S310, the generation unit 122 may generate a new issue for at least one project. That is, when the communication unit 110 receives the issue creation request from the project manager or the like, the generation unit 122 generates at least one new issue belonging to a certain project in response to the request. Here, the issue creation request may include identification information such as a name and a unique number for the issue to be generated and the project to which the issue is requested, summary information, information about the manager, and the like.

The generation of the new issue can be performed by copying the existing issue created in the same or another project. In other words, when the project management apparatus 100 needs to include an issue of the same content in different projects, for example, the project manager can assign a project name, content, The new issue can be created by copying the existing issue created in the new project to another project.

On the other hand, according to the embodiment, the generation of a new issue for any project can be implemented to be sensed by the sensing unit 128 and transmitted to the notification processing unit 126, as described below with reference to FIG. 5 have. Thereafter, the notification processing unit 126 detects a project directly or indirectly related to the project in which the new issue is generated, and transmits the new issue creation information to the manager of the detected project.

In step S320, the relationship setting unit 124 may set mutual relationship information for a plurality of issues belonging to at least one project. The relationship information between the issues is used to notify the manager of the other issue of the state change information generated in one issue in a case where there is a certain relation to specific attributes of the issues between the issues, Information related to the type of association relationship established between the issues, and the like. At this time, the association can be classified into a peer relationship or a dependency relationship depending on whether or not the notification obligation to state change information exists in both parties or in one party. In other words, for example, when the issue A and the issue B are in a parity relationship, if a status change occurs to one of the two issues, information on the status change is notified to the manager of another issue in which no status change has occurred . On the other hand, when the B issue is dependent on the A issue, the state change information about the B issue is notified to the manager of the B issue, while the state change information about the B issue is not notified to the manager of the A issue In contrast, if the A issue is in a dependency relation to the B issue, the status change information in the B issue is notified to the manager of the A issue, while the status change information in the B issue is notified to the manager of the B issue And can be configured not to notify. In this case, when the A issue and the B issue are not related to each other, the status change information generated in one issue is not notified to the other issue manager. In addition, the association can be classified as a direct association or an indirect association according to a predetermined criterion, as described below.

The relationship setting unit 124 may set the relationship information between the issues at step S310 when the new issue is generated, at least one of the existing issues and the new issue. Specifically, when the communication unit 110 receives a relationship setting request from the manager of the new issue to be created and / or the manager of the project to which the new issue belongs, the relationship setting unit 124 transmits the relation setting request to the manager And / or the manager of the project to which the existing issue belongs. Thereafter, when the manager of the existing issue and / or the manager of the project to which the existing issue belongs approves the relation setting request, the relation setting unit 124 performs setting of the relationship information between the new issue and the existing issue. At this time, the relation setting request may include information on the identification information of the existing issue that wants to establish the relation and the kind of relation to be set. In addition, as described above, when there are a plurality of new issues requested to be generated, the setting of relationship information can be performed among the new issues.

However, according to the embodiment, the relationship setting unit 124 may set the relation information between the existing issue and the new relationship between the new issue and the existing issue, Can be implemented so as to change and / or delete the set relationship information.

In step S330, the communication unit 110 may receive status change information on the first issue from the manager of the first issue. Here, the state change collectively refers to the occurrence of various events related to an issue, such as a change in a task content, a budget change, a related information change, a database update, etc. The state change information includes information on whether a state change has occurred .

In step S340, the notification processing unit 126 can select an issue subject to be notified of the status change information for the first issue based on the relationship information between the issues. Specifically, step S340 may include steps S342 through S346, as shown in FIG.

First, in step S342, the notification processing unit 126 can detect a second issue directly related to the first issue based on the relationship information. An issue directly related to the first issue here can refer to an issue that is directly related to the first issue or does not depend on the other issue, or is in a relationship of dependency to the first issue.

