Systems, program product, and methods for organization realignment

• US 20070198317A1
• Filed: 11/29/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/02/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Original Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Inventors: Teh, Rowan, Harthcryde, George, Hoty, Mubarak
• Granted Patent: US 8,073,724 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.14
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063118 Staff planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0637 Strategic management or analysis, e.g. setting a goal or target of an organisation; Planning actions based on goals; Analysis or evaluation of effectiveness of goals
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system to realign an organization structure, program product, and associated methods are provided. The system includes an organization realignment program server, a database accessible to the organization realignment program server, a plurality of process development team member computers, a plurality of process development representative computers, and an organization realignment program product stored in the memory of the organization realignment program server to facilitate reorganization program development through online access to the plurality of data records. The organization realignment program product can provide organization analysis web pages to capture data used to analyze and define functions, activities, tasks, and roles, forming a new organization structure, and can provide resource determination web pages to determine a qualified supply of resources available to the new organization structure to thereby determine a skills gap and a resource gap between resources demanded by the new organization structure and the qualified supply of resources.

Claims

1. A system to realign an organization structure, the system comprising:

a computer network;

at least one computer accessible to the computer network to define an organization realignment program server, the organization realignment program server having a processor and memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein;

a database accessible to the processor of the organization realignment program server and having a plurality of data records relating to organization functions, activities supporting the functions, tasks required to complete the activities, and roles to perform the tasks;

a plurality of process development team member computers each positioned remote from the organization realignment program server and accessible to the computer network and having a processor, memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein and to receive data records, a display in communication with the processor to display data records using an associated process development team member web browser, and a user interface in communication with the processor to provide an associated process development team member with online access to the data records over the computer network to facilitate reorganization program development;

a plurality of process development representative computers positioned remote from the organization realignment program server and accessible to the computer network and having a processor and memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein and to receive data records, a display in communication with the processor to display data records using an associated process development representative web browser stored in the memory, and a user interface in communication with the processor to provide an associated process development representative with online access to the plurality of data records over the computer network to thereby view and edit activity and role data;

organization realignment program product stored in the memory of the organization realignment program server to facilitate reorganization program development through online access to the plurality of data records, the organization realignment program product including;

a functions former positioned to provide data to display an online functions and activities template form having a plurality of input fields and to receive user input data indicating for each of a plurality of functions a name of the respective function and a name of each of a plurality of corresponding activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

an activity analysis suggestion former positioned to provide data to display an online activity analysis suggestion template form having a plurality of activity analysis attribute input fields and to receive user input data indicating activity analysis attributes to thereby assemble activity analysis suggestion data separately for each of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

a finalized activity analysis former positioned to provide data to display an online finalized activity analysis template form having a plurality of activity attributes input fields and to receive user input data indicating finalized activity attributes to thereby assemble finalized activity analysis data separately for each selected one of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

a task former positioned to provide data to display an online task template form having a task input field and to receive user input data indicating a task description to thereby assemble a task list separately for each selected one of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

a role task former positioned to provide data to display an online role responsibility level template form having a role responsibility level input field and to receive user input data indicating a role interaction required to complete each task defining a role responsibility level to thereby separately assign at least one role to each task on the task list for each selected one of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions and to thereby assign a role responsibility level to each role task combination,

a role competency suggestion former positioned to provide data to display an online role competency suggestion template form having a plurality of role competency attribute input fields and to receive user input data indicating role competency attributes to thereby assemble role competency suggestion data separately for each selected one of a plurality of roles associated with the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

a role competency former positioned to provide data to display an online role competency template form having a plurality of role competency input fields and to receive user input data indicating role competency attributes to thereby assemble finalized role competency data to develop an online role competency self-evaluation template form separately for each selected one of the plurality of roles associated with the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

a role competency report former positioned to compile role competency self-evaluation results data responsive to at least one role competency self-evaluation and to provide data to display an online role competency report form having a plurality of role competency output fields indicating qualification for and interest in each of the plurality of roles by each of a plurality of organization members to thereby display a qualified resource supply for each of the plurality of roles to support assignment of organization members to the plurality of roles,

a qualified resource supply determiner positioned to determine a qualified supply of resources responsive to the role competency self-evaluation of each of the plurality of organization members and to provide data to display a web page form indicating the qualified supply of resources,

a demand estimate determiner positioned to compile a demand estimate for each of the plurality of roles and to provide data to display a demand estimate report form indicating a number of resources required per unit of time for each of the plurality of roles to perform assigned tasks within activities of each of the plurality of functions, the demand estimate determination responsive to an estimated number of hours required of each role to perform assigned tasks within activities of each of the plurality of functions and responsive to the determined average number of assignable hours per unit of time for each of the plurality of roles to determine an estimated number of units of time required for each role to perform assigned tasks within each activity under each one of the plurality of functions to thereby determine the demand estimate defining the number of resources required for each role to perform the activities of each one of the plurality of functions, and

a skills gap analysis template former positioned to cause display of skills gap analysis results data responsive to role identification data, demand estimate data, and qualified supply data to thereby enhance organization transition planning.

2. A system as defined in claim 1,

wherein the finalized activity analysis former is positioned to provide data to display an online finalized activity analysis web page to thereby display the finalized activity analysis;

and

wherein the organization realignment program product further includes a comment manager positioned to provide data to display an online comment form and to receive user input data indicating at least one comment directed to the finalized activity analysis and to provide online notification of the comment to a preselected one of a plurality of organization members associated with the selected one of the plurality of activities defining a process development representative.

