SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ORGANIZATION
First Claim
1. A management system that provides for residing on a server and being accessible from a plurality of access devices, comprising:
- an activity subsystem, wherein said activity subsystem provides for a plurality activities and a plurality of metrics, wherein said activities include a first activity and a second activity, wherein said metrics include a first metric associated with said first activity and wherein said metrics include a second metric associated with said second activity; and
an organization subsystem, wherein said organization subsystem provides for a plurality of groups and a plurality of resources;
wherein said groups includes a first group and a second group, and wherein said resources include a first resource associated with said first group and a second resource associated with said second group;
wherein said first activity is associated with said first group;
wherein said second activity is associated with said second group;
wherein said second metric influences the determination of said first metric.
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Abstract
A management tool is disclosed that provides for the comprehensive management of the objectives, policies, tasks, documents, information and activities (collectively “activities”) to an organization. Activities across different levels of an organization and/or involving different groups within an organization can be managed using a single system. Metrics can be captured and analyzed at different levels in the organization. The tool enhances the ability of an organization to strategically align personnel and departments to facilitate the applicable objects and values of the organization. Transparency can be enhanced across different functional groups, and from top to bottom in the organization.
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20 Claims
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1. A management system that provides for residing on a server and being accessible from a plurality of access devices, comprising:
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an activity subsystem, wherein said activity subsystem provides for a plurality activities and a plurality of metrics, wherein said activities include a first activity and a second activity, wherein said metrics include a first metric associated with said first activity and wherein said metrics include a second metric associated with said second activity; and an organization subsystem, wherein said organization subsystem provides for a plurality of groups and a plurality of resources;
wherein said groups includes a first group and a second group, and wherein said resources include a first resource associated with said first group and a second resource associated with said second group;wherein said first activity is associated with said first group; wherein said second activity is associated with said second group; wherein said second metric influences the determination of said first metric. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A management system, comprising:
a software application, wherein said software application provides for accessing a database and residing on a server; wherein said software application provides for creating; an organizational hierarchy, wherein said organization hierarchy provides for a plurality of groups, wherein said groups includes a first group and a second group, and wherein said first group includes said second group; a plurality of projects, wherein at least one said project is associated with at least one said group; a plurality of tasks, wherein at least one said task is associated with at least one said project; a plurality of documents, wherein at least one said document is associated with at least one said task; a plurality of metrics, including a first metric and a second metric, wherein said first metric is associated with at least one said project, wherein said second metric is associated with at least one said second task, and wherein said first metric is influenced by said second metric. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of managing information on a computer network, comprising:
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defining an organization hierarchy on a database, wherein said organization hierarchy includes a plurality of groupings, wherein said plurality of groupings includes an entity, a department, a team, a role, and an individual level, wherein said groupings are associated with a plurality of permissions; creating a project on said database, wherein said project is associated with at least one said group, a plurality of tasks, a project sponsor, a project measurement method, a project status, and a project budget, wherein said plurality of tasks are associated with plurality of task time budgets, a plurality of task due dates, and a plurality of task costs, wherein at least one said task is associated with a document; storing a communication log on said database, wherein said communication log includes a plurality of communications, a plurality of topics, and a plurality of distribution lists, wherein said plurality of communications include a priority and an information source, wherein at least one said topic is associated with at least one said grouping, wherein said plurality of distribution lists correspond to said plurality of groupings, and wherein at least one said communication is associated with at least one said project; capturing a plurality of capability assessments on said database, wherein said capability assessments are selectively displayed using said permissions and said groupings, wherein said capability assessments are organized into a plurality of capability categories, wherein at least one capability assessment is associated with a capability relevance metric and a capability score metric; describing a plurality of procedures on said database, wherein at least one said procedure is associated with at least one said grouping, at least one said function, a preparer, an approver, a quality objective, an approval date, a benchmark metric, and at least one said document; and automatically generate at least one of;
(a) a grouping metric associated with one or more said groups; and
(b) a project metric associated with one or more said projects.
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