Subsequently, in step S344, the notification processing unit 126 can detect a third issue indirectly related to the first issue based on the relationship information. Here, an issue that is indirectly related to the first issue is not directly related to the first issue, but can refer to an issue that is considered to be related to the first issue through another issue. In other words, for example, the notification processing unit 126 may determine whether an issue that is in a parallell relationship with the second issue detected in step S342 or that has a dependency relationship with the second issue is indirectly equivalent to the first issue, It can be detected as a third issue that is indirectly dependent.

If the second issue and the third issue are detected, the notification processing unit 126 can select at least one of the detected issues as the issue subject to the status change information in step S346. At this time, the issues that are dependent or indirectly dependent on the first issue are included in the notification object, but it is preferable that the issue in which the first issue is dependent or indirectly dependent is excluded from the notification. In this case, regarding the issue in which the first issue is dependent or indirectly dependent, the first issue can only receive the status change information that occurred in the issue, and the status change information in the first issue is not an object to be notified Because.

In step S350, the communication unit 110 may transmit status change information on the first issue to the administrator of the selected issue. Thus, the manager of the issue having received the status change information can confirm the status change information on the transmitted first issue using the administrator terminal, and reflect the received status change information on the issue managed by the administrator.

In one embodiment, an operation method 300 of the project management apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a step of, when an administrator does not exist for at least one issue selected as a notification target, And transmitting status change information on the first issue to the manager of the project to which the first status is belonged. This is to allow the project manager, to which the issue belongs, to reflect the received status change information to the issue when the manager is not designated for the issue.

5 illustrates an operation method of the project management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In step S510, the generating unit 122 may generate at least one new project. The creation of such a new project can be performed in response to a request to create a project received from a project manager or the like. Here, the project creation request may include identification information such as a name and a unique number for the project to be generated, information such as summary information, information on the manager, and the like.

In step S520, the relationship setting unit 124 can set mutual relationship information for a plurality of projects. The relationship information between these projects is used to notify the manager of the other project of the generation information about the new issue created in one project in a case where there is a certain relation to the concrete property between the projects, Information for identifying the project in which the relationship is established, and information about the kind of association relationship established between the projects. In this case, the relationship between the projects is similar to the relationship between the issues described above with reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, depending on whether or not the obligation to notify the generation information of the new issue exists in both parties, And can also be classified as a direct association or an indirect association according to a predetermined criterion.

Similar to the step S320 of FIG. 3, the relationship setting unit 124 may set the relationship information between the existing project and the other project according to the one-way request and the other approval method . In addition, when there are a plurality of new projects requested to be created, the relationship setting unit 124 may set the relation information among the mutual new issues, and in accordance with the embodiment, Or the like can be newly configured to establish relationship information between existing projects or to change and / or delete set relationship information.

In step S530, the sensing unit 128 may detect whether a new issue is generated for the first project. That is, when a new issue is generated for the first project according to a request from the manager of the first project, the sensing unit 128 senses the new issue and transmits a sensing signal to the notification processing unit 126.

In step S540, the notification processing unit 126 can select a project to be notified of the new issue creation information based on the relationship information between the projects. Selection of a project to be notified can be performed in the same manner as the above-described method with reference to steps S342 to S346 of FIG. In other words, the notification processing unit 126 determines whether or not the second project and the indirectly-related (indirect, peer-relationship, indirectly-dependent) relationships are directly related to the first project And at least one of the at least one of the second projects and the third project can be selected as the notification target of the generation information.

In step S550, the communication unit 110 may transmit the generation information of the new issue to the administrator of the selected project. Accordingly, the manager of the project having received the generation information of the new issue can determine the copying of the new issue to the own project by checking the generated information using the administrator terminal.

5, it is shown that the project management apparatus 100 detects whether or not a new issue is generated for the first project. However, this is an illustrative example. According to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied, the project management apparatus 100 May be implemented to further detect whether an existing issue for the first project has been deleted. That is, when the existing issue created in the first project is deleted, the project management apparatus 100 detects the deleted issue and notifies the manager of the project directly and / or indirectly related to the first project .