3. A system as defined in claim 1,

wherein the finalized activity analysis former is further positioned to provide data to display an online finalized activity analysis web page to thereby display the finalized activity analysis;

and

wherein the organization realignment program product further includes an activity analysis suggestion viewer positioned to provide data to display each suggested one of a plurality of activity analysis suggestions for each selected one of the plurality of activities posted by a corresponding plurality of process development team members to thereby enhance comment formulation.

4. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the role task former is further positioned to provide data to display a role complexity template form having a plurality of complexity input fields to assign a time duration for each of a plurality of corresponding complexity categories to a selected one of the plurality of responsibility levels.

5. A system as defined in claim 1,

wherein the role task former is positioned to provide data to display an online finalized task-role web page to thereby display the finalized role task combination;

and

wherein the organization realignment program product further includes;

a comment manager positioned to provide data to display an online comment form and to receive user input data indicating at least one comment directed to at least one version of the task list and assigned roles and to provide online notification of the comment to a preselected one of a plurality of organization members associated with the selected one of the plurality of activities defining a process development representative, and

a viewer positioned to provide data to display each of a plurality of task list and role assignment suggestions posted by a corresponding plurality of process development team members to thereby enhance comment formulation.

6. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

an assignable hours determiner positioned to provide data to display an online assignable man-hour determination form including a table having a plurality of roles identified as organization realignment participants related to a plurality of activities to thereby determine an average number of assignable hours per day for each of the plurality of participants; and

a resource commitment manager positioned to provide data to display a resource commitment for each of the plurality of organization members, and positioned to provide data to display a master resource allocation table to thereby summarize availability of each of the plurality of organization members based on current assignment planned completion dates and scheduled absences.

7. A system as defined in claim 1,

wherein the online role competency self-evaluation template form includes a plurality of achievement evaluation selection input fields to indicate a self-evaluated achievement level and a role interest input field to enter an indication of interest in the role under self-evaluation;

and

wherein the demand estimate determiner is further positioned to compile an aggregate demand estimate for each of the plurality of roles and to provide data to display an aggregate demand estimate report form indicating an aggregate number of resources required per day for each of the plurality of roles.

8. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

an activity analysis suggestion entry alert manager positioned to alert one of a first plurality of preselected organization members associated with a selected one of the plurality of functions defining a process development representative of the respective activity analysis suggestion responsive to activity analysis suggestion form submission;

a finalized activity analysis entry alert manager positioned to alert each of a plurality of process development team members of the respective finalized activity responsive to finalized activity analysis form submission; and

a task and role entry alert manager positioned to alert each of a second plurality of preselected organization members to review the respective finalized task list and assigned roles responsive to task and role form completion.

9. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

a training materials manager positioned to provide data to display a plurality of organization transition workshop briefing templates for each of a plurality of organization transition workshops;

a transition plan manager positioned to display data indicating individual transition plans for each of the plurality of organization members responsive to determined organization resource requirements determined from qualified resource supply data from the competency self-evaluation and resource availability data from a resource availability evaluation, each individual transition plan mapping each one of the plurality of organization members to a selected role or roles; and

a project manager positioned to provide data to display a project initiation request form to facilitate assignment of accountabilities and a project change request form to request modification of a standard activity that tracks and requires explanation of revisions to project plans and timelines, the project manager including a master projects inventory manager positioned to provide data to display a master projects inventory to thereby indicate planned deliverables and identify accountable personnel for each task.

10. A system as defined in claim 1,

wherein the online finalized activity analysis template form includes input fields to enter activity frequencies for a plurality of preselected categories indicating the categories of difficult, normal, and easy;

wherein the online role competency self-evaluation template form includes a plurality of achievement evaluation selection input fields to indicate a self-evaluated achievement level and a role interest input field to enter an indication of interest in the role under self-evaluation; and

wherein the organization realignment program product further includes an authorization profile manager positioned to limit access to each of a plurality of web page forms responsive to a user assigned authorization to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive organization data.

11. A system to realign an organization structure comprising:

a computer network;

at least one computer accessible to the computer network to define an organization realignment program server, the organization realignment program server having a processor and memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein;

a plurality of process development team member computers each positioned remote from the organization realignment program server and accessible to the computer network and having a processor, memory coupled to the processor to store operating instructions therein and to receive data records, a display in communication with the processor to display data records using an associated process development team member web browser, and a user interface in communication with the processor to provide an associated process development team member with online access to data records over the computer network to facilitate reorganization program development; and

organization realignment program product stored in the memory of the organization realignment program server to facilitate reorganization program development over the computer network, the organization realignment program product including;

an activity analysis suggestion former positioned to provide data to display an online activity analysis suggestion template form having a plurality of activity analysis attribute input fields and to receive user input data indicating activity analysis attributes to thereby assemble activity analysis suggestion data separately for each of a plurality of activities under each respective one of a plurality of functions,

a task former positioned to provide data to display an online task template form having a task input field and to receive user input data indicating a task description to thereby assemble a task list separately for each selected one of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions,

a role task former positioned to provide data to display an online role responsibility level template form having a role responsibility level input field and to receive user input data indicating a role interaction required to complete each task defining a role responsibility level to thereby separately assign at least one role to each task on the task list for each selected one of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions and to thereby assign a role responsibility level to each role task combination, and

a role competency suggestion former positioned to provide data to display an online role competency suggestion template form having a plurality of role competency attribute input fields and to receive user input data indicating role competency attributes to thereby assemble role competency suggestion data separately for each selected one of a plurality of roles associated with the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions.

