Patent ID: 7403903

Claim:
A method for using an on-line data gathering tool for providing ongoing support for a general procurement and accounts payable application according to the steps of: maintaining a database of templates for describing procedures and collecting information for supporting an operational general procurement and accounts payable system; and operating a plurality of web-enabled user terminals to access via a server said database for receiving instructions and gathering said information to coordinate user education, survey and quality auditing tasks by a plurality of enterprise teams implementing said ongoing support for said operational general procurement and accounts payable application; displaying at said team terminals in a playbook summary view a create a summary task selection button, a create a detailed task button, a folders and views section, a task title display and selection area; responsive to member selection of a tasks selection button presenting in said selection area a listing of support stage tasks organized by categories, said categories including information technology, project management, and transition management; responsive to member selection of said information technology category, presenting in said selection area a first listing of support stage tasks, said member, responsive to said first listing, refining and executing, production support for system management; responsive to member selection of said project management category, presenting in said selection area a second listing of support stage tasks; said member, responsive to said second listing, executing post-implementation quality assurance review and project support review; responsive to member selection of said transition management category, presenting in said selection area a third listing of support stage tasks; said member, responsive to said third listing, providing communication support, validating transition management support, and performing post implementation survey support; and responsive to user selection of a task, presenting at said team terminal a task template including data fields; said user providing input to said data fields of indicia selectively descriptive of said support stage tasks.