6 illustrates an exemplary relationship between a project and an issue generated and managed by the project management apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, one or more projects created and managed by the project management apparatus 100 and one or more issues belonging to each project are shown. On the other hand, the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 6 indicates the notification direction for the new issue creation information and the state change information.

As shown in Fig. 6, a relationship of a peer relationship or a dependency relationship may be established between a plurality of projects and a plurality of issues. Such an association can be classified into a direct association and an indirect association, as described above.

First, referring to Issue 2 shown in FIG. 6, the relationship between issues is as follows. As a direct relation, Issue 2 directly relies on Issue 1, and Issue 2 and Issue 5 are in direct parity Can be confirmed. In addition, as indirectly related, issue 2 and issue 8 are indirectly based on issue 5, and issue 2 is indirectly dependent on issue 6 through issue 5. As described above, when status change information for an arbitrary issue is received, the project management apparatus 100 determines whether the status change information is directly and / or indirectly related to the issue on which the status change information is received based on the relationship information between the issues And notify the status change information to the manager of the issue. For example, when status change information for issue 2 is received, the project management apparatus 100 issues an issue 5 directly correlated with Issue 2, Issue 8 indirectly equivalent to Issue 2, State change information for Issue 2 can be notified to the manager of Issue 6 in the dependency relationship. In this case, issue 1, in which issue 2 is directly dependent, is excluded from the notification, as described above.

Next, referring to FIG. 6, the relationship between the projects is examined, and it can be confirmed that the C project is directly dependent on the B project. As described above, when the generation of a new issue for a certain project is detected, the project management apparatus 100 determines whether or not a project having a direct and / or indirectly related relationship with the project in which the new issue is created, And notify the manager of the project of the generation information of the new issue. For example, when a new issue is created in the B project, the manager of the C project directly dependent on the B project can be notified of the generation of the new issue for the B project.

Meanwhile, the various embodiments described herein may be implemented by hardware, middleware, microcode, software, and / or a combination thereof. For example, various embodiments may include one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays ), Processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, other electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, or a combination thereof.

Also, for example, various embodiments may be stored or encoded in a computer-readable medium including instructions. The instructions stored or encoded in the computer-readable medium may cause a programmable processor or other processor to perform the method, for example, when the instructions are executed. The computer-readable medium includes both computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place to another. The storage medium may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage media, magnetic disk storage media or other magnetic storage devices, Or any other medium that can be used to carry or store data in the form of data structures.

Such hardware, software, firmware, etc. may be implemented within the same device or within separate devices to support the various operations and functions described herein. Additionally, components, units, modules, components, etc. described in the present invention as "parts" may be implemented separately or together as separate but interoperable logic devices. The description of different features for modules, units, etc. is intended to emphasize different functional embodiments and does not necessarily imply that they must be implemented by individual hardware or software components. Rather, the functionality associated with one or more modules or units may be performed by separate hardware or software components, or may be incorporated within common or separate hardware or software components.

Although acts in a particular order are shown in the figures, it should be understood that these acts are performed in the specific order shown, or in a sequential order, or that all illustrated acts need to be performed to achieve the desired result . In any environment, multitasking and parallel processing may be advantageous. Moreover, the division of various components in the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such a distinction in all embodiments, and the components described may generally be integrated together into a single software product or packaged into multiple software products It should be understood.

As described above, an optimal embodiment has been disclosed in the drawings and specification. Although specific terms have been employed herein, they are used for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the claims or the claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and equivalent embodiments are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Accordingly, the true scope of the present invention should be determined by the technical idea of the appended claims.

100 project management apparatus 110 communication section
120 control unit 122 generating unit
124 Relationship setting unit 126 Notification processing unit
128 detection unit 130 memory unit
210, 220 Project Manager 212, 222 Issue Manager

Claims

A method of operating a project management apparatus,
The method comprising: setting relationship information for a plurality of issues belonging to at least one project, the relationship information including information about a kind of association relationship established between the issues;
Receiving status change information on the first issue from an administrator of the first issue;
Selecting an issue subject to be notified of the status change information based on the relationship information; And
And transmitting the state change information to an administrator of the selected issue.

