Method, apparatus and article for project management
First Claim
1. A data structure for an automated project tracking system, the data structure residing in a computer readable memory and comprising:
- a project window comprising a project identification field formatted to receive and display a project identifier and a project status field formatted to receive and display a project status;
a request window comprising a request identification field formatted to receive and display a request identifier and a request status field formatted to receive and display a request status; and
a task window comprising a task identification field formatted to receive and display a task identifier and a task status field formatted to receive and display a task status.
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Abstract
A project tracking system includes a user interface includes a project window, a request window, and a task window, categorizing project related information, request related information and task related information, respectively. The project window is formatted to display project level information, a funding summary and a request list. The request window is formatted to display request level information and a list of user selectable tasks. The task window can be formatted to display task level information and a list of invoices. The system can determine if a user has authority to modify project level, request level, or task level information before allowing the user to modify such information in a number of fields in the corresponding project, request and task windows. Each of the project, request, and task windows can be a different appearance, such as a different color background.
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19 Claims
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1. A data structure for an automated project tracking system, the data structure residing in a computer readable memory and comprising:
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a project window comprising a project identification field formatted to receive and display a project identifier and a project status field formatted to receive and display a project status;
a request window comprising a request identification field formatted to receive and display a request identifier and a request status field formatted to receive and display a request status; and
a task window comprising a task identification field formatted to receive and display a task identifier and a task status field formatted to receive and display a task status. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A display device for displaying a visual representation of a data structure stored in memory, the visual representation comprising:
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a project window formatted to display project level identification information including a project identifier;
a request window formatted to display request level identification information including a request identifier; and
a task window formatted to display task level identification information including a task identifier. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18)
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15. A method in a data processing system of project management, comprising:
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presenting a project window at a first time in response to a user request for project level information for a project, the project window comprising project level information related to the requested project and a list of user-selectable requests for the requested project;
presenting a request window at a second time in response to a user selection at the project window of one of a number of the requests in the list of user-selectable requests;
the request window comprising request level information related to the selected request and a list of user-selectable tasks for the selected request; and
presenting a task window at a third time in response to a user selection at the request window of one of the number of tasks in the list of user-selectable tasks, the task window comprising task level information related to the selected task and a list of invoices for the user selected task.
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19. A computer-readable medium whose contents cause a computer system to present project management information by:
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presenting a project window at a first time in response to a user request for project level information for a project, the project window comprising project level information related to the requested project and a list of user-selectable requests for the requested project;
presenting a request window at a second time in response to a user selection at the project window of one of a number of the requests in the list of user-selectable requests;
the request window comprising request level information related to the selected request and a list of user-selectable tasks for the selected request; and
presenting a task window at a third time in response to a user selection at the request window of one of the number of tasks in the list of user-selectable tasks, the task window comprising task level information related to the selected task and a list of invoices for the user selected task.
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