Patent ID: 6101481
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method of managing a plurality of tasks to be carried out by a plurality of personnel, each of the tasks having identified task details relevant thereto, said method including:identifying task personnel who will be directly involved in carrying out each task;allocating sole responsibility for each task to a task controller, andtransferring task details to and/or between task personnel and controllers such that task details relevant to a task are provided to and accessible by only the task controller and the task personnel for said task;wherein recommendations for modifying task details relevant to a task can only be made by task personnel for said task, and wherein a task or task details for a task can only be modified by the task controller for said task and/or an administrator;said method utilising a data processing assembly operable under the control of program means embodied on a machine-readable storage medium that provides a task management system for coordinating said plurality of tasks, said task management system including:transfer means for transferring said task details to and/or between said task personnel and controllers;recommendation protocol means for establishing a protocol that said recommendations for modifying task details relevant to a task can only be made by the task personnel for said task, andmodification protocol means for establishing a protocol that said modifications to a task or said task details for a task can only be made by the task controller for said task and/or said administrator.