Scheduling software.
olefoo: This sounds like your garden variety project management software. Specifically one that works with the PERT methodology. [1] [2]There are approximately 2^8 software packages that do this. Which one is right for you is going to depend on the selection of output formats, your needs and desires for tweaking the sorting engine or adding functionality and who your planning process has to communicate with.Recent editions of Planner [3] can persist projects to a Postgresql database, from which you can derive some things in an automated fashion. I believe that Microsoft Project does similar tricks and has versions that are designed to be used by midsize engineering groups.In my experience project management software is more often loathed than loved; and the best packages are the ones that put the fewest obstacles between you and the underlying data model.1. http://www.netmba.com/operations/project/pert/2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program_Evaluation_and_Review_T...3. http://live.gnome.org/Planner