12. A system as defined in claim 11, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

a functions former positioned to provide data to display an online functions and activities template form having a plurality of input fields and to receive user input data indicating for each of a plurality of functions a name of the respective function and a name of each of a plurality of corresponding activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions; and

a finalized activity analysis former positioned to provide data to display an online finalized activity analysis template form having a plurality of activity attributes input fields and to receive user input data indicating finalized activity attributes to thereby assemble finalized activity analysis data separately for each selected one of the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions.

13. A system as defined in claim 12, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

a role competency former positioned to provide data to display an online role competency template form having a plurality of role competency input fields and to receive user input data indicating role competency attributes to thereby assemble finalized role competency data to develop an online role competency self-evaluation template form separately for each selected one of the plurality of roles associated with the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions; and

a role competency report former positioned to compile role competency self-evaluation results data responsive to at least one role competency self-evaluation and to provide data to display an online role competency report form having a plurality of role competency output fields indicating qualification for and interest in each of the plurality of roles by each of a plurality of organization members to thereby display a qualified resource supply for each of the plurality of roles to support assignment of organization members to the plurality of roles.

14. A system as defined in claim 13, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

a qualified resource supply determiner positioned to determine a qualified supply of resources responsive to the role competency self-evaluation of each of the plurality of organization members and to provide data to display a qualified resources web page form indicating the qualified supply of resources;

a demand estimate determiner positioned to compile a demand estimate for each of the plurality of roles and to provide data to display a demand estimate report form indicating a number of resources required per day for each of the plurality of roles to perform assigned tasks within activities of each of the plurality of functions, the demand estimate determination responsive to an estimated number of hours required of each role to perform assigned tasks within activities of each of the plurality of functions and responsive to the determined average number of assignable hours per unit of time for each of the plurality of roles to determine an estimated number of units of time required for each role to perform assigned tasks within each activity under each one of the plurality of functions to thereby determine the demand estimate defining the number of resources required for each role to perform the activities of each one of the plurality of functions; and

a skills gap analysis template former positioned to calculate and cause display of skills gap analysis results data responsive to role identification data, demand estimate data, and qualified supply data to thereby enhance organization transition planning.

15. A system as defined in claim 12,

wherein the finalized activity analysis former is positioned to provide data to display an online finalized activity analysis web page to thereby display the finalized activity analysis;

and

wherein the organization realignment program product further includes an activity analysis suggestion viewer positioned to provide data to separately display each selected one of a plurality of activity analysis suggestions posted by a corresponding plurality of process development team members to thereby enhance comment formulation.

16. A system as defined in claim 11,

wherein the role task former is positioned to provide data to display a role complexity template form having a plurality of complexity input fields to assign a time duration for each of a plurality of corresponding complexity categories to a selected one of the plurality of responsibility levels, and to provide data to display an online finalized task-role web page to thereby display the finalized role task combination;

and

wherein the organization realignment program product further includes a viewer positioned to provide data to display each of a plurality of task list and role assignment suggestions posted by a corresponding plurality process development team members to thereby enhance comment formulation.

17. A system as defined in claim 14, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

an assignable hours determiner positioned to provide data to display an online assignable man-hour determination form including a table having a plurality of roles identified as organization realignment participants related to a plurality of activities to thereby determine an average number of assignable hours per unit of time for each of the plurality of participants; and

a resource commitment manager positioned to provide data to display a resource commitment for each of the plurality of organization members, and positioned to provide data to display a master resource allocation table to thereby summarize availability of each of the plurality of organization members based on current assignment planned completion dates and scheduled absences.

18. A system as defined in claim 14, wherein the demand estimate determiner is further positioned to compile an aggregate demand estimate for each of the plurality of roles and to provide data to display an aggregate demand estimate report form indicating an aggregate number of resources required per unit of time for each of the plurality of roles.

19. A system as defined in claim 12, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

an activity analysis suggestion entry alert manager positioned to alert one of a first plurality of preselected organization members associated with a selected one of the plurality of functions defining a process development representative of the respective activity analysis suggestion responsive to activity analysis suggestion form submission;

a finalized activity analysis entry alert manager positioned to alert each of a plurality of process development team members of the respective finalized activity responsive to the finalized activity analysis form submission; and

a task and role entry alert manager positioned to alert each of a second plurality of preselected organization members to review a respective finalized list of task and role combinations responsive to task and role form entry completion.

20. A system as defined in claim 14, wherein the organization realignment program product further includes:

a training materials manager positioned to provide data to display a plurality of organization transition workshop briefing templates for each of a plurality of organization transition workshops; and

a transition plan manager positioned to display data indicating individual transition plans for each of the plurality of organization members responsive to determined organization resource requirements determined from qualified resource supply data from the competency self-evaluation and resource availability data from a resource availability evaluation, each individual transition plan mapping each one of the plurality of organization members to a selected role or roles.

21. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a need to realign an existing organization structure to a new organization structure;

defining a plurality of major functions of the new organization structure; and

providing a plurality of organization realignment workshops each including an agenda, a presentation, a learning-in-action exercise, and post-workshop individual and team assignments to exploit newly acquired knowledge and skills to thereby communicate information to selected organization members defining process development team members and involve the process development team members in performing tasks to avert anxiety associated with organization change resulting from the realignment and to encourage learning, promote a sense of ownership, and encourage full involvement in realigning to the new organization structure.

