Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.P.

Electronic Data Systems Corporation

William H Phifer

Reinier J Aerdts

Thomas L Hill

Kas Kasravi

Randall F Mears

Jeffrey L Wacker

Edward W Kettler, Iii

Jean B Lehmann

William T Rhodes

William J Markham

Donna M Stemmer

Theodore M Page

David J Schmid

Brent L Blackburn

A method, system, and computer program product for measuring and assessing an organization's business adaptability is provided. In one embodiment, a taxonomy comprising a hierarchical list of taxonomy indicators that captures organizational elements that can be used to measure an organization's responsiveness to change is created. The taxonomy indicators are industry specific. A set of weights associated with the elements of the taxonomy, indicating a relevant contribution of each element to an overall adaptability of an organization, is assigned. The set of weights are industry specific. An enterprise profile is created assigning a level of adaptability to each taxonomy indicator indicating where, in a range of scores from low to high, an enterprise rates relative to the relevant taxonomy indicator. An adaptability result of the organization from the weights, taxonomy, and enterprise profile is then calculated. The adaptability result provides a quantitative assessment of the organization's adaptability.

System and method for quantitative assessment of organizational adaptability

Techniques are described for determining the complexity of a computing environment. The techniques include developing a model for the complexity of a computing environment based on the quantity of particular elements of the computing environment. The model includes two statistical weights for each element in the complexity model. One statistical weight is applied to each element to provide a complexity rating of the element. Another statistical weight is applied to each element to provide a complexity rating across all elements.

Determining the complexity of a computing environment

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Downington, PA, United States of America

William H Phifer