Associative memory-based project management system

ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A method and apparatus for managing information (116) for projects (106) is provided. Information (116) for the projects (106) is stored as data entities (120) in an associative memory (130). The associative memory (130) includes a plurality of data having a plurality of associations in which the data entities (120) are included in the plurality of data. The associative memory (130) further includes a content-addressable structure. The associative memory (130) is configured to be queried based on at least one relationship selected from a group that includes direct relationships and indirect relationships among the plurality of data. The data entities (120) stored in the associative memory (130) are grouped to form a number of clusters (134). A report is generated using the number of clusters (134). 500 RECEIVE INFORMATION FOR PROJECTS AS FREE TEXT 502--J PARSE THE FREE TEXT INTO TYPES OF DATA ENTITIES 504 STORE THE DATA ENTITIES IN AN ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY IDENTIFY A NUMBER OF 506 /SELECTED CRITERIA FOR GROUPING THE DATA ENTITIES GROUP THE DATA ENTITIES STORED IN THE ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY USING 508 THE NUMBER OF SELECTED CRITERIA TO FORM A NUMBER OF CLUSTERS GENERATE A REPORT USING 510 THE NUMBER OF CLUSTERS ( END5