Patent ID: 7890385

Claim:
A machine-implemented method comprising: indicating to a user a plurality of items with an indication that the plurality of items are potentially required for providing a whole product associated with a generic product; receiving, from the user, input specifying that one or more items in the plurality of items is required for providing the whole product; in response to receiving said input, for each of the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product, automatically identifying and indicating to the user a deliverable for the item and a person responsible for delivering the deliverable; receiving input specifying that one or more items in the one or more items specified as required for providing the whole product are not currently in a business plan associated with the generic product; and filtering, by a computer processor, the plurality of items so as to indicate to the user only those items specified by the user as required for providing the whole product but not currently in the business plan associated with the generic product.