Computerized systems and methods for the creation and sharing of project templates

• US 20030004763A1
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Kornfein, Mark Mitchell, Douglas, Leonard Richard, LaBlanc, Michael Robert
• Application Number:
  US09/681,946
• Publication Number:
  US 20030004763A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities

Abstract

Computerized systems and methods for managing process compliance associated with a project including a project template module operable for creating, storing, and transmitting a plurality of project templates, a project compliance management module operable for receiving, storing, and searching a plurality of project templates, a processor operable for manipulating information related to the plurality of project templates, and a communications network operable for communicating information related to the plurality of templates to and from a plurality of remote users.

Claims

1. A computerized method for ensuring process compliance associated with a project, the method comprising:

creating a project template;

inputting project-related information into the project template;

transferring the project template to a globally-accessible system;

searching and identifying projects within the globally-accessible system; and

monitoring and tracking the projects using the globally-accessible system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the project template comprises one or a plurality of spreadsheets.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the globally-accessible system comprises a globally-distributed computer network.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the project information within the globally-accessible system.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the project related information comprises any of tollgates, activities, tasks, issues, and risks.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the project related information further comprises any of project name, business location, data file name, user name, location of information within a database, and any additional field.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring and tracking the projects further comprises managing and tracking the projects through the life-cycle of the projects.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the globally-accessible system may be accessed by a plurality of remote users simultaneously.

9. A web-based method for ensuring process compliance associated with a project, the method comprising:

creating a project template, wherein the project template comprises one or a plurality of spreadsheets;

inputting project-related information into the project template;

transferring the project template to a globally-accessible system;

storing the project template within the globally-accessible system;

searching and identifying projects within the globally-accessible system; and

monitoring and tracking the projects using the globally-accessible system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the globally-accessible system comprises a globally-distributed computer network.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the project related information comprises any of tollgates, activities, tasks, issues, and risks.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the project related information further comprises any of project name, business location, data file name, user name, location of information within a database, and any additional field.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein monitoring and tracking the projects further comprises managing and tracking the projects through the life-cycle of the projects.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein searching and identifying projects further comprises searching one or more projects based on predetermined criteria.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the project template comprises one or a plurality of spreadsheets.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the communications network comprises a globally-distributed computer network.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the project template module is operable for creating a new project template from a list of existing templates.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the project template module is operable for creating a new project template.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the project template module is operable for transmitting the project template to the project compliance management module.

21. The system of claim 15, wherein the project compliance management module is operable for receiving and monitoring the project template.

22. The system of claim 15, wherein the project compliance management module is operable for searching for a project based upon predetermined criteria.

23. The system of claim 15, wherein the project compliance management module is operable for monitoring and tracking the project template through the life-cycle of each project.

24. The system of claim 15, wherein the communications network is operable for communicating information related to the project template to and from a plurality of remote users simultaneously.

15. A computerized system for ensuring process compliance associated with a project, the system comprising:

a project template module operable for creating, storing, and transferring a project template;

a project compliance management module operable for receiving, storing, and searching the project template;

a processor operable for manipulating information related to the project; and

a communications network operable for communicating information related to the project to and from a plurality of remote users.