22. A method is defined in claim 21, wherein the step of providing a plurality of workshops includes the step of providing an activity analysis workshop to inform process development team members of key elements and timelines for execution of reorganization of the organization structure to define a transition plan and to provide to the process team development members background information for the plurality of major functions defined for the new organization structure to thereby formulate a plurality of activities supporting the plurality of functions.

23. A method is defined in claim 22, wherein the step of providing an activity analysis workshop includes the steps of:

establishing major milestones for the transition;

communicating involvement of organization members in completing assignments within deadlines;

educating the process development team members in how to analyze activities to yield tasks to thereby teach activity analysis;

identifying team members and team leads for each function to form a process development team for each function to thereby analyze each activity of the respective function;

analyzing at least one activity in each associated function by each respective process development team;

finalizing assignments of organization team members to the respective process development teams; and

receiving feedback, ideas, concerns, or suggestions on at least one of a plurality of aspects of the transition plan.

24. A method is defined in claim 21, wherein the step of providing a plurality of workshops includes the step of providing a task and roles workshop to train each of the plurality of process development team members to formulate tasks and roles for each of the plurality of activities supporting the major functions of the new organization structure to thereby enable identification of competencies and skill sets required to complete each of the plurality of activities.

25. A method is defined in claim 24, wherein the step of providing a task and roles workshop includes the steps of:

identifying and sequentially listing tasks required to complete a sample activity procedure;

determining roles required to perform each task;

identifying role interactions required to complete each task; and

coding the role interactions to thereby document identified responsibility levels of each role.

26. A method is defined in claim 21, wherein the step of providing a plurality of workshops includes the step of providing a resource availability and role man-hours workshop to train each of the plurality of process development team members to use the listing of tasks and roles to thereby estimate a hands-on workload effort for a plurality of roles and to estimate the total workload requirement for the new organization structure.

27. A method is defined in claim 26, wherein the step of providing a resource availability and role man-hours workshop includes the steps of:

determining resource availability for each of the plurality of process development team members according to the new organization structure;

compiling, reviewing, and analyzing the tasks and roles to thereby estimate the workload for each respective role; and

analyzing the estimated workload for each respective role to thereby estimate workload required by the new organization structure.

28. A method is defined in claim 21, wherein the step of providing a plurality of workshops includes the step of providing a role competency and activity frequency workshop to train each of the plurality of process development team members to determine an estimated frequency of each of the plurality of activities and to define competency levels required for each of the plurality of roles.

29. A method is defined in claim 28, wherein the step of providing a role competency and activity frequency workshop includes the steps of:

demonstrating a method of identifying activity frequency and complexity to each of the plurality of process development team members; and

training the plurality of process development team members to use learn, use, guide, innovate and knowledge, skills, behavior concepts to thereby define role competencies.

30. A method is defined in claim 21, further comprising the steps of:

providing a lessons learned workshop to acquire and understand insights of the process development team members to thereby improve the organization realignment process based upon shared observations of the participants; and

developing individual transition plans to transition organization members out of current obligations into a respective new role needed to perform a newly identified task.

31. A method of realigning an organization structure, comprising the steps of:

determining a need to realign an existing organization structure to a new organization structure;

developing an organization transition plan to realign the existing organization structure to the new organization structure;

defining a plurality of major functions of the new organization structure;

identifying at least one activity for each of the plurality of major functions of the new organization structure;

providing an activity analysis workshop exercise to train each of a plurality of selected organization members defining a respective plurality of process development team members to analyze each activity and, responsive to the respective activity analysis, to formulate tasks to thereby support each activity;

forming a plurality of process development teams from the plurality of process development team members to analyze each of a plurality of activities; and

formulating at least one task supporting the at least one activity of each of the plurality of functions responsive to the activity analysis of each of the plurality of activities.

32. A method as defined in claim 31, further comprising the step of storing the defined functions and identified activities in a database accessible to an online communication network to allow access by the plurality of process development team members.

33. A method as defined in claim 31, wherein the step of providing an activity analysis workshop exercise includes the steps of:

providing an activity analysis worksheet form to each of the plurality of process development team members to perform a trial activity analysis of a preselected activity;

performing the respective activity analysis by each of the plurality of process development team members;

forming a plurality of first working groups from the plurality of process development team members;

comparing each activity analysis within each separate one of the plurality of first working groups to each other respective activity analysis of the other process development team members within the respective first working group to thereby form a final group activity analysis version for each of the plurality of first working groups; and

presenting each final group activity analysis version for each separate one of the plurality of first working groups to the other process development team members.

34. A method as defined in claim 33, wherein the step of providing an activity analysis workshop exercise further includes the steps of:

selecting one of the final group activity analysis versions to use to determine a list of tasks for the preselected activity;

forming at least one task by each of the plurality of process development team members;

comparing each formed task within each separate one of a plurality of second working groups to the other formed tasks of the other process development team members within the plurality of second working groups to thereby form at least one final group task version for the preselected activity for each of the plurality of second working groups; and

presenting the at least one final group task version within each separate one of the plurality of second working groups to the other process development team members.

35. A method as defined in claim 31, wherein the step of forming a plurality of process development teams includes the steps of:

providing to each of the plurality of process development team members a list of the plurality of functions and respective activities;

requesting each of the plurality of process development team members self-select at least two of the plurality of functions responsive to the respective interests and experience or skills of the respective process development team member to form a plurality of process development teams, each process development team associated with one of the plurality of major functions; and

reassigning at least one process development team member to one of the plurality of functions responsive to an uneven selection of functions to thereby balance a number of process development team members associated with each respective one of the plurality of major functions.

