Edwin M Allen

US Patent:

60363452, Mar 14, 2000

Filed:

Feb 20, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/027122

Inventors:

Daniel A. Jannette - Rochester Hills MI
Edwin M. Allen - Shelby Township MI
Mark F. Burnard - Shelby Township MI
Jamie L. Crenshaw - Sterling Heights MI
Curtis R. DeSaele - Shelby Township MI
Michael E. Hill - Goodrich MI
Gerald O. Morrison - Birmingham MI
Sonia Raheja - Rochester Hills MI
William G. Szuch - Rochester Hills MI
Paul W. Vickers - Rochester Hills MI
Mark S. Zaun - Clarkston MI

Assignee:

Lear Corporation - Southfield MI

International Classification:

G06F 1900

US Classification:

36446803

Abstract:

A design and engineering project management system comprising a computer including a microprocessor, program memory, data storage memory, one or more displays, logic for identifying overall product objectives and group objectives relating to each of one or more subsystems or components of the overall product and displaying the overall objective and group objectives in a plurality of graphic windows which are quickly retrieved by the system operator, thereby integrating the diverse interests and activities of the groups into a comprehensive system design and implementation program. The system also preferably includes logic for identifying one or more strategies for achieving group objectives and presenting the strategies in a graphic form which allows for quick comparison of competing strategies. The system also preferably includes logic for quantitatively measuring progress toward each group's stated objectives and providing a plurality of graphic displays indicating each group's, and the entire project's toward its objectives.