Patent ID: 7155439

Claim:
A modular data structure for storing a compilation of actual data input to a processing system via a field document that documents the performance of at least one component of a complex project, the modular data structure stored in a memory in the processing system for access and use by a workflow process controlled by the processing system, the workflow process designed to facilitate the preparation for and performance of the complex project conducted between parties, wherein the parties are connected to the processing system via a communication network, the field document submitted to the workflow process via the communication network by at least one of the parties, the modular, customizable data structure comprising: a standard data array module correlating to a standard data input interface of the field document, the standard data input interface for receiving input of standard actual data, thereby populating the standard data array module; and at least one optional data array module correlating to a respective optional data input interface of the field document, the respective optional data input interface for receiving input of optional data thereby populating the at least one optional data array module; wherein the at least one optional data array module and the correlative optional data input interface are added to the workflow process as a conjunct to the standard data array and correlative standard data input interface; wherein the standard data array module and the correlative standard data input interface are preexisting in the workflow process; the at least one optional data array module and the correlative respective data input interface are selected and activated by at least one of the parties from a set of optional data array modules and correlative optional data input interfaces for conjunctive addition to the standard data array module and the correlative standard data input interface to form the field document.