A method for collaboratively assisting a control room operator, the method comprising: generating, by a controller, a notification based on information collected from output devices of the process plant; transmitting the notification generated by the controller to a workstation and a server, wherein each of a plurality of portable wireless devices includes a web application to provide an interface such that the notification is viewable and alterable by persons associated with the notification and located outside a control room using the web application, wherein the notification includes information regarding a process control variable (204,206,208,210) in a process control environment, and wherein each portable wireless device transmits an identification to the server and the server transmits the notification to the portable wireless device when the server determines that the portable wireless device is authorized to receive the notification; altering the notification by one of the persons via one of the portable wireless devices assigned to the one of the persons by the one of the portable wireless devices amending information on the server to alter the notification; distributing the altered notification, to the controller, the control room operator and the portable wireless devices assigned to the other persons to collaboratively assist the control room operator, wherein the altered notification includes a modified value of a process control variable; displaying the altered notification on an interface via a display of a workstation in the control room; further altering the altered notification, by a control room operator via the workstation, by the control room operator selecting a button in the interface and inputting a text annotation, wherein information stored in the server is amended to include the text annotation thereby to alter the altered notification; transmitting the further altered notification to the portable wireless devices assigned to the persons associated with the notification; displaying the text annotation inputted by the control room operator on the portable wireless devices via the web application; and modifying control of one or more processes in a process plant by the controller based on information received in the altered notification from the one of the persons via one of the portable wireless devices, wherein receipt of the altered notification causes a modification of one or more process control routines automatically on receipt of the altered notification. generating, by a controller, a notification based on information collected from output devices of the process plant; transmitting the notification generated by the controller to a workstation and a server, wherein each of a plurality of portable wireless devices includes a web application to provide an interface such that the notification is viewable and alterable by persons associated with the notification and located outside a control room using the web application, wherein the notification includes information regarding a process control variable (204,206,208,210) in a process control environment, and wherein each portable wireless device transmits an identification to the server and the server transmits the notification to the portable wireless device when the server determines that the portable wireless device is authorized to receive the notification; altering the notification by one of the persons via one of the portable wireless devices assigned to the one of the persons by the one of the portable wireless devices amending information on the server to alter the notification; distributing the altered notification, to the controller, the control room operator and the portable wireless devices assigned to the other persons to collaboratively assist the control room operator, wherein the altered notification includes a modified value of a process control variable; displaying the altered notification on an interface via a display of a workstation in the control room; further altering the altered notification, by a control room operator via the workstation, by the control room operator selecting a button in the interface and inputting a text annotation, wherein information stored in the server is amended to include the text annotation thereby to alter the altered notification; transmitting the further altered notification to the portable wireless devices assigned to the persons associated with the notification; displaying the text annotation inputted by the control room operator on the portable wireless devices via the web application; and modifying control of one or more processes in a process plant by the controller based on information received in the altered notification from the one of the persons via one of the portable wireless devices, wherein receipt of the altered notification causes a modification of one or more process control routines automatically on receipt of the altered notification.