Patent ID: 8271882

Claim:
A method for providing a user with access to resources associated with a specified event, the method comprising enabling a user to perform operations comprising: linking a user-specified event to an event definition, the event definition linked to an event hierarchy; determining a list of one or more tasks corresponding to the specified event and of one or more resources associated with the one or more tasks; determining a task order for the determined list, the task order indicating which of the one or more tasks are to be performed in an order-dependent manner, wherein determining a task order comprises: indicating a first plurality of tasks that are to be performed in an order-dependent manner, in a specified sequence and under control of a wizard utility; and indicating a second plurality of tasks that are to be performed in an order-independent manner, including performing substantially in parallel or in one of a sequential or consecutive manner; formatting the list into a presentation format; importing data related to the one or more tasks receiving user modifications of the imported data; implementing the user modifications; exporting the modified data; associating one or more user-specified resources with the one or more tasks; displaying the one or more tasks in a task page; updating the specified event based on one or more modifications to the event definition, the one or more modifications based at least in part on modifications to a higher-level event than the selected event in the event hierarchy.