The method of claim 1, wherein
Wherein the step of selecting the issue subject matter comprises:
Detecting a second issue directly related to the first issue, based on the relationship information; And
And selecting at least one of the second issues as a notification target of the status change information.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the step of selecting the issue subject matter comprises:
Further comprising detecting a third issue that is indirectly related to the first issue based on the relationship information,
Wherein, in the step of selecting as the notification target, at least one of the third issues is further selected as the notification target of the status change information.

The method according to claim 1,
And transmitting the state change information to an administrator of a project to which the issue does not exist if at least one of the selected issues does not exist.

The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising generating a new issue for at least one of the projects,
Wherein the setting of the relationship information is performed between at least one of the existing issues and the new issue or between new issues.

6. The method of claim 5,
Wherein the setting of the relation information between the existing issue and the new issue includes setting of at least one of the manager of the new issue and the manager of the project to which the new issue belongs, Wherein the at least one of the managers of the project to which the existing issue belongs is authorized.

A method of operating a project management apparatus,
Setting relationship information for a plurality of projects, the relationship information including information about a kind of association relationship established between the projects;
Detecting whether a new issue is generated for the first project;
Selecting a project to be notified of the generation information of the new issue based on the relationship information if it is detected that the new issue is generated; And
And transmitting the generated information to a manager of the selected project.

8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the step of selecting the notification target project comprises:
Detecting a second project directly related to the first project and a third project indirectly related to the first project based on the relationship information; And
Selecting at least one of the second project and the third project as a notification target of the generation information.

8. The method of claim 7,
Further comprising creating at least one new project,
Wherein the setting of the relationship information is performed between at least one of the existing projects and the new project or between the new projects.

10. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for performing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9.

As a project management apparatus,
A relation setting unit for setting relation information for a plurality of issues belonging to at least one project, the relation information including information about a kind of relation established between the issues;
A communication unit for receiving status change information on the first issue from an administrator of the first issue;
And a notification processing unit for selecting an issue subject to be notified of the status change information based on the relationship information,
And the communication unit transmits the status change information to the administrator of the selected issue.

12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the notification processing unit detects a second issue directly related to the first issue on the basis of the relationship information and selects at least one of the second issues as a notification target of the status change information Project management device.

13. The method of claim 12,
The notification processing unit detects a third issue that is indirectly related to the first issue based on the relationship information and further selects at least one of the third issues as the notification target of the status change information Project management apparatus.

12. The method of claim 11,
Wherein the communication unit transmits the status change information to an administrator of a project to which the issue does not exist if at least one of the selected issues does not exist.

12. The method of claim 11,
Further comprising a generation unit generating a new issue for at least one of the projects,
Wherein when the new issue is generated, the relationship setting unit sets the relationship information between at least one of the existing issues and the new issue or between new issues.

16. The method of claim 15,
Wherein the setting of the relationship information between the existing issue and the new issue by the relationship setting unit includes setting a relation setting request of at least one of the manager of the new issue and the manager of the project to which the new issue belongs, Wherein the project management is performed by approval of at least one of the managers of the project to which the issue belongs.

As a project management apparatus,
A relation setting unit for setting relation information for a plurality of projects, the relation information including information about a kind of a relation established between the projects;
A sensing unit for sensing whether a new issue is generated for the first project;
A notification processing unit for, when it is detected that the new issue is generated, selecting a project to be notified of the generation information of the new issue based on the relationship information; And
And a communication unit for transmitting the generated information to the manager of the selected project.

18. The method of claim 17,
Wherein the notification processing unit detects a second project directly related to the first project and a third project that is indirectly related to each other based on the relationship information and detects at least one of the second project and the third project And at least one of the generated information is selected as a notification target of the generation information.

18. The method of claim 17,
Further comprising a generation unit for generating at least one new project,
Wherein when the new project is created, the relationship setting unit sets the relationship information between at least one of the existing projects and the new project or between the new projects.