Business object acting as a logically central source for collaboration on objectives

US8095472B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Steffen Springborn · Edingen-Neckarhausen, DE
• Jens Griessmann · Walldorf, DE
• Arno Mielke · Karlsruhe, DE
• Klaus Herter · Leimen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 20, 2007
• Grant date: Jan 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Nov 8, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/103
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

This disclosure provides various embodiments of a system, method, and software for implementing a logically centralized source for collaboration on objectives. In one aspect, the method identifies one or more requirements and requirement statuses associated with a business entity for use in a business object stored within a logically centralized repository, the repository storing a plurality of business objects, identifies one or more solutions and solution statuses associated with the identified requirements for use in the business object, and notifies a party of an update to one of the statuses associated with the identified requirements and solutions.