Methods and System for Verb-Based Project Management

摘要

In a system and methods for verb-based project management, a matter budget is built bottom-up from verb-based task templates. Phases, either newly-defined or selected from previously-defined phases are specified. Tasks, also either newly-defined or selected from pre-existing templates are specified. One or more activities are associated to each task and tasks are associated to phases. A task template specifies the amount of time allocated, employees or employee classes, background required and cost and profit. As the budget is built, a project checklist is automatically generated that closely tracks the budget, thus tightly linking budget and activities, leading to greater budget transparency and tighter cost control for a matter. Experience incurred is tracked for each timekeeper and associated to matter metadata to facilitate management of human capital for present and future matters. Embodiments may combine bottom-up and top-down budgeting approaches.