36. A method as defined in claim 35, further comprising the steps of:

identifying a process development representative for each of the plurality of process development teams to perform as a single point of contact to arrange post-workshop meetings, facilitate discussion, and post a final activity description and task list; and

performing an activity analysis by each of the plurality of process development teams on at least one activity under the respective associated major function.

37. A method as defined in claim 36, further comprising the steps of:

performing an activity analysis by each of the plurality of process development teams on each activity under the respective associated major function; and

performing at least one of the following;

combining, streamlining, revising, adding, or eliminating each of the plurality of activities responsive to the activity analysis of each of the plurality of activities.

38. A method as defined in claim 31, further comprising the step of providing a suggested activity analysis input web page form to each one of the plurality of process development team members to enter a suggested analysis for each of a plurality of activities of an assigned function, the suggested activity analysis input web page form having a plurality of input fields providing for entry of a description of a plurality of activity attributes responsive to process development team member input to thereby receive a suggested activity description.

39. A method as defined in claim 38, further comprising the steps of:

storing each suggested activity analysis for each activity in a database accessible to an online communication network to define a respective posting of each suggested activity analysis to thereby allow access to each suggested activity analysis by the other of the plurality of process development team members; and

alerting online a respective process development representative of a posting of a suggested activity analysis for an activity under an assigned function responsive to posting a new suggested activity analysis for an activity to thereby notify the process development representative that the new suggested activity analysis for the respective activity has been posted.

40. A method as defined in claim 39, further comprising the steps of:

forming a list of tasks by each of the plurality of process development team members for each one of the plurality of activities for the respective assigned function;

providing an online task template form to each one of the plurality of process development representatives to assign one or more tasks to each one of the plurality of activities for the respective assigned function to thereby receive the list of tasks for each one of the plurality of activities for the respective assigned function;

providing a finalize activity analysis input web page form to each one of the plurality of process development representatives to enter a finalized analysis for each of the plurality of activities of the assigned function, the finalize activity analysis input web page form having a plurality of input fields providing for entry of a description of a plurality of activity attributes responsive to process development representative input to thereby receive a final activity analysis description; and

alerting online each of a preselected plurality of organization members of the posting of each respective finalized activity analysis responsive to the posting of each respective finalized activity analysis to thereby solicit comment from each of the preselected plurality of organization members.

41. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a suggested activity analysis input web page form to each of a plurality of process development team members to enter a suggested analysis for each of a plurality of activities of an assigned function, the suggested activity analysis input web page form having a plurality of input fields providing for entry of a description of a plurality of activity attributes responsive to process development team member input to thereby receive a suggested activity description;

providing a finalize activity analysis input web page form to each of a plurality of process development team representatives to enter a finalized analysis for each of the plurality of activities of the assigned function, the finalize activity analysis input web page form having a plurality of input fields providing for entry of a description of a plurality of activity attributes responsive to process development team representative input and responsive to review of the suggested activity analysis provided by each of the plurality of process development team members to thereby receive a finalized activity description;

storing each finalized activity analysis in a database accessible to an online communication network responsive to posting each respective finalized activity analysis to thereby allow multi-party access to each finalized activity analysis; and

alerting online each of a preselected plurality of organization members of the posting of each respective finalized activity analysis responsive to the posting of each respective finalized activity analysis to thereby solicit comment from each of the preselected plurality of organization members.

42. A method as defined in claim 41, further comprising the steps of:

forming a list of tasks by each of the plurality of process development team members for each one of the plurality of activities for the respective assigned function; and

providing an online task template form to each one of the plurality of process development representatives to enter one or more tasks to each one of the plurality of activities for the respective assigned function to thereby receive the list of tasks for each one of the plurality of activities for the respective assigned function.

43. A method as defined in claim 41,

wherein the step of alerting online each of a preselected plurality of organization members further includes the step of providing to each preselected organization member of an affected organization division an opportunity to review and comment on at least one preselected version of the finalized activity analysis;

and

wherein the method further comprises the step of reviewing and either incorporating or rejecting comments for each respective finalized activity analysis by each associated process development representative responsive to receiving such comments to thereby finalize the description of each respective activity.

44. A method as defined in claim 41, further comprising the steps of:

providing to each selected organization member of an affected organization division an opportunity to review and comment on each original suggested activity analysis contribution of each of the plurality of process development team members;

providing a preselected time limit for agreement of the finalized description of each respective activity; and

assembling by each respective one of a plurality of process development representatives each of the plurality of process development team members to consider the received comments.

45. A method as defined in claim 41, wherein the plurality of input fields of the finalize activity analysis input web page form include at least three of the following:

a description of the activity;

a trigger initiating the activity;

a first activity process task that begins the activity;

a last activity process task that ends the activity;

at least one activity process input;

at least one activity process output;

supplier of activity process input; and

customer of activity process output.

46. A method as defined in claim 41, further comprising the step of providing a resource allocation input web page form having a plurality of resource commitment input fields to thereby receive a description of availability of each of the plurality of process development team members to thereby determine and allocate required resources.

47. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of activities to support major functions of a new organization structure;

providing a task and roles workshop to train each of a plurality of selected organization members defining a respective plurality of process development team members to thereby formulate tasks and roles for each of the plurality of activities supporting the major functions of the new organization structure to enable identification of competencies and skill sets required to successfully complete each of the plurality of activities;

developing and sequentially listing by each of the plurality of process development team members a plurality of tasks individually determined to be required to accomplish each respective one of the plurality of activities for each respective major function; and

determining by each of the plurality of process development team members at least one role required to perform each one of the plurality of tasks determined to be required to accomplish each respective one of the plurality of activities for each respective major function.

48. A method as defined in claim 47, wherein the step of providing a task and roles workshop includes each process development team member performing the steps of:

identifying and sequentially listing tasks required to complete a sample activity procedure;

determining which of a plurality of roles are required to perform each task; and

identifying role interactions required to perform each task of the sample activity.

49. A method as defined in claim 48, wherein the step of providing a task and roles workshop further includes the steps of:

expressing the sample activity as a process map, providing a step-by-step roadmap for an end-to-end business process for the sample activity to thereby train each of the plurality of process development team members to develop task lists for each of the plurality of activities; and

demonstrating procedures for determining roles involved in each of the plurality of activities and how each one of the plurality of roles relate to each other of the plurality of roles.

50. A method as defined in claim 47, further comprising the step of providing a suggested task analysis input web page form to each one of the plurality of process development team members to enter one or more tasks for each of the plurality of activities associated with an assigned one of the plurality of major functions and to assign roles thereto, the suggested task analysis input web page form having an input field providing for entry of tasks associated with a selected one of the plurality of activities and an input field to associate at least one role thereto responsive to process development team member input to thereby receive one or more tasks and associated roles defining a suggested task list required to perform the selected activity.

51. A method as defined in claim 50, further comprising the step of alerting online a process development representative of a posting of a suggested task list for a selected activity to thereby notify the process development representative that a new suggested task list analysis for the respective activity has been posted.

52. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of activities to support major functions of a new organization structure;

providing a suggested task analysis input web page form to each one of a plurality of process development team members to enter a plurality of tasks and to assign roles for each of a plurality of activities associated with an assigned one of a plurality of major functions, the suggested task analysis input web page form having an input field providing for entry of each task associated with a selected one of the plurality of activities and an input field to associate at least one role thereto responsive to process development team member input to thereby receive a plurality of tasks and associated roles defining a suggested task list required to perform the selected activity;

performing process development team meetings by each of a plurality of process development teams to combine, streamline, or revise each respective task list;

providing a finalized task analysis input web page form to each of a plurality of process development team representatives to enter a plurality of tasks and to assign roles for each one of the plurality of activities, the finalized task analysis input web page form having an input field providing for entry of each task associated with a selected one of the plurality of activities and an input field to associate at least one role thereto and responsive to process development representative input to thereby receive the finalized task list of the respective selected activity;

storing each finalized list of tasks in a database accessible to an online communication network responsive to posting each respective finalized list of tasks to thereby allow multi-party access to each finalized task list; and

notifying online each of a preselected plurality of affected organization members of the posting of each respective finalized task list responsive to the posting of each respective finalized task list to thereby solicit comment from each of the preselected plurality of affected organization members.

53. A method as defined in claim 52, wherein the finalized task analysis input web page form also includes an input field providing for associating one or more roles with each of the plurality of tasks responsive to process development representative input, and wherein the method further includes the steps of:

associating one or more roles with each of the plurality of tasks for each one of the plurality of activities;

providing a role responsibility level input web page form having an input field providing for entry of a required responsibility level associated with each task and role combination; and

assigning each task and role combination a required responsibility level.

54. A method as defined in claim 52, further comprising the steps of:

providing to each preselected organization member of an affected organization division an opportunity to review and comment on at least one preselected version of the finalized task lists; and

reviewing and either incorporating or rejecting comments for each respective finalized task list by each associated process development representative responsive to receiving such comments to thereby finalize the list of tasks required to support each respective activity.

55. A method as defined in claim 52, further comprising the step of providing to each selected organization member of an affected organization division an opportunity to review and comment on each original suggested task list contribution of each of the plurality of process development team members.

56. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of activities to support major functions of a new organization structure;

developing a listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles to accomplish for each of the plurality of activities;

providing a resource availability and role man-hours workshop to train each of a plurality of selected organization members defining a respective plurality of process development team members to thereby prepare the plurality of process development team members to use the listing of tasks and roles to determine resource availability and required role competencies for each of the plurality of roles; and

estimating a hands-on time requirement required to complete each of the plurality of tasks by each respective associated responsible role responsive to individual and collective experience of the plurality of process development team members to thereby estimate a total workload requirement for the new organization structure.

57. A method as defined in claim 56, wherein the step of estimating a hands-on time required to complete each of the plurality of tasks includes the step of determining a hands-on time required by a reasonably competent practitioner performing each role to complete a selected task responsive to individual and collective experiences of each process development team member to thereby develop standardized roles.

58. A method as defined in claim 57, wherein the step of estimating a hands-on time required for each task by an associated responsible role includes the step of accounting for complexity of each respective task.

59. A method as defined in claim 58, further comprising the step of providing an online role complexity and time durations web page form including a plurality of input fields to enter time durations for each of a plurality of categories of complexities for each task and role combination.

60. A method as defined in claim 59, wherein the categories of complexities for each task and role combination include indicia of the following categories:

high complexity, medium complexity, and low complexity.

61. A method as defined in claim 56, further comprising the steps of:

analyzing each of the plurality of roles for a required responsibility level associated with each task and role combination;

providing a role responsibility input web page form having an input field providing for entry of the required responsibility level associated with each task and role combination; and

assigning each task and role combination a required responsibility level.

