System and method for management of a virtual enterprise

• US 20040030992A1
• Filed: 08/06/2002
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cornerstone Software
• Original Assignee: Cornerstone Software
• Inventors: Moisa, Trandafir, Fisher, Jason M.
• Application Number:
  US10/213,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20040030992A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/513
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for management of a virtual enterprise is disclosed. The present invention is a computer program product that provides web-based integration of five major management processes. These processes include: community/user management, project management, document and workflow management, communications management and quality assurance management.

Claims

1. A computer program product, said computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer readable program code means therein facilitating the web based management of a virtual enterprise;

the computer readable program codes means in said computer program product comprising;

computer readable program code means for facilitating the web based management of a virtual enterprise by system process integration of defined management processes.

2. The product of claim 1 wherein said defined management process is community management.

3. The product of claim 1 wherein said defined management process is communication management.

4. The product of claim 1 wherein said management process is project management.

5. The product of claim 1 wherein said defined management process is document and workflow management.

6. The product of claim 1 wherein said defined management process is quality assurance.

7. The product of claim 2 wherein the community management proces communicates with user management subprocess.

8. The product of claim 2 wherein the community management process communicates with resources subprocess.

9. The product of claim 2 wherein the community management process communicates with customers subprocess.

10. The product of claim 2 wherein the community management process communites with group management subprocess.

11. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process comunicates with the projects listing management subprocess.

12. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with change request management subprocess.

13. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with knowledge base management subprocess.

14. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with test and error management subprocess.

15. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with project budget management subprocess.

16. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with task management subprocess.

17. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with project reports management subprocess.

18. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with what'"'"'s new management subprocess.

19. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process communicates with time reports management subprocess.

20. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with discussions management subprocess.

21. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with instant project messenger management subprocess.

22. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with to do list management subprocess.

23. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with notification management subprocess.

24. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with SMS subprocess.

25. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with e-mail subprocess.

26. The product of claim 3 wherein the communication management process communicates with palm subprocess.

27. The product of claim 5 wherein document and workflow management process communicates with access control management subprocess.

28. The product of claim 5 wherein document and workflow management process communicates with version control management subprocess.

29. The product of claim 5 wherein document and workflow management process communicates with document repository subprocess.

30. The product of claim 5 wherein the document and workflow management process communicates with document preview and approval subprocess

31. The product of claim 5 wherein the document and workflow management process communicates with document management subprocess.

32. The product of claim 5 wherein the document and workflow management process communicates with workflow management subprocess.

33. The product of claim 32 wherein the document and workflow management subprocess includes program code facilitating system lifecycle workflow

34. The product of claim 6 wherein said quality assurance management subprocess communicates with products and services subprocess.

35. The product of claim 6 wherein said quality assurance management subprocess communicates with environmental performances subprocess.

36. The product of claim 6 wherein said quality assurance management subprocess communicates with occupation health and safety subprocess.

37. The product of claim 6 wherein said quality assurance management subprocess communicates with capability maturity model subprocess.

38. The product of claim 4 wherein the project management process includes program codes facilitating estimation of project completion date.

45. A system for allowing pre-designated users at remotely located computer-based systems to perform management of a virtual enterprise comprising:

a data network;

a remote storage facility; and

at least four servers to deploy the computer program of claim 1.

46. The system of claim 45 wherein said data network is private.

47. The system of claim 45 wherein said data network is public.

39. A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for facilitating the management of a virtual enterprise by users via the web, said method steps comprising:

(a) facilitating the management of users organized in communities;

(b) facilitating the management of activities organized in projects;

(c) facilitating the management of documents;

(d) facilitating the management of communications;

(e) facilitating the management of quality assurance; and

(f) integrating steps (a) through (e).

40. The method of claim 39 wherein a community administrator defines the communities.

41. The method of claim 39 wherein documents are processed by system lifecycle workflow.

42. The method of claim 39 wherein documents are processed by document preview and approval workflow.

43. The method of claim 39 wherein documents are processed by change management workflow.

44. The method of claim 39 wherein facilitating the management of activities organized into projects involves the step of estimating the project completion date.