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1. A method comprising:
- receiving registration information including a list of users;
creating a node in a hierarchical tree of project requirements, wherein the node of the hierarchical tree of project requirements includes a domain name associated with a domain that defines a specialty area or subject matter associated with the node;
assigning users from the list of users to the node, wherein users of the list of users assigned to the node are associated with a responsibility and arranged in a hierarchical tree of roles;
receiving a response to the requirement associated with the node;
creating a link between the requirement and response;
wherein creating the link automatically links the response to a user based on the role associated with the user.
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Abstract
A technique for representing a project over a network involves developing requirements for the project and linking responses to the requirements. A user associated with the project is automatically linked to project data in accordance with the user'"'"'s role in the project. The project data includes the requirements, responses and other data.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving registration information including a list of users; creating a node in a hierarchical tree of project requirements, wherein the node of the hierarchical tree of project requirements includes a domain name associated with a domain that defines a specialty area or subject matter associated with the node; assigning users from the list of users to the node, wherein users of the list of users assigned to the node are associated with a responsibility and arranged in a hierarchical tree of roles; receiving a response to the requirement associated with the node; creating a link between the requirement and response; wherein creating the link automatically links the response to a user based on the role associated with the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system comprising:
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a server computer including a computer readable medium including a project management software; a database storage; a plurality of client computers; wherein, in operation, a plurality of users exchange project requirements and responses by communicating using threaded and context-sensitive messages, the database storage saves project related data including the project requirements and the responses under a plurality of hierarchical tree structures wherein the project requirements include tasks, milestones, deliverable items, procured items, and/or specifications, and the plurality of hierarchical tree structures include a project hierarchical tree and a organization hierarchical tree, wherein each of the users is assigned to a node in the organization hierarchical tree associated with a responsibility and arranged in a hierarchical tree of roles; and
the server computer manages the database storage made accessible to the client computers using the project management software and controls data flow with client computers and the database storage, and links are made among data in the plurality of hierarchical trees based on relevance to the project requirements and communications among users so that linked data is searchable as an organized group. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
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means for receiving a list of users; means for creating a node in a hierarchical tree including one or more requirements for the node; means for assigning a user from the list of users to the node; means for receiving a response to a requirement associated with the node from the user; means for creating a link between the requirement and the response.
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