Method for project preparing a procurement and accounts payable system

US7957995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Ray F. Barnard · Endicott, US
• Carl S. Baumann · Vestal, US
• Philip J. Cirulli · Simpsonville, US
• Kerin J. Flannery · Endicott, US
• Carl J. Lanuti · Endwell, US
• John I. Munson · Binghamton, US
• Karl J. Ritch · Vestal, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/12
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for coordinating a project for designing, implementing, and using a general procurement and accounts payable (GP/AP) system for a customer. A playbook database is created and includes templates of information relating to designing, implementing, and using the GP/AP system. The templates are particularized for the customer. A playbook summary view is generated from the playbook database. The playbook summary view displays a folders and views section, a task title display and selection area, a summary task creation button, and a detailed task creation button, which visually appear together in an undivided display area within the playbook summary view. Communication is between team members of a team and the playbook database via a server coupled to the playbook database and an intranet coupled to both the server and the team members. The team members have responsibility for the designing and implementing of the GP/AP system.