Patent ID: 7058660

Claim:
A computer implemented method for managing a project comprising the steps of: storing project information for a first project, with associations to at least one project component so that all of the project information related to each project component is accessible by a user on a network when the at least one project component is retrieved, the project information including project information related to at least one sub-unit of an entity performing the project; generating at least one project component record based on the associations to the at least one project component for managing the project; generating a project component display, customized to a project component and based on the at least one project component record, when the at least one project component is accessed by a user, the project component display having links to project component related documents and project component related reports and available to at least one user system over the network; checking a status identifier of a user, wherein the step of generating the at least one project component record comprises a step of generating a project component record based on the user's status and a step of generating the project component display comprises a step of generating the project component display based on the user's status; determining the user's status based on predetermined formula; presenting the user with reader intended project management sub-units if the user has a reader status; presenting the user with editor intended project management sub-units if the user has an editor status; presenting the user with a coordinator intended project management sub-units if the user has a coordinator status; and presenting the user with a central administrator status if the user has a central administrator status.