Process and system for facilitating communication and intergrating communication with the project management activities in a collaborative environment
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for coordinating a project to be executed by a first team member and a second team member comprising:
- a. digitally capturing a first communication, said first communication prepared by said first team member for the benefit of said second team member;
b. annotating a first portion of said first communication that references a matter of interest to said project with a first annotation;
c. utilizing said first annotation to automatically generate a first work item relevant to the execution of said project, said first work item relating to said matter of interest referenced in said first portion of said first communication; and
d. associating said first portion of said first communication with said first work item such that said communication is linked to said first work item.
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Abstract
The computer-enabled system and method is provided to digitally capture communication related to a project and analyze the captured communication to create and manage work items of the project in a collaborative environment. The invention can be used annotate portions of a digitally captured communication that relate to a potential work item for the project, thereby simultaneously generating a work item and initiating a workflow for the work item. The system may further configured to automatically generate tasks to insert into the user'"'"'s work breakdown structure when the work items are generated.
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21 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for coordinating a project to be executed by a first team member and a second team member comprising:
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a. digitally capturing a first communication, said first communication prepared by said first team member for the benefit of said second team member; b. annotating a first portion of said first communication that references a matter of interest to said project with a first annotation; c. utilizing said first annotation to automatically generate a first work item relevant to the execution of said project, said first work item relating to said matter of interest referenced in said first portion of said first communication; and d. associating said first portion of said first communication with said first work item such that said communication is linked to said first work item. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented method of coordinating the execution a project by a project team comprising:
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a. annotating a communication prepared by a member of said project team to identify a portion of said communication which relates to a first work item to be proposed for consideration; b. automatically inserting and storing first said work item in a database; and c. tracking said first work item to indicate changes of state of said first work item as said project team executes said project and said first work item passes through a workflow. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for executing a project comprising:
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a. capturing a communication relating to said project in an electronic format; b. selecting a portion of said communication relating to a potential work item to be executed when executing said project; c. annotating said portion of said communication to indicate that said portion of said communication relates to said potential work item; d. automatically generating a first workflow process for changing the state of said potential work item over the course of said project. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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