Microsoft Corporation
APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTS FOR ORGANIZING INFORMATION AROUND SPACES AND GOALS

Abstract:

Systems, methods, and software are disclosed herein. A method comprises a computing apparatus displaying, in an application environment, a canvas on which to organize a collection of items on the canvas that are related to a project. The method includes the computing apparatus displaying a new item on the canvas comprising a goal associated with the project and having attributes associated with one or more items native to one or more other application environments. The method also includes the computing apparatus sending one or more requests to express, in the one or more other application environments, an association of the one or more items with the goal.