Web-based collaborative project and process management solution
First Claim
1. A system for managing a collaborative project involving a plurality of organizations, comprising:
- a. at least one template for customized use by each of the organizations in defining activities related to the project;
i. the template adapted to receive a list of activities related to the project from each organization;
b. a database adapted to receive and store each organization'"'"'s list of activities in organization specific nomenclature;
c. tracking functionality adapted to track the progress of the activities;
d. merging functionality adapted to cross reference related activities between the organizations using the organization specific nomenclature allowing the organizations to share information regarding project activities; and
e. presentation/interaction functionality adapted to permit each organization to view and access shared information related to project activities in each organization'"'"'s specific nomenclature.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a project and process management tool for managing projects requiring collaboration among multiple parties. The present invention allows each participating organization to define their own process for managing projects, including the nomenclature they wish to use and the project attributes they wish to track. The system provides merging and cross referencing of process and project attributes with each participating organization. This feature allows participating organizations to view similar activities across various projects, providing effective process management. The system provides web-based notification functionalities, including email, and security measures which are critical to such large projects. Other features of the project management tool include searching of the system database and the ability to manage project activities outsourced to third parties.
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64 Claims
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1. A system for managing a collaborative project involving a plurality of organizations, comprising:
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a. at least one template for customized use by each of the organizations in defining activities related to the project;
i. the template adapted to receive a list of activities related to the project from each organization;
b. a database adapted to receive and store each organization'"'"'s list of activities in organization specific nomenclature;
c. tracking functionality adapted to track the progress of the activities;
d. merging functionality adapted to cross reference related activities between the organizations using the organization specific nomenclature allowing the organizations to share information regarding project activities; and
e. presentation/interaction functionality adapted to permit each organization to view and access shared information related to project activities in each organization'"'"'s specific nomenclature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for managing a collaborative project involving a plurality of organizations, comprising:
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a. a template for customized use by each of the organizations in defining activities related to the project;
i. the template adapted to receive a list of activities related to the project from each organization;
b. a database adapted to receive and store each organization'"'"'s list of activities in organization specific nomenclature;
c. tracking means for tracking the progress of the activities;
d. merging means for cross referencing related activities between the organizations using the organization specific nomenclature allowing the organizations to share information regarding project activities; and
e. presentation/interaction means for permitting each organization to view and access shared information related to the project activities in each organization'"'"'s specific nomenclature. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for managing collaborative projects involving a plurality of organizations, comprising:
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a. a template for customized use by each of the organizations in defining activities related to a project;
i. the template adapted to receive a list of activities related to the project from each organization;
b. a database adapted to receive and store each organization'"'"'s list of activities in organization specific nomenclature;
c. tracking functionality adapted to track the progress of the activities;
d. merging functionality adapted to cross reference related activities between the organizations using the organization specific nomenclature allowing the organizations to share information regarding project activities;
e. presentation/interaction functionality adapted to permit each organization to view and access shared information related to project activities in each organization'"'"'s specific nomenclature; and
f. processing functionality adapted to calculate target completion dates for the activities. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. An automated method of managing a collaborative project involving a plurality of organizations, comprising:
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a. providing a template for customized use by each of the organizations in defining activities related to the project;
i. the template adapted to receive a list of activities related to the project from each organization;
b. providing a database for receiving and storing each organization'"'"'s list of activities in organization specific nomenclature;
c. tracking the progress of the activities;
d. cross referencing related activities between the organizations using the organization specific nomenclature allowing the organizations to share information regarding project activities; and
e. permitting each organization to view and access shared information related to project activities in each organization'"'"'s specific nomenclature. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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