Abstract: A timesheet assistant mines development items in a repository of a computer to form identified development items. Development context information and effort indicators, associated with the identified development items, are extracted. Statistical analysis is applied to tasks of the identified development items using the effort indicators. Efforts expended on the tasks are predicted using historical data to create effort estimates. Developer reported efforts for the identified items are received, and a timesheet is generated using the development context information, the effort estimates and the developer reported effort. The timesheet is presented for review, verification, and approval.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product is disclosed for providing test coverage for detecting failures in a software application. The method comprises the steps of identifying a set of test cases; and for each of at least a subset of said test cases, identifying one or more of the other test cases that depend on said each of the test cases based on a defined functional relationship. The method comprises the further steps of using a selected one of said subset of test cases to test the software application; and when said test of the software application fails, then testing the software application with the one or more of the other test cases that depend on said selected one of the test cases based on said functional relationship.

Abstract: A timesheet assistant mines development items in a repository of a computer to form identified development items. Development context information and effort indicators, associated with the identified development items, are extracted. Statistical analysis is applied to tasks of the identified development items using the effort indicators. Efforts expended on the tasks are predicted using historical data to create effort estimates. Developer reported efforts for the identified items are received, and a timesheet is generated using the development context information, the effort estimates and the developer reported effort. The timesheet is presented for review, verification, and approval.

Abstract: A method, system and computer program product is disclosed for providing test coverage for detecting failures in a software application. The method comprises the steps of identifying a set of test cases; and for each of at least a subset of said test cases, identifying one or more of the other test cases that depend on said each of the test cases based on a defined functional relationship. The method comprises the further steps of using a selected one of said subset of test cases to test the software application; and when said test of the software application fails, then testing the software application with the one or more of the other test cases that depend on said selected one of the test cases based on said functional relationship.

Abstract: A method of managing user inputs and displaying outputs in a multi-player game that is played on a plurality of terminals on a network in a manner that compensates for differences in network latency among different terminals. The method includes: (a) transmitting a representation of a game challenge such as a trivia question to the terminals via the network; (b) receiving a game response signal such as a "buzz-in" from two or more of the terminals; (c) assigning each responding terminal a priority rank according to a characteristic of their respective game response signal, e.g., elapsed time since receipt of the game challenge; (d) determining which responding terminal has the highest rank; and (e) sending signals to the responding terminals assigning them respective degrees of control of the game, e.g., the right to take a turn, in accordance with their respective ranks.