Patent ID: 8583514

Claim:
A method for tracking and displaying critical operational parameters including time critical tasks, mission critical inventories, or significant accounting activities, in an operational system incorporating a number of interdependent tasks, said method comprising: providing a computer and display; programming the computer to accomplish, upon input from an operator, the steps of: establishing a parent folder to contain any number of folders or documents; establishing a child element, comprising one or more child documents or one or more child folders containing one or more child documents, or any combination thereof, each said child document or child folder being associated with the parent folder; correlating the child element with a time critical task, critical inventory or accounting activities; associating a time trigger with the time critical task, critical inventory or accounting activities; providing means for clearing the time trigger upon completion of time critical task, critical inventory or accounting activities; and changing an attribute of the parent folder based upon the state of the child element and its contents when time triggers are met prior to clearance by an operator.