Program storage device for project preparing a procurement and accounts payable system

US8010395B2 · 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: Mar 31, 2008
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 29, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

A program storage device 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.