Patents by Inventor Todd Adam Olson

Todd Adam Olson 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).

  • Method and System for Auditing Processes and Projects for Process Improvement
    Publication number: 20140372417
    Abstract: The present invention provides for tracking time spent on various activities in a software development project by one or more users working on the project. The present invention also stores this data to derive metrics and best practices. The metrics and best practices are compared with project data to analyze the current status of the project and to estimate the completion timeframe for the current project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: RALLY SOFTWARE
    Inventor: Todd Adam Olson
  • Method and system for comparative community based analytics
    Patent number: 8832639
    Abstract: The present invention provides for tracking time spent on various activities in a software development project by one or more users working on the project. The present invention also stores this data to derive metrics and best practices. The metrics and best practices are compared with project data to analyze the current status of the project and to estimate the completion timeframe for the current project.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Rally Software
    Inventor: Todd Adam Olson
  • Method and system for auditing processes and projects for process improvement
    Patent number: 7698248
    Abstract: Systems and methods for auditing knowledge-based projects or methods wherein the users participate in and contribute to generating an automatically updating community data set for obtaining information for evaluating and comparing a target project to best practices and relevant comparables from within the community data to audit likelihood of success and to predict the outcome of the knowledge-based project, and to identify components for improvement or modification to improve the outcome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Rally Software
    Inventor: Todd Adam Olson
  • Method and system for auditing processes and projects for process improvement
    Publication number: 20080177791
    Abstract: Systems and methods for auditing knowledge-based projects or methods wherein the users participate in and contribute to generating an automatically updating community data set for obtaining information for evaluating and comparing a target project to best practices and relevant comparables from within the community data to audit likelihood of success and to predict the outcome of the knowledge-based project, and to identify components for improvement or modification to improve the outcome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Todd Adam Olson
  • Method and system for comparative community based analytics
    Publication number: 20080141214
    Abstract: The present invention provides for tracking time spent on various activities in a software development project by one or more users working on the project. The present invention also stores this data to derive metrics and best practices. The metrics and best practices are compared with project data to analyze the current status of the project and to estimate the completion timeframe for the current project.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Todd Adam Olson