One View Integrated Project Management System

Abstract

Projects of any type require sophisticated management software programs. In reality, these management software programs are provided by various vendors and for different professional fields. For example, scheduling programs for construction professionals, blue print programs for drafting professionals, accounting programs for cost-control professionals. In addition, there are numerous other unofficial and official documents generated by managers of different levels for reporting or track-record-keeping purposes using popular word processing programs and spread-sheet programs. Documents generated by different software programs can only be viewed under the programs they are generated under or compatible programs. This poses a problem in that there is a lack of organized control resulting in difficulty in locating and viewing documents in a timely manner. The present invention provides an one view software program that would be able to provide an organized control and viewing of all documents regardless which software programs they are generated under.

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         12 . A computer processor implemented method of gathering data from a plurality of sources including a current database and a historical database and organizing the data as an official report for a pre-defined reporting cutoff date to be displayed on a display device under control of a software package and further providing access to said data via a web portal, comprising a processor executing a plurality of steps of:
 a. establishing the pre-defined reporting cutoff date so as to provide a status of a project at a moment in time;   b. saving data from the current database into the historical database to backup said data for every cutoff period and enable tracing of trends for the project;   b-1. retrieving raw or processed data from at least two pre-existing software programs of a user-client;   b-2. storing said raw or processed data into a OneView data warehouse, wherein said OneView data warehouse comprises a plurality of parts including cost, scheduling, funding, and status/issue parts;   c. providing an update to a work breakdown structure;   d. updating cost data using the OneView data warehouse;   e. repeating step d if the cost data update is not completed;   f. updating scheduling data using the OneView data warehouse;   g. repeating step f if the scheduling data update is not completed;   h. updating funding data using the OneView data warehouse;   i. repeating step h if the funding data update is not completed;   j. updating status/issue data using the OneView data warehouse;   k. repeating step j if the status/issue data update is not completed;   l. generating a preliminary report using the updated cost, scheduling, funding, and status/issue data;   m. presenting the preliminary report for accuracy;   n. determining whether any further updates are needed;   o. repeating from steps c to n if it is determined that further updating are needed;   p. generating the official report for the pre-defined reporting cutoff date using the respective updated and/or further updated cost, scheduling, funding, and status/issue data;   q. displaying the official report on the display device, via said web portal, under control of the software package   r. providing real-time information access to said OneView data warehouse and customized status reports via said web portal, wherein said web portal includes frames including a work breakdown structure (WBS) tree, function tabs, and a report frame and further allows said tracing of trends for said project;   s. receiving selections of said report frame and either a node of said WBS tree or said function tab; and   t. generating a status report of said customized status reports based on said selections, said status report;   A wherein said computer processor implemented method searches a document from a memory and displaying on a display device by executing a step of:   aa. typing-in document information.   
     
     
         13 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 12 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 bb. selecting one of a reset button and a search button.   
     
     
         14 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 13 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 cc. clearing all fields and go to step aa if a reset button is selected.   
     
     
         15 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 14 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 dd. finding from the memory a work breakdown structure code from a request string and obtain a user input document information.   
     
     
         16 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 15 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 ee. searching the document information from an application document table.   
     
     
         17 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 16 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 ff. opening a search result page and displaying a document list with all the matched results on the display device.   
     
     
         18 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 17 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 gg. selecting a document icon.   
     
     
         19 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 18 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 hh. copying the selected document from a file folder to a temporary folder on a web server.   
     
     
         20 . The computer processor implemented method of  claim 19 , wherein said computer processor implemented method searches the document from the memory and displaying on the display device by executing a step of:
 ii. opening the selected document from the temporary folder onto the web server.