Margaret J Knauth from Overland Park, KS, age 50

Hardware/Software And Vendor Labor Integration In Pipeline Management
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US Patent:

8606614, Dec 10, 2013
Filed:

Apr 13, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/403652
Inventors:

Michael W. Kanemoto - Lawrence KS, US
Matthew E. Perkins - Pleasant Hill MS, US
Margaret J. Knauth - Overland KS, US
Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Overland Park KS
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
US Classification:

705 723, 705 713, 705 717
Abstract:

As provided, a method of integration of hardware, software and vendor labor in software development pipeline management that comprises providing, for each of multiple projects in a software project pipeline, a set of inputs that includes 1) timing, 2) demand inputs, 3) supply inputs. The method further comprises aggregating the inputs. The method further comprises identifying one or more constraints in the software development pipeline when the demand inputs and the supply inputs are not in balance with the input timing.

Predictive Growth Burn Rate In Development Pipeline
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US Patent:

8639553, Jan 28, 2014
Filed:

Apr 13, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/403669
Inventors:

Margaret J. Knauth - Overland KS, US
Debra L. Roberts - Flower Mound TX, US
Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company L.P. - Overland Park KS
International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 10/06
US Classification:

705 722, 705 715
Abstract:

A method is provided for predictive growth and burn rate analysis in software pipeline management. The method comprises providing, for each of multiple projects in a software project pipeline, a set of inputs that includes labor demand, labor supply, and one or more historical data points. The method also includes aggregating the inputs, and calculating an overall labor supply/demand balance. The method then compares the difference between the balance and the historical data points to a reasonable threshold.

Method And Software Tool For Real-Time Optioning In A Software Development Pipeline
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US Patent:

8341591, Dec 25, 2012
Filed:

Apr 13, 2006
Appl. No.:

11/403773
Inventors:

Margaret J. Knauth - Overland KS, US
Michael W. Kanemoto - Lawrence KS, US
Matthew E. Perkins - Pleasant Hill MS, US
James L. Crum - Lenexa KS, US
Assignee:

Sprint Communications Company, L.P. - Overland Park KS
International Classification:

G06F 9/44
G06Q 10/00
US Classification:

717102, 705 713, 705 723, 705 725, 705 726
Abstract:

As provided, a method for real time optioning includes providing, for each of multiple projects in a software development pipeline, a set of inputs, the inputs comprising at least one input from a group consisting of 1) work-in-progress inputs relating to a current project in a software development pipeline and 2) placeholder inputs relating to a future project in the software development pipeline. The method also includes aggregating the inputs resulting in one or more constraints. The method further includes implementing a test change that has an impact on one or more constraints in the software development pipeline, and outputting, in real-time, the impact of the test change on the one or more constraints in the software development pipeline. The impact is at least one of positive and negative.