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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2005
Charles B. Duke, Webster, NY (US);
John F. Knapp, Fairport, NY (US);
Alfons A. Gosiewski, Penfield, NY (US);
Charles B. Duke, Webster, NY (US);
John F. Knapp, Fairport, NY (US);
Alfons A. Gosiewski, Penfield, NY (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
A business method for defining, controlling, and optimizing a flow of value down a workflow pipeline includes creating a phase-gate workflow pipeline for one or more projects in which completion of one or more predetermined activities of each project advances the project to a succeeding phase in the pipeline. Each of the activities for each project in the pipeline is mapped to a value metric that is a function of a risk discount factor using an option valuation technique. The projects and/or portfolio of projects are then analyzed to determine the flow of value down the pipeline and managed based on analysis of this flow of value.