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System, method and article of manufacture for a knowledge management tool proposal wizard

  • US 7,350,138 B1
  • Filed: 03/08/2000
  • Issued: 03/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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