Business process valuation tool

• US 20030187675A1
• Filed: 05/31/2002
• Published: 10/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Elliott, Shaun, Hack, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US10/161,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20030187675A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

A strategic management tool that calculates a business value. The tool selects at least one relevant business process, presents key performance indicators associated with the relevant business process, and derives a value equation based on a subset of key performance indicators.

Claims

8. An article comprising a computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when applied to one or more computers cause the computers to:

identify a subset of relevant business processes based on a selection of at least one of an industry and market participant;

identify key performance indicators associated with the subset of relevant business processes; and

derive a value equation based on the subset of key performance indicators.

9. The article of claim 8 further comprising instructions that when executed by the computers prompt a user to select at least one key performance indicator.

10-1. The system of claim 11 further comprising one or more computers configured to identify a narrower subset of key performance indicators based on a user'"'"'s selection.

11-2. The system of claim 11 wherein the value equation includes addends calculated from the key performance indicators.

12-3. The system of claim 11 wherein the value equation is derived automatically from the subset of relevant business processes.