SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALLOCATING DEVELOPMENT OF A DEVICE APPLICATION

1 . A method for developing device applications, the method comprising:

receiving a set of features of a first device application;

determining one or more subsets of the set of features, each subset is capable of operating independently of other subsets in the first device application;

determining a production time for each subset; and

for each subset, tasking a developer to complete the subset at a time based on the production time.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining internal dependencies for each subset; and

wherein the production time is determined based on the internal dependencies.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a difficulty of developing each feature of the set of features; and

wherein tasking the developer comprises correlating an expertise of the developer to the difficulty.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the expertise of the developer is determined by an automated evaluation, the automated evaluation comprising:

determining a score for the developer;

assigning, to the developer, a job based on a machine readable specification, the machine readable specification comprising one or more jobs that are completable by the developer; and

receiving a completed job based on one of the one or more jobs; and

updating the score based on an assessment of the completed job.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the score is a classification that corresponds to a classification of the job.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising determining the classification of the job based on the machine readable specification.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein tasking the developer comprises automatically contacting, by a computer system, the developer to communicate a job to complete the subset.

8 . A computer system configured to develop a device application, the computer system comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory, the processor configured to:

receive a set of features of a first device application;

determine one or more subsets of the set of features, each subset is capable of operating independently of other subsets in the first device application;

determine a production time for each subset; and

for each subset, task a developer to complete the subset at a time based on the production time.

9 . The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determining internal dependencies for each subset; and

wherein the production time is determined based on the internal dependencies.

10 . The computer system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a difficulty of developing each feature of the set of features; and

wherein task a developer comprises the processor configured to correlate an expertise of the developer to the difficulty.

11 . The computer system of claim 10 , wherein the expertise of the developer is determined by an automated evaluation, the automated evaluation comprising the processor further configured to:

determine a score for the developer;

assign, to the developer, a job based on a machine readable specification, the machine readable specification comprising one or more jobs that are completable by the developer; and

receive a completed job based on one of the one or more jobs; and

update the score based on an assessment of the completed job.

12 . The computer system of claim 11 , wherein the score is a classification that corresponds to a classification of the job.

13 . The computer system of claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the classification of the job based on the machine readable specification.

14 . The computer system of claim 8 , wherein task the developer comprises the processor being configured to automatically contact the developer to communicate a job to complete the subset.

15 . A computer readable storage medium having data stored therein representing software executable by a computer, the software comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the computer readable storage medium to perform:

receiving a set of features of a first device application;

determining one or more subsets of the set of features, each subset is capable of operating independently of other subsets in the first device application;

determining a production time for each subset; and

for each subset, tasking a developer to complete the subset at a time based on the production time.

16 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause of the computer readable storage medium to perform determining internal dependencies for each subset; and

wherein the production time is determined based on the internal dependencies.

17 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause of the computer readable storage medium to perform determining a difficulty of developing each feature of the set of features; and

wherein tasking the developer comprises correlating an expertise of the developer to the difficulty.

18 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the instructions further cause of the computer readable storage medium to perform determining a difficulty of developing each feature of the set of features; and

wherein tasking the developer comprises correlating an expertise of the developer to the difficulty.

19 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further cause of the computer readable storage medium to perform:

determining a score for the developer;

assigning, to the developer, a job based on a machine readable specification, the machine readable specification comprising one or more jobs that are completable by the developer; and

receiving a completed job based on one of the one or more jobs; and

updating the score based on an assessment of the completed job.

20 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the score is a classification that corresponds to a classification of the job.