Project work change in plan/scope administrative and business information synergy system and method
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1. A project-work administrative management method comprising:
- receiving, from a buyer, project-administration configurations;
storing transactional project work data relating to project work to be performed for the buyer by a supplier;
receiving, from the buyer, configuration of project statement-of-work (SOW) records;
processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the buyer;
processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the supplier; and
creating an integrated project change in plan/scope record set using the record set of the buyer and the record set of the supplier.
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Abstract
A project-work administrative management method includes receiving, from a buyer, project-administration configurations, storing transactional project work data relating to project work to be performed for the buyer by a supplier, receiving, from the buyer, configuration of project statement-of-work (SOW) records, processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the buyer, processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the supplier, and creating an integrated project change in plan/scope record set using the record set of the buyer and the record set of the supplier.
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1. A project-work administrative management method comprising:
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receiving, from a buyer, project-administration configurations;
storing transactional project work data relating to project work to be performed for the buyer by a supplier;
receiving, from the buyer, configuration of project statement-of-work (SOW) records;
processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the buyer;
processing a project change in plan/scope record set of the supplier; and
creating an integrated project change in plan/scope record set using the record set of the buyer and the record set of the supplier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A project-work-portfolio administrative-record-set creation method, the method comprising:
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creating project portfolio record sets; and
creating budget portfolio record sets; and
creating asset portfolio record sets; and
creating contract master records; and
creating non-project business event records. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of configuring project SOW deliverable records, the method comprising:
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associating non-deliverable project-work-activity purchase-order line items with at least one purchase order line deliverable type record;
specifying attribute data relative to the purchase-order deliverable record;
creating at least one project work phasing record;
specifying attribute data relative to the at least one project phasing record;
configuring purchase-order deliverable record dependencies; and
configuring purchase-order deliverable record affiliations to master data records. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of assessing a project change in plan/scope, the method comprising:
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performing a project-deliverable dependency and master-record affiliation analysis in response to buyer disposition of supplier-submitted project-work acknowledgement vouchers;
identifying purchase-order deliverable SOW records that are out of compliance relative to a scheduled completion date;
receiving selection of at least one out-of-compliance deliverable record;
generating a project at-risk communications session;
broadcasting a project at-risk communications package;
receiving a project at-risk communications package response; and
processing the project at-risk communications package response. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of processing of a project change in plan/scope, the method comprising:
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creating a project change in plan/scope acceptance package;
broadcasting the project change in plan/scope acceptance package;
processing the broadcasted project change in plan/scope acceptance package to completion; and
providing the completed broadcasted project change in plan/scope acceptance package. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of creating an integrated project change in plan/scope record set, the method comprising:
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creating at least one project change in plan/scope change order;
processing the at least one project change in plan/scope change order;
processing at least one master data record responsive to approval of the at least one project change in plan/scope change order;
updating at least one processed master data record; and
activating all project change in plan/scope record modifications. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A computer system for project-work administration, the computer system comprising:
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an interface adapted to receive project-administration configurations and transactional project work data relating to project work to be performed for a buyer by a supplier;
a database system for storing the received project-administration configurations and the transactional project work data; and
a server connected to the interface and connected to the database system; and
wherein the server is adapted to;
determine purchase-order deliverable data of the transactional project work data that are out of compliance relative to a scheduled completion date;
responsive to the determination, generate a project at-risk communications session using the transactional project work data and the project-administration configurations; and
process a project at-risk communications package response.
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61. An article of manufacture for project-work administrative management, the article of manufacture comprising:
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at least one computer readable medium;
processor instructions contained on the at least one computer readable medium, the processor instructions configured to be readable from the at least one computer readable medium by at least one processor and thereby cause the at least one processor to operate as to;
receive, from a buyer, project-administration configurations;
store transactional project work data relating to project work to be performed for the buyer by a supplier;
receive, from the buyer, configuration of project statement-of-work (SOW) records;
process a project change in plan/scope record set of the buyer;
process a project change in plan/scope record set of the supplier; and
create an integrated project change in plan/scope record set using the record set of the buyer and the record set of the supplier.
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