System and method for network-based project management
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Abstract
A system for managing a project and its associated information over a network is presented. The system includes a project information database associated with the network and a project information management tool. The project information database stores information associated with a project being carried out by a corporate entity having at least one sub-entity. The project information management tool includes a project information module to manage the information associated with the project, and at least one cross-sub-entity project-component module. The cross-sub-entity project module manages and tracks overall information and sub-entity specific information, of the information associated with the project, related to the project-component.
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56 Claims
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38. A project management system, comprising:
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a project database associated with a network, the project database storing information associated with at least one project being carried out by at least a first entity having at least one sub-entity;
a project management tool including;
a project information module to manage information associated with the at least one project, and at least one project-component module to manage at least sub-entity specific project information, in cooperation with the project information module; and
at least one user system connected to the network to access the project management tool over the network, based on an access level associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for managing a project comprising:
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a) storing project information for a first project, with associations to at least one project component so that all of the project information related to each project component is accessible by a user on a network when the at least one project component is retrieved, the project information including project information related to at least one sub-unit of an entity performing the project;
b) generating at least one project component record based on the associations to the at least one project component for managing the project; and
c) generating a project component display, customized to a project component and based on the at least one project component record, when the at least one project component is accessed by a user, the project component display having links to project component related documents and project component related reports and available to at least one user system over the network. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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50. A system for managing a project comprising:
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means for storing project information, for a first project, with associations to at least one project component so that all of the project information related to each project component is accessible by a user on a network when the project component is retrieved, the project information including project information related to at least one sub-unit of an entity performing the project;
means for generating at least one project component record based on the associations to the at least one project component for managing the project; and
means for generating a project component display, customized to a project component and based on the at least one project component record, when the project component is accessed by a user, the project component display having links to project component related documents and project component related reports and available to at least one user system over the network. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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53. A method for managing a project comprising the steps of:
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storing project information for a first project, with associations to at least one project component so that all of the project information related to each project component is accessible by a user on a network when the at least one project component is retrieved, the project information including project information related to at least one sub-unit of an entity performing the project;
generating at least one project component record based on the associations to the at least one project component for managing the project;
generating a project component display, customized to a project component and based on the at least one project component record, when the at least one project component is accessed by a user, the project component display having links to project component related documents and project component related reports and available to at least one user system over the network;
checking a status identifier of a user for identifying the user'"'"'s status, wherein the step of generating the at least one project component record comprises a step of generating a project component record based on the user'"'"'s status and the step of generating the project component display comprises a step of generating the project component display based on the user'"'"'s status;
identifying one or more functions associated with the user, based on the user'"'"'s status wherein the user'"'"'s status comprises one or more of reader status, editor status, coordinator status and administrator status; and
presenting the user with one or more project management sub-units based on the user'"'"'s status. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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55. A system for managing a project comprising:
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means for storing project information for a first project, with associations to at least one project component so that all of the project information related to each project component is accessible by a user on a network when the at least one project component is retrieved, the project information including project information related to at least one sub-unit of an entity performing the project;
means for generating at least one project component record based on the associations to the at least one project component for managing the project;
means for generating a project component display, customized to a project component and based on the at least one project component record, when the at least one project component is accessed by a user, the project component display having links to project component related documents and project component related reports and available to at least one user system over the network;
means for checking a status identifier of a user for identifying the user'"'"'s status, wherein the step of generating the at least one project component record comprises a step of generating a project component record based on the user'"'"'s status and the step of generating the project component display comprises a step of generating the project component display based on the user'"'"'s status;
means for identifying one or more functions associated with the user, based on the user'"'"'s status wherein the user'"'"'s status comprises one or more of reader status, editor status, coordinator status and administrator status; and
means for presenting the user with one or more project management sub-units based on the user'"'"'s status. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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