Patent ID: 7996441
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for managing proposal related tasks and proposal related data for an entity using an enterprise proposal management system, wherein the proposal related tasks include one or more tasks for managing a proposal lifecycle and the proposal related data include data stored in one or more data repositories derived from one or more of past, present, or anticipated proposal opportunities, the method comprising: receiving information describing a proposal opportunity that includes a solicitation for one or more bids at the enterprise proposal management system; developing business strategies for the proposal opportunity using the data stored in the data repositories, wherein developing the business strategies includes: developing a proposal to be submitted in response to the solicitation if the entity pursues the proposal opportunity based on the developed business strategies, wherein developing the proposal includes: controlling delivery of the proposal if the entity wins the proposal, wherein controlling delivery of the proposal includes interacting with the data stored in the data repositories to coordinate one or more areas associated with the entity delivering the proposal; and automatically updating the data abstraction stored in the data repositories to include information relating to one or more of the developed business strategies, the developed proposal, or the delivery of the proposal.