Patents by Inventor Elizabeth DeSchryver

Elizabeth DeSchryver has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Methodology framework and delivery vehicle
    Patent number: 8645420
    Abstract: A hierarchical framework for a library of software process management methodologies includes at a first level of hierarchy, a collection of activities that describe the process, wherein each activity requires the use of a unique skill set domain. At a second level of hierarchy, the framework includes a collection of tasks that describe the activity. At a third level of hierarchy, the framework includes a collection of steps that describe the task. For each methodology, a portion of the activities are categorized across a set of taxonomies common to a plurality of methodologies contained in the library such that the portion of activities is reusable for the plurality of methodologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Elizabeth DeSchryver, Deirdre C. O'Riordan
  • Methodology framework and delivery vehicle
    Publication number: 20050034098
    Abstract: A hierarchical framework for a library of software process management methodologies includes at a first level of hierarchy, a collection of activities that describe the process, wherein each activity requires the use of a unique skill set domain. At a second level of hierarchy, the framework includes a collection of tasks that describe the activity. At a third level of hierarchy, the framework includes a collection of steps that describe the task. For each methodology, a portion of the activities are categorized across a set of taxonomies common to a plurality of methodologies contained in the library such that the portion of activities is reusable for the plurality of methodologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Elizabeth DeSchryver, Deirdre O'Riordan