Abstract: A tool integrates various components of project planning and management. The tool enables the creation and tracking of authorization for expense (AFE) information for a project. Also, the tool allows risks to be assigned to corresponding activities of the project.

Abstract: A tool integrates various components of project planning and management. The tool enables the creation and tracking of authorization for expense (AFE) information for a project. Also, the tool allows risks to be assigned to corresponding activities of the project.

Abstract: A method is disclosed, that is practiced by a computer system, for planning and managing project plans associated with one or more projects in a business, the computer system including a processor that is responsive to input data, a recorder or display device, and a memory, the memory storing software, comprising: executing, by the processor, the software stored in the memory of the computer system in response to the input data including knowledge and experience data, and, in response to the executing step, generating one or more output displays adapted for planning and managing the project plans of the one or more projects in the business; recording or displaying, by the recorder or display device, the one or more output displays on the recorder or display device; wherein the one or more output displays being recorded or displayed on the recorder or display device include, Line-of-Sight (LOS) views of information pertaining to the business, the Line-of-Sight views providing a user with a view into the projec