Task based organizational management system and method

Abstract

A system and method of managing tasks and organizations is provided herein.

1 . A computer-implemented method allowing a user to populate a member table of members stored on a server, the member table having attributes used to create an organizational hierarchy authority layer based on an organizational chart, the method comprising:
 in response to a request, received at the server, adding a member to the member table, the adding including assigning a unique member identification attribute and a relationship attribute to the added member in the member table;   granting, by a processor, at least one other member authority over the added member according to at least one rule evaluating at least one attribute of at least the added member to determine whether authority by the at least one other member is granted based at least on the relative position of the at least one other member to the added member in the organizational hierarchy authority layer based on the organizational chart as determined by a dynamic real time evaluation of the relationship attribute of the added member and of the relationship attributes of intervening members in the organizational hierarchy authority layer when the added member and the at least one other member are not directly connected in the organizational hierarchy authority layer;   granting, by the processor, the added member authority over one or more other members according to at least one rule evaluating at least one attribute of the one or more other members to determine whether authority by the added member is granted based at least on the relative position of the added member to the one or more other members in the organizational hierarchy authority layer based on the organizational chart as determined by a dynamic real time evaluation of the relationship attributes of the one or more other members and of the relationship attributes of intervening members in the organizational hierarchy authority layer when the added member and the one or more other members are not directly connected in the organizational hierarchy authority layer; and   dynamically executing, according to the granted authority, a member request.   
     
     
         2 . A computer-implemented method to manage authority and access on a rule-based platform having a plurality of elements with attributes and at least one activity that a first element can perform that includes a second element, each activity having at least one rule specifying use of at least one attribute of the second element to determine whether the activity is allowed by the first element, the method comprising:
 requesting, by the first element, an activity that includes the second element from the plurality of elements, wherein the first element is selected from a first group consisting of a user, an individual, a process, a device, a machine, a team, and a group and wherein the second element is selected from a second group consisting of a user, an individual, a file, a page, a web site, a document, data, an application, a device, a machine, a team, a group, a resource, a rule, and a task;   granting, by a processor, the first element authority to access the second element according to the at least one rule of the requested activity evaluating at least one attribute of at least the second element to determine if the requested activity is allowed by the first element based at least on the at least one attribute of at least the second element;   granting, by a processor, the first element access to the second element according to the at least one rule of the requested activity evaluating at least one attribute of at least the second element to determine if the requested activity is allowed by the first element based at least on the at least one attribute of at least the second element;   granting, by a processor, the first element authority to perform the requested activity according to the at least one rule of the requested activity evaluating at least one attribute of at least the second element to determine if the requested activity is allowed by the first element based at least on the at least one attribute of at least the second element; and   implementing, by the rule based platform, an allowed activity according to authority granted to the first element.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the access includes view privileges as determined by rules of the rule based platform evaluating the attributes of at least the second element. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the view privileges identify viewable items as determined by rules evaluating at least the attributes of possible items to be viewed. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the authority to perform the requested activity includes create, modify, move, and delete privileges as determined by rules of the rule based platform evaluating the attributes of at least the second element. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising routing, when the rule based platform determines that the activity is not allowed by the first element, a request for approval to implement the activity to another element having the authority to implement the activity as determined by rules of the rule based platform. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising actively managing, upon implementing the allowed activity, attributes of each element to be modified by the allowed activity according to rules associated with the allowed activity.