Patents by Inventor Peter P. Bradford

Peter P. Bradford 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).

  • Patent number: 10402193
    Abstract: A cognitive system, method and computer program product for maximizing a productivity of software development by a software development team. The system and method implement cognitive processes for determining what certain organizational factors and their optimal values which correspond to high performing software development teams. Based on the determinations correlating organization factors with productivity increases, the system prescribes what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve (e.g., increase and decrease), and determine what are the target improvement values. Use of the systems and methods described herein enable development managers and executives to build maximum performance teams (or transform existing teams, boosting their productivity), by leveraging customized quantitative recommendation provided as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Nikolay Kadochnikov, Peter P. Bradford
  • Patent number: 10331437
    Abstract: A cognitive system, method and computer program product for maximizing a productivity of software development by a software development team. The system and method implement cognitive processes for determining what certain organizational factors and their optimal values which correspond to high performing software development teams. Based on the determinations correlating organization factors with productivity increases, the system prescribes what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve (e.g., increase and decrease), and determine what are the target improvement values. Use of the systems and methods described herein enable development managers and executives to build maximum performance teams (or transform existing teams, boosting their productivity), by leveraging customized quantitative recommendation provided as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Nikolay Kadochnikov, Peter P. Bradford
  • Publication number: 20190012166
    Abstract: A cognitive system, method and computer program product for maximizing a productivity of software development by a software development team. The system and method implement cognitive processes for determining what certain organizational factors and their optimal values which correspond to high performing software development teams. Based on the determinations correlating organization factors with productivity increases, the system prescribes what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve (e.g., increase and decrease), and determine what are the target improvement values. Use of the systems and methods described herein enable development managers and executives to build maximum performance teams (or transform existing teams, boosting their productivity), by leveraging customized quantitative recommendation provided as output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Nikolay Kadochnikov, Peter P. Bradford
  • Publication number: 20190012167
    Abstract: A cognitive system, method and computer program product for maximizing a productivity of software development by a software development team. The system and method implement cognitive processes for determining what certain organizational factors and their optimal values which correspond to high performing software development teams. Based on the determinations correlating organization factors with productivity increases, the system prescribes what Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to improve (e.g., increase and decrease), and determine what are the target improvement values. Use of the systems and methods described herein enable development managers and executives to build maximum performance teams (or transform existing teams, boosting their productivity), by leveraging customized quantitative recommendation provided as output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Gregory J. Boss, Nikolay Kadochnikov, Peter P. Bradford