62. A method as defined in claim 61, wherein the required responsibility level is determined according to the following responsibility codes:

responsible, accountable, consult, and inform.

63. A method as defined in claim 56, comprising the step of analyzing each of the plurality of roles for a competency level required to complete an associated task.

64. A method as defined in claim 63, wherein the required competency level is determined by analyzing each of the plurality of roles to determine required knowledge, skill, and behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels:

learn, use or apply, guide or teach, and innovate or shape.

65. A method as defined in claim 63, comprising the step of providing a competency level input web page form having a plurality input fields providing for entry of knowledge, skill, and behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels:

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape, to thereby receive a competency level for each of the plurality of tasks.

66. A method as defined in claim 56, comprising the steps of:

determining current obligations and projected absences of each of the plurality of process development team members to thereby determine availability for each of the plurality of process development team members;

providing an online current projects and obligations web page template to identify current projects and obligations for each of the plurality of process development team members; and

providing an online master resource allocation table for each of the plurality of process development team members to thereby summarize process development team member availability, the master resource allocation table including current assignment planned completion dates and projected absences.

67. A method as defined in claim 56, wherein the method further comprises the step of providing an online activity analysis web page form including activity frequency input fields to enter activity complexity frequencies for each of a plurality of activity frequency categories for each selected one of the plurality of activities, the activity frequency categories indicating the following categories of complexity:

difficult, normal, and easy.

68. A method of realigning an organization structure, comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of activities to support a plurality of major functions of a new organization structure;

developing a listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles to accomplish for each of the plurality of activities;

determining demand on each one of the plurality of roles within each one of the plurality of functions;

providing a demand estimate template to thereby display demand for each one of the plurality of roles within each one of the plurality of functions;

determining aggregate demand for each of the plurality of roles; and

providing a demand aggregation template to thereby display aggregate demand for each one of the plurality of roles to thereby enhance resource development management.

69. A method as defined in claim 68,

wherein determining demand on each of the plurality of roles includes executing the following calculation to thereby determine a number of human resources required:

R=(H/T)/D; and

wherein R is the total number of human resources required, H is the total number of hours required by each role to perform each assigned task, T is the total average assignable hours per unit of time, and D is a preselected unit of time to perform the tasks.

70. A method as defined in claim 68, further comprising the steps of:

performing a role competency self-evaluation by each of a plurality of organization members against a defined competency of each one of the plurality of roles to thereby form a list of potential candidates to fill each respective role; and

providing a qualified resource supply template to thereby display an available qualified supply of personnel for each respective one of the plurality of roles.

71. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of activities to support major functions of a new organization structure;

developing a listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles to accomplish for each of the plurality of activities;

providing a role competency and activity frequency workshop to train each of a plurality of selected organization members defining a respective plurality of process development team members to thereby determine an estimated frequency of each of the plurality of activities and to thereby define skill sets required for each of the plurality of roles;

analyzing each of the plurality of activities to determine an estimated frequency to which each of the plurality of activities is accomplished over a preselected time period; and

analyzing each of the plurality of roles to thereby define competency for each respective role.

72. A method as defined in claim 71, wherein the step of providing a role competency and activity frequency workshop further includes the steps of:

demonstrating a method of identifying activity frequency and complexity to each of the plurality of process development team members; and

training the plurality of process development team members to use learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape concepts according to knowledge, skills, and behavior concepts to thereby define role competencies.

73. A method as defined in claim 71, wherein the step of analyzing each of the plurality of activities to determine an estimated frequency to which each of the plurality of activities is accomplished over a preselected time period further includes the step of providing an online activity analysis web page form including activity frequency input fields to enter activity complexity frequencies for each of a plurality of categories of frequencies for each selected one of the plurality of activities.

74. A method as defined in claim 73, wherein the activity frequency categories for each activity include indicia of the following categories:

difficult, normal, and easy.

75. A method as defined in claim 71, wherein the step of analyzing each of the plurality of roles to thereby define competency includes the step of defining competency in terms of provable knowledge, demonstratable skills, and exhibited behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels:

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape.

76. A method as defined in claim 71,

wherein each of the plurality of roles is first analyzed to thereby define competency by a plurality of the process development team members to thereby form a plurality of suggested competency definitions for each of the plurality of roles;

wherein the plurality of process development team members form a plurality of process development teams each having a process development competency representative selected from within each respective one of the plurality of process development teams; and

wherein the method further comprises the step of developing by at least one of a plurality of process development competency representatives the competency evaluation criteria of each of a plurality of roles associated with a selected one of the plurality of functions responsive to the associated plurality of suggested competency definitions.

77. A method as defined in claim 71, wherein the step of analyzing each of the plurality of roles to thereby define competency includes the step of providing a competency level table template having a plurality of elements editable to describe an array of competency levels in terms of provable knowledge, demonstratable skills, and exhibited behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels:

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape, defining competency level table elements for each respective role.

78. A method as defined in claim 71, wherein the step of analyzing each of the plurality of roles to thereby define competency includes the step of providing an online role competency web page form including competency term input fields to enter an array of competency levels in terms of provable knowledge, demonstratable skills, and exhibited behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels:

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape.

79. A method as defined in claim 71, further comprising the step of performing a role competency self-evaluation by each of the plurality of process development team members against a defined competency of each one of the plurality of roles to thereby form a list of potential candidates to fill each respective role.

