Abstract: A method for automated planning of a project is disclosed employing a project planning tool. The project planning tool displays a current plan to a user. The current plan automatically adjusts in light of received progress reports. The project planning tool recognizes and automatically adjusts manpower and time resources in response to initial conditions and later received reports. Time milestones indicating predetermined completion levels are adjusted along a project timeline in response to receive reports. The project planning tool calculates whether or not the project can be completed within the parameters provided and provide corrective suggestions to the user.

Abstract: An image map Java Bean or ActiveX control has a display image property and a mapping image property. The mapping image comprises a plurality of regions colored from a pre-determined sequence of colors. When instantiated the image map displays the display image. The image map is, responsive to user interaction with the display image, to obtain a coordinate in the display image and to reading an index color of a corresponding coordinate in the mapping image. If the index color is from the pre-determined sequence of colors, the image map indicates user selection of a region of the display image by highlighting the region.