Computer-aided project notebook
First Claim
1. A method of providing a computer-aided project notebook for software development, for use with collaboration software, comprising the steps of:
- creating a management document database and a technical document database, said management document database and technical document database storing pre-composed forms for documents to be completed by one or more users, said databases comply with software development methodology and provide a sequential outline for the software project documentation, each of said forms having a view field that identifies a view for that form and a selection criteria field that identifies selection criteria for the view associated with that form;
wherein at least one said view is a software development methodology view having document status selection criteria, and wherein one or more of said forms has a status field operable to receive document status data from said user; and
providing programming for said collaboration software, said programming operable to automatically update said status field in response to said document status data.
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Abstract
A method of providing a computer-aided project notebook for use on a computer system programmed with collaboration software (11). A database (11b) stores forms for documents comprising the notebook. The forms are categorized into views, such as a methodology view that sorts documents by status (FIG. 3). Methodology documents have status fields, into which a user may enter status data. After status data is entered, the document will appear in the correct view (FIG. 5). Other features of the notebook are document interconnectivity, shared fields, trace maps, and document access especially designed for project development.
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1. A method of providing a computer-aided project notebook for software development, for use with collaboration software, comprising the steps of:
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creating a management document database and a technical document database, said management document database and technical document database storing pre-composed forms for documents to be completed by one or more users, said databases comply with software development methodology and provide a sequential outline for the software project documentation, each of said forms having a view field that identifies a view for that form and a selection criteria field that identifies selection criteria for the view associated with that form; wherein at least one said view is a software development methodology view having document status selection criteria, and wherein one or more of said forms has a status field operable to receive document status data from said user; and providing programming for said collaboration software, said programming operable to automatically update said status field in response to said document status data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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