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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2001
Karl V. Swanke, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Sebastian T. Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
Karl V. Swanke, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Sebastian T. Ventrone, South Burlington, VT (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and structure for coordinating resources to complete a design project prioritizes tasks to create a project plan, automatically notifies resources of task responsibilities and associated due dates based on the project plan through the use of encryption keys, controls access to the design data through the use of the encryption keys assigned to the resources, automatically monitors work being performed on tasks through a computerized network, and automatically notifies a project team leader of task completion status, overdue tasks, and tasks being ignored, based on the monitoring.