Patent ID: 8131579

Claim:
A web-based system for collaborative planning of a networked program schedule for specified tasks with a plurality of integrated product teams (IPTs), comprising: a central data storage server for storing program schedule data; a web application server; an integrated planning solution (IPS) application on said web application server; a plurality of team computer terminals for accessing the IPS application, said IPS application configured to acquire data collaboratively from IPT team leaders at the respective terminals by (a) providing an outputs form to the respective terminals listing the tasks for team leaders to specify supplier team outputs and their customers from among said IPTs or a final customer for the tasks, (b) once all of the outputs forms are completed, providing an inputs form to the respective terminals listing the supplier team outputs directed to the respective customer teams for the team leaders to accept or reject those outputs as team inputs, (c) once all of the inputs forms are completed, providing a linking form to the respective terminals that lists team inputs and outputs for the team leaders to link inputs to outputs for their respective teams, and (d) providing a duration form to the respective terminals listing the team outputs for the team leaders to assign durations to achieve the team outputs, said IPS application storing the program schedule data entered on the forms by the team leaders in said central data storage server; a program scheduling application accessible by at least a first administrative computer terminal to access the program schedule data stored on the central data storage server and generate a networked program schedule; and a communication network for interconnecting the central data server, web application server, administration computer terminal and said plurality of team computer terminals to exchange the web-based forms and program schedule data.