Patent ID: 6928625

Claim:
A method for managing a sequential process using a graphical user interface, the method comprising: displaying a plurality of selectable objects on a graphical user interface, each object corresponding to a step in a sequential process; enabling a user to select one of the objects according to an order of steps of the sequential process; enabling the user to complete the corresponding step of the selected object; in response to completion of the corresponding step, visually distinguishing the object to indicate that the corresponding step has been successfully completed; determining when a first previously completed step corresponding to a visually distinguished object has been selected again, and in response to selection of the first previously completed step: enabling the user to change the first previously completed step; in response to the first previously completed step being successfully completed again, determining whether a second previously completed step corresponding to another object is dependent on the changes made in the first previously completed step; and when the second previously completed step is dependent on the changes made in the first previously completed step, visually distinguishing the object corresponding to the second previously completed step to indicate that the second previously completed step is to be completed again.