Patent ID: 7076439

Claim:
A method for managing a project, comprising the steps of: (A) assigning from a membership information database (i) an in-house council and (ii) an outside council to a project based on a first input from an individual; (B) receiving a document having an initial date; (C) storing in a global event database (i) said document and (ii) said initial date based on a second input from said individual; (D) calculating a due date based on both (i) a type of said document and (ii) said initial date; (E) storing in a calendar database said due date; (F) selecting said outside council to perform a first task for said project; (G) receiving from an events engine database as selected by said in-house council an authorization response for said outside council to perform said first task; (H) sending automatically to said outside council both (i) a work authorization defined by said authorization response and (ii) said document when an authorization event occurs; (I) receiving from said events engine database as selected by said in-house council a first conditional response for said first task, wherein said first conditional response is (i) set when said authorization event occurs and (ii) performed if set when a first reminder event occurs; (J) calculating a first reminder date for said first reminder event; (K) storing in said calendar database said first reminder date; and (L) sending automatically on said first reminder date to said outside council a first reminder email to complete said first task if said first conditional response is set, wherein a supervisor does not receive said first reminder email; (M) receiving from said events engine database as selected by said in-house council a second conditional response for said first task, wherein said second conditional response is (i) set when said first reminder event occurs and (ii) performed if set when a second reminder event occurs; (N) calculating a second reminder date for said second reminder event; and (O) sending automatically on said second reminder date to both (i) said outside council and (ii) said supervisor, a second reminder email to complete said first task if said second conditional response is set.