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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://forums.method.me/cs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Search results by user ID 6020</title><link>http://forums.method.me/cs/search/SearchResults.aspx?o=DateDescending&amp;u=6020</link><description>Search results by user ID 6020</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 SP2 (Build: 31113.47)</generator><item><title>Using Method to track and report project progress</title><link>http://forums.method.me/cs/forums/p/4711/18078.aspx#18078</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:10:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">3393c1ec-311b-4812-96cb-ad8c611bba4f:18078</guid><dc:creator>Carlo Sparacio</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;span id="mce_7_start" style="overflow:hidden;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Hi!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;We are trying to create a new process to track specific projects and their progress, and have the customer be able to login to their&lt;span class="apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;portal and see the current status of their order. &amp;nbsp;Kind of like when you order a pizza online, and you can login in and see the delivery status (ordered -&amp;gt; pizza being built -&amp;gt; just been boxed -&amp;gt; out for delivery -&amp;gt; delivered). &amp;nbsp;Our projects take a month to complete, so it does not need to be real time, but something the customer can check in on.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;One thought was to create a &amp;quot;case&amp;quot; for each purchase order. &amp;nbsp;Then each time we update the &amp;quot;case&amp;quot; the customer gets notified via email, or they can login to check for themselves, to ask questions, etc.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Has anyone done that, with a custom built form or screens and custom fields?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_2_start"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span id="mce_3_start"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Maybe this is really simple, and we just don&amp;#39;t have enough experience with what Method can do. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Looking forward to hearing any advice!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Cheers!&lt;/p&gt;
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