Electronic Process-Enabled Collaboration System
AssigneeAccenture Global Services Limited
InventorsMary Elizabeth Hamilton, Michael A. Holzman, Louis Charles Nebolsky, Atul K. Kapur
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Abstract
A process-enabled collaboration system integrates the collaboration tools and applications needed for a remote project into a single portal. The collaboration system identifies the type of project to be performed, and generates a custom collaboration site tailored to the specific project. The custom collaboration site provides a convenient and direct relationship between remote members of a project team and the collaborative tools and information they will use.
Claims24
An electronic collaboration enablement system, comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising:
- multiple project templates, where each project template corresponds to a different project type and comprises:
- an identification of phases associated with the corresponding project type;
- an identification of activities associated with each phase;
- and
- an identification of collaboration tools associated with the corresponding project type;
- and
- instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:
- receive a first project type identifying a project to be performed;
- receive provisioning data associated with the first project type;
- identify a first project template from among the multiple project templates that corresponds to the first project type;
- and
- integrate collaboration tools corresponding to the first project template into an electronic collaboration interface customized to the project to be performed.
A product comprising:
- a computer-readable medium;
- and
- programmable instructions stored on the computer-readable medium that, when executed, cause a processor in an electronic collaboration enablement system to:
- receive a first project type identifying a project to be performed;
- receive provisioning data associated with the first project type;
- identify a first project template that corresponds to the first project type from among multiple project templates stored in a database, where the first project template comprises:
- an identification of phases associated with the first project type;
- an identification of activities associated with each phase;
- and
- an identification of collaboration tools associated with the first project type;
- and;
- and
- integrate the collaboration tools corresponding to the first project template into an electronic collaboration interface customized to the project to be performed.
A method for enabling electronic collaboration, comprising executing instructions stored on a computer-readable medium that cause a processor to:
- receive a first project type identifying a project to be performed;
- receive provisioning data associated with the first project type;
- identify a first project template that corresponds to the first project type from among multiple project templates stored in a database, where the first project template comprises:
- an identification of phases associated with the first project type;
- an identification of activities associated with each phase;
- and
- an identification of collaboration tools associated with the first project type;
- and;
- and
- integrate the collaboration tools corresponding to the first project template into an electronic collaboration interface customized to the project to be performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.