Abstract: The present invention provides a project optimization software tool in which a single window in a graphical user interface serves as a tool for planning future actions, reviewing past actions, organizing meetings and launching executable software tools. A project pathway window supports: 1) the listing and viewing of sequences of pathway steps, which, if accomplished, lead towards a defined project goal, 2) the ability to link software tools to those pathway steps, and launch the software tools for execution, 3) the creation of meeting agendas, each of which may encompass several pathway steps, without demoting the included pathway steps, and 4) the marking of the status of pathway steps.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 19, 1996
Date of Patent:
March 30, 1999
Assignee:
SkyMark Corporation
Inventors:
Justin C. Ebert, Scott H. Collins, John P. Arnold, Stephen L. David, Susan D. Dwyer, Michael D. Mills, Patricia Shanahan