Patent ID: 8219468
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method executed on one or more processors for project planning and management, the method comprising: publishing, over a communications network, a representation of a project specification comprising one or more discrete objects implemented in a computing environment having one or more processor to generate the representation based on a computer-implemented model constructed according to attribute values and constraints defined for said attribute values and attribute value combinations, wherein the discrete objects are represented by said attributes, and relationships between said discrete objects or goals of the project are defined according to designated requirements for the values or constraints associated with said attributes; publishing a collaborative comment to one or more of the discrete objects, in response to receiving a comment from a user with authority to submit a comment in association with one or more of the discrete objects, wherein said comment proposes a change to one or more attribute values or constraints; publishing a rating or feedback associated with the collaborative comment based on comments received about the collaborative comment; receiving at least one supplier proposal to fulfill one or more of the discrete objects in consideration to said values or constraints associated with said attributes; ranking the submitted supplier proposal, in response to evaluating the supplier proposal against the designated requirements for the values or constraints; rejecting the submitted supplier proposal, in response to determining that the supplier proposal fails to meet the requirements for the values or constraints; publishing the supplier proposal for comment and review; and publishing a rating or feedback associated with the suppliers proposal based on comments received about the supplier proposal; presenting the supplier proposal to at least a project initiator of the project specification; receiving an indication of acceptance or rejection of the supplier proposal by the project initiator; and if the indication comprises an indication of acceptance of the supplier proposal, closing the one or more discrete objects which the supplier proposal fulfills.