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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2006
Leslie M. Ernest, Knoxville, MD (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, Ii, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Ronnie L. Huskey, Haslet, TX (US);
Albert L. Swett, Rochester, NY (US);
Leslie M. Ernest, Knoxville, MD (US);
Rick A. Hamilton, II, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Ronnie L. Huskey, Haslet, TX (US);
Albert L. Swett, Rochester, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Under the present invention, components pertaining to a particular business operation of an organization are identified arranged into a component map. Information corresponding to a set of financial and staffing variables for the components is then gathered. During a workshop or the like, votes regarding a differentiation factor and an effectiveness factor of each of the components are received according to a predetermined scale. When vote quality is deemed acceptable (e.g., according to a standard deviation), a series of individual heat maps will be generated from the component map using the votes and the information previously collected. In general, an individual heat map is generated for each of the differentiation factor, the effectiveness factor, and the set of financial and staffing. Thereafter, an integrated heat map can be generated by combining at least two of the individual heat maps. Finally, an integrated view that contains the integrated heat map and radar views of the individual heat maps will be generated.