METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING ALLOCATIONS OF ASSETS AND TASKS

• US 20090063413A1
• Filed: 08/31/2007
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Bizflow Corporation
• Original Assignee: HandySoft Corporation (HANDYSOFT, Inc.)
• Inventors: CARR, Dan, LEE, Hyung
• Application Number:
  US11/848,999
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063413A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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

The present invention discloses a system for supporting task assignment and monitoring allocations of assets and tasks, including a data store and an audit trail generator. The data store stores information relating to assignments of sub-tasks of a task, and the audit trail generator provides an audit trail of the assignments, the sub-tasks, and the task and tracks action relating to the task during the life of the task. The present invention also discloses a method for tracking allocations of assets and tasks, including defining a task comprising sub-tasks, assigning each sub-task to a first assignee, and maintaining an audit trail by retrieving information relating to the progress of the task. The audit trail provides a single view of all the sub-tasks and all of the corresponding assignees during the life of the task.

Claims

1. A system for supporting task assignment and monitoring allocations of assets and tasks, comprising:

a data storage unit to store information relating to assignments of a task and sub-tasks of the task; and

an audit trail generator to provide an audit trail of the assignments, the sub-tasks, and the task;

wherein the audit trail generator tracks action relating to the task during the life of the task.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a search engine to automatically search data sources for information related to the task and sub-tasks.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data sources comprise electronic files, emails, and the internet.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the information in the data storage unit comprises assignments, completion dates and deadlines, collaboration efforts relating to sub-tasks, and all documents relating to the task.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the information in the data storage unit is archived.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the audit trail generator comprises a computer program encoded in a computer-readable medium.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the audit trail generator is built on an enterprise business process management (BPM) framework.

8. A method for tracking allocations of assets and tasks, comprising:

defining a task comprising sub-tasks;

assigning each sub-task to a first assignee; and

maintaining an audit trail by retrieving information relating to the progress of the task;

wherein the audit trail comprises a single view of all the sub-tasks and all of the corresponding assignees during the life of the task.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

dividing a sub-task into multiple jobs; and

assigning each job to a second assignee.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

searching data sources for information related to each sub-task and job,

wherein searching is performed automatically when an assignee is assigned a sub-task or a job.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the data sources comprise electronic files, emails, and the internet.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the retrieved information comprises assignments, completion dates and deadlines, collaboration efforts relating to sub-tasks, and all document files relating to the task.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

archiving the retrieved information.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the audit trail is generated a computer program encoded in a computer-readable medium.

15. An audit trail generator, comprising:

a computer program built on an enterprise business process management (BPM) framework,

wherein the computer program tracks action relating to a task and provides an audit trail comprising a single view of the task, the tracked action, and corresponding assignees.