System, method and article of manufacture for a knowledge management tool proposal wizard
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1. A computer-implemented method for developing a dossier for a proposal in a computer comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving into said computer a name of a client relevant to the proposal, said name being inputted or selected by the client;
(b) presenting, to the client, on a computer-user interface a list consisting of industries associated with the client;
(c) presenting an alternate list consisting of industries not associated with the client, said alternate list of industries having industries different from the industries on the list of industries associated with the client;
(d) allowing selection an industry from the list of industries associated with the client or an industry from said alternate list of industries;
(e) searching in a plurality of computer-readable knowledge repositories of an enterprise for information relating to the client and the selected industry;
(f) receiving selection of said information for display in the dossier;
(g) receiving verification that the information displayed is correct, and if said displayed information is not correct, correcting said displayed information;
(h) preparing the dossier utilizing the information found during the searching, wherein the dossier comprises information relevant to the selected industry, the client and the proposal, and further comprises information concerning experienced people, prior documents, and past projects pertaining to the proposal;
(i) arranging the information in the dossier into expandable nodes which expand into subnodes, wherein the expandable nodes are arranged according to categories of people, topics, clients, documents and projects; and
(j) displaying, on said computer-user interface, a graphical image of the arranged information as links between the nodes and the subnodes according to relationships that the node has to the subnodes, wherein a people section is arranged according to the number of documents and projects an individual has produced related to the client, industry, or topic, and wherein documents and projects sections are arranged chronologically.
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Abstract
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for developing a dossier. First, a name of one or more clients which may be relevant to the proposal is received. A list of industries associated with the client(s) is presented to the user. The user is allowed to select an industry from the list of industries. A search for information relating to the client and the selected industry is performed. The dossier is prepared utilizing the information found during the searching.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for developing a dossier for a proposal in a computer comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving into said computer a name of a client relevant to the proposal, said name being inputted or selected by the client; (b) presenting, to the client, on a computer-user interface a list consisting of industries associated with the client; (c) presenting an alternate list consisting of industries not associated with the client, said alternate list of industries having industries different from the industries on the list of industries associated with the client; (d) allowing selection an industry from the list of industries associated with the client or an industry from said alternate list of industries; (e) searching in a plurality of computer-readable knowledge repositories of an enterprise for information relating to the client and the selected industry; (f) receiving selection of said information for display in the dossier; (g) receiving verification that the information displayed is correct, and if said displayed information is not correct, correcting said displayed information; (h) preparing the dossier utilizing the information found during the searching, wherein the dossier comprises information relevant to the selected industry, the client and the proposal, and further comprises information concerning experienced people, prior documents, and past projects pertaining to the proposal; (i) arranging the information in the dossier into expandable nodes which expand into subnodes, wherein the expandable nodes are arranged according to categories of people, topics, clients, documents and projects; and (j) displaying, on said computer-user interface, a graphical image of the arranged information as links between the nodes and the subnodes according to relationships that the node has to the subnodes, wherein a people section is arranged according to the number of documents and projects an individual has produced related to the client, industry, or topic, and wherein documents and projects sections are arranged chronologically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program embodied on a computer readable storage medium for developing a dossier for a proposal in a computer, comprising:
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(a) a code segment that receives into said computer a name of a client relevant to the proposal, said name being inputted or selected by the client; (b) a code segment that presents, to the client, on a computer-user interface a list consisting of industries associated with the client; (c) a code segment that presents an alternate list consisting of industries not associated with the client, said alternate list of industries having industries different from the industries on the list of industries associated with the client; (d) a code segment that allows selection an industry from the list of industries associated with the client or an industry from said alternate list of industries; (e) a code segment that searches in a plurality of computer-readable knowledge repositories of an enterprise for information relating to the client and the selected industry; (f) a code segment that receives selection of said information for display in the dossier; (g) a code segment that receives verification that the information displayed is correct, and if said displayed information is not correct, correcting said displayed information; (h) a code segment that prepares the dossier utilizing the information found during the searching, wherein the dossier comprises information relevant to the selected industry, the client and the proposal, and further comprises information concerning experienced people, prior documents, and past projects pertaining to the proposal; (i) a code segment that arranges the information in the dossier into expandable nodes which expand into subnodes, wherein the expandable nodes are arranged according to categories of people, topics, clients, documents and projects; and (j) a code segment that displays, on said computer-user interface, a graphical image of the arranged information as links between the nodes and the subnodes according to relationships that the node has to the subnodes, wherein a people section is arranged according to the number of documents and projects an individual has produced related to the client, industry, or topic, and wherein documents and projects sections are arranged chronologically. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A computer system for developing a dossier for a proposal, comprising:
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(a) a data processor coupled with a user interface adapter, a communications adapter and memory, the memory having stored thereon for execution by the data processor; (b) logic that receives into said computer a name of a client relevant to the proposal, said name being inputted or selected by the client; (c) logic that presents, to the client, on a computer-user interface a list consisting of industries associated with the client; (d) logic that presents an alternate list consisting of industries not associated with the client, said alternate list of industries having industries different from the industries on the list of industries associated with the client; (e) logic that allows selection an industry from the list of industries associated with the client or an industry from said alternate list of industries; (f) logic that searches in a plurality of computer-readable knowledge repositories of an enterprise for information relating to the client and the selected industry; (g) logic that receives selection of said information for display in the dossier; (h) logic that receives verification that the information displayed is correct, and if said displayed information is not correct, correcting said displayed information; (i) logic that prepares the dossier utilizing the information found during the searching, wherein the dossier comprises information relevant to the selected industry, the client and the proposal, and further comprises information concerning experienced people, prior documents, and past projects pertaining to the proposal; (j) logic that arranges the information in the dossier into expandable nodes which expand into subnodes, wherein the expandable nodes are arranged according to categories of people, topics, clients, documents and projects; and (k) logic that displays, on said computer-user interface, a graphical image of the arranged information as links between the nodes and the subnodes according to relationships that the node has to the subnodes, wherein a people section is arranged according to the number of documents and projects an individual has produced related to the client, industry, or topic, and wherein documents and projects sections are arranged chronologically. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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