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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2007
Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, NY (US);
Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, TX (US);
Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, NY (US);
Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, NH (US);
Jed Kreamer, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rakesh Mohan, Courtlandt Manor, NY (US);
Thomas D. Rosinski, Frisco, TX (US);
Vikas J. Shivpuriya, Elmsford, NY (US);
Gerhard Sigl, Hudson, NH (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for scoring and ranking multi-dimensional project plans for implementing packaged software applications, the method includes: determining one or more dimensions for a project plan; assigning one or more attributes to each of the one or more dimensions; assigning one or more utility functions to each of the one or more attributes; assigning one or more weights to each of the one or more attributes; assigning one or more ordering factors to one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions; calculating a series of scores for the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions; ranking the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions based on the calculated series of scores; and wherein each of the one or more combinations and permutations of the dimensions represents a different individual multi-dimensional project plan.