Patent ID: 7930201

Claim:
A method for project development within an enterprise, comprising: gathering project related information from different sources within the enterprise, wherein the sources from which project related information is gathered include a plurality of: a human resources data system; a billing system; a fiscal information system; a financial time reporting system; a knowledge/document management system; a project management information system; a requirements management system; a process modeling tool; and a tactical project planning and management tool; using the gathered information to create a plurality of reports, at least one of the reports including a portion of the project related information from a first source and a portion of the project related information from a second source; displaying, in a graphical user interface providing access to a plurality of sub-graphical user interfaces, the gathered information and the reports for assessment; analyzing the displayed information and reports to monitor the progress of the project through the project development process; determining an end of a phase of the project development process wherein the phase comprises a segment of the project development process that includes multiple tasks that are grouped together as related functional processes; notifying at least one individual with responsibility for a next phase of the project development process, upon the completion of the previous phase within the project development process, by automatically sending a message to the at least one of the individuals with responsibility for the next phase in the project development process, the message informing the at least one individual that the next phase can begin; automatically determining a start date and an end date for the next phase in the project development process; and automatically updating a schedule of the project development process with the start date and the end date for the next phase.