Project management tool implementing authority for a people oriented work environment tool

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5671360
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08375758

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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for efficiently representing, maintaining and managing a project and enclosed lifecycles in a data processing system used to support a people-oriented work environment. An object-oriented language environment is utilized to represent projects, processes, states, transitions, users, authority and activities as objects. Process objects inherit from project objects. State objects inherit from process objects. Authority objects inherit from project objects. Transition objects inherit from state objects. This system allows for the insertion of an ad hoc process.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hambrick, Geoffrey Martin Round Rock, TX 18 428
Rogers, Judd Thomas Austin, TX 1 82

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