Patent ID: 7096223

Claim:
A process for prepopulating a first data array for storing actual data from a performance of at least one component of a complex project, the process operating within a workflow process, the workflow process controlled by a processing system, the workflow process designed to facilitate the preparation for and performance of the complex project conducted between parties, wherein the parties are connected to the processing system via a communication network, the data array comprising a field document documenting at least a portion of the performance of the at least one component of the complex project, the actual data submitted to the workflow process via the communication network by at least one of the parties, the process comprising: selecting an archived data array storing similar actual data previously saved in the workflow process, the archived data array comprising an archived field document documenting at least a similar portion of a similar performance of at least one similar component of a similar complex project as the portion documented in the first data array; retrieving the similar actual data from the archived data array; populating the first data array with the similar actual data; storing the similar actual data in the first data array as preliminary actual data; and editing the preliminary data to reflect the actual data.