Abstract: An apparatus and method for project or process management and control. The apparatus and method are based on detailed task information, as obtained from miscellaneous sources, especially e-mail and other personal productivity tools. The apparatus and method create tasks and processes relevant for a project and provide real-time status information, analysis and additional derived tasks. The method is enabled by representing all the project-related information in a uniform way, such as a project map, and the usage of patterns of different types to represent all the knowledge about a task, a sub-project, or a project. The system identifies known patterns in the project map, adds derived actions, analyzed risky situations and generated notifications and alerts.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assessing at least one aggregate risk associated with an at least one first task associated with an at least one project, reducing said aggregate risk or alerting about said aggregate risk, the method comprising the steps of: determining a partial risk associated with said task; determining an aggregate risk associated with said task; comparing said aggregate risk a threshold; and wherein said total risk exceeds said threshold, performing at least one action. The method is executed dynamically as a response to on-going events occurring in the project. The actions taken can be notifications, inquiries and corrective actions.

Abstract: A method for discovering activities or processes within an organization, to be used in a process management and control system, the method comprising the steps of importing one or more actions associated with one or more planned or active projects within the organization, identifying one or more activities from the actions, and updating a pattern library based on the activity.