Patent ID: 6161113
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
A method of providing a computer-aided project notebook for software development, for use with collaboration software, comprising the steps of:creating a management document database and a technical document database, said management document database and technical document database storing pre-composed forms for documents to be completed by one or more users, said databases comply with software development methodology and provide a sequential outline for the software project documentation, each of said forms having a view field that identifies a view for that form and a selection criteria field that identifies selection criteria for the view associated with that form;wherein at least one said view is a software development methodology view having document status selection criteria, and wherein one or more of said forms has a status field operable to receive document status data from said user; andproviding programming for said collaboration software, said programming operable to automatically update said status field in response to said document status data.