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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2009
Applicant:
Michael S. Karafotis, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Inventor:
Michael S. Karafotis, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Assignee:
Bank of America Corporation, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus and methods for electronically evaluating the criticality of a weakness in a process. The apparatus and methods may compile and store data related to business priorities and business operations. Subsequent calculations quantifying the impact of a process step failure may incorporate the stored business process data to arrive at a quantified measure of the relative criticality of a failure in the context of the process as a whole.