Patent ID: 7072940

Claim:
A method of collaborating among team members of separate diverse organizations over a first electronic network and a second electronic network, the diverse organizations including first members of a first organization and second members of a second organization diverse from the first members, the method comprising: providing a virtual team environment supported on a team room environment server, the team room environment server being coupled to each of the first electronic network and the second electronic network; permitting access to the virtual team room environment to first team members via the first electronic network only if the first team members are identified in a directory associated with the first electronic network; permitting access to the virtual team room environment to second team members via the second electronic network only if the second team members are identified in a directory associated with the virtual team room environment; defining a team room within the virtual team room environment; associating a plurality of the first members and a plurality of the second members with the team room; assigning a review authority to one or more of the team members in the pluralities of first and second team members; defining a plurality of activities associated with a project roadmap, wherein each activity includes an activity description and wherein each activity is associated with the team room; receiving data from the first team members and the second team members via the virtual team room environment; transmitting the data to at least one of the one or more team members having review authority for review and approval; and receiving approval from the at least one of the one or more team members having review authority prior to associating the data with one or more of the activities.