Patent ID: 7613623

Claim:
A system for establishing an enterprise-specific enterprise program office (EPO) and an associated enterprise-specific EPO web site, comprising: a server system operable to communicate with a plurality of client systems, each client system being associated with a corresponding enterprise; a database associated with the server system and containing an EPO toolkit accessible to the client systems using the server system, the EPO toolkit comprising: a customizable EPO web site shell, the customizable EPO web site shell providing a generic EPO web site structure on which an enterprise associated with a client system may base an enterprise-specific EPO web site for an enterprise-specific EPO, the customizable EPO web site shell operable to be customized by a user of a client system to create an enterprise-specific EPO web site shell with features particular to the corresponding enterprise; and a plurality of customizable deployment support materials providing instructions and recommendations for establishing the enterprise-specific EPO and associated enterprise-specific EPO web site; and the server system operable to: receive from a user associated with a client system a request for the customizable EPO web site shell; retrieve the customizable EPO web site shell from the database; provide the customizable EPO web site shell to the user for customization, if desired, to create an enterprise-specific EPO web site shell with features particular to the corresponding enterprise; and provide at least a portion of the deployment support materials to the user, the deployment support materials recommending specifics for setting up the enterprise-specific EPO and facilitating establishment of the enterprise-specific EPO through one or more deployment phases and according to a deployment schedule.