80. A method as defined in claim 79, wherein the step of performing a role competency self-evaluation further includes the step of providing an online role competency self-evaluation web page form including an input field to indicate a competency level for the selected role and an input field to indicate an interest in the respective role.

81. A method as defined in claim 79, further comprising the step of providing a role competency self-evaluation results table indicating results of the self-evaluation to thereby provide qualified resource role supply data.

82. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

defining a plurality of activities to support major functions of a new organization structure;

developing a listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles to accomplish for each of the plurality of activities;

determining a total demand on each role based on associated tasks each role is responsible for performing across associated functions to thereby define an aggregate resource demand, the aggregate resource demand further determined by identifying a sum of products of time duration to perform each associated task and an aggregate frequency of the respective task;

determining a number of qualified personnel having a required competency available to fulfill each one of the plurality of roles to thereby determine a qualified resource supply; and

determining a skills gap in transitioning to the new organization structure, the skills gap defined as a difference between aggregate resource demand and qualified resource supply.

83. A method as defined in claim 82,

wherein the time duration of the tasks is determined using a matrix having matrix quantities separately identified for each type of role;

and

wherein the method further includes the step of providing an online role competency web page form including competency term input fields to enter an array of competency levels in terms of provable knowledge, demonstrable skills, and exhibited behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels;

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape, to determine required competency for each of the plurality of roles to thereby identify qualified personnel resources.

84. A method as defined in claim 82, further comprising the step of determining a resource requirement gap for the new organization structure, the resource requirement gap defined as a difference between resource requirements and qualified resource supply.

85. A method as defined in claim 84, wherein the step of determining a resource requirement gap further includes the step of identifying a number of organization members for each role having a predetermined competency level determined using a learn, use or apply, guide or educate, innovate or shape self-evaluation table to thereby determine the qualified resource supply.

86. A method as defined in claim 84, wherein the step of determining a resource requirement gap further includes the step of identifying a number of organization members for each role having a predetermined competency level and indicating an interest in the respective role to thereby determine the qualified resource supply.

87. A method as defined in claim 86, wherein the step of identifying a number of organization members for each role further includes the step of identifying resource commitments for each respective organization member.

88. A method of realigning an organization structure, the method comprising the steps of:

determining a need to realign an existing organization structure to a new organization structure;

developing an organization transition plan to realign the existing organization structure to the new organization structure;

defining a plurality of major functions of the new organization structure;

identifying a plurality of activities for each of the plurality of major functions of the new organization structure;

developing a listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles to accomplish for each respective one of the plurality of activities;

estimating time durations for each of a plurality of task-role combinations;

identifying an estimated frequency and complexity of the each of the plurality of activities to thereby determine resource demand for the new organization structure;

defining competency for each of the plurality of roles;

determining a number of qualified personnel having a required competency available to fulfill each one of the plurality of roles to thereby determine a qualified resource supply available to the new organization structure; and

determining a skills gap in transitioning to the new organization structure, the skills gap defined as a difference between aggregate resource demand and qualified resource supply.

89. A method is defined in claim 88, further comprising the step of developing an individual transition plan for each process development team member responsive to availability of the respective process development team member beyond current assignments to support a respective personal development plan to thereby close a determined skill gap.

90. A method is defined in claim 88, further comprising the step of providing an on-line web site including a plurality of web pages positioned to capture and make available data developed by selected organization members defining a plurality of process development team members.

91. A method is defined in claim 90, further comprising the step of providing e-mail notification capability to accelerate online review of newly posted data and to ensure appropriate parties are notified of such updates.

92. A method is defined in claim 90, further comprising the step of providing authorization profiles to ensure only a plurality of preselected process development representatives enter final versions of role analysis and the competency analysis to thereby enhance standardization but that allow a plurality of interested organization members to provide comments about the final versions of role analysis and the competency analysis to thereby enhance organization member involvement and promote organization member ownership.

93. A method is defined in claim 88, further comprising the step of providing an online master projects inventory including a list of active and backlogged projects and initiatives, the online master projects inventory including fields indicating associated planned deliverables for each of the projects and initiatives and identification of accountable organization members for each of a plurality of associated tasks to thereby enhance management and revisions during execution thereof.

94. A method is defined in claim 93, further comprising the step of limiting additions to the master projects inventory of new projects and initiatives by requiring as a prerequisite submission and approval of an online change request form.

95. A computer readable medium that is readable by a computer, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform the operation of providing a plurality of organization analysis web pages associated with an organization realignment web site to capture data developed by a plurality of organization members defining process development team members and used to analyze and define functions, activities, tasks, and roles to form a new organization structure to thereby provide a repository of the data and to provide access to the data by organization member participants during transition development between an old organization structure to the new organization structure to encourage learning, promote a sense of ownership, and encourage full involvement in realigning to the new organization structure.

96. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 95, further comprising instructions to perform the following operations:

providing a plurality of resource determination web pages associated with an organization realignment web site to determine a qualified supply of resources available to the new organization structure and including at least one role competency self-evaluation web page form used to evaluate organization members competency in performing a plurality of roles identified to perform associated tasks supporting at least one of a plurality of activities under each respective one of a plurality of functions; and

providing at least one requirements web page associated with an organization realignment web site to determine at least one of the following;

a skills gap and a resource gap between resources demanded by the new organization structure and the qualified supply of resources.

97. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 95,

wherein the operation of providing a plurality of organization analysis web pages includes the operation of providing a suggested activity analysis input web page form to an organization member defining a process development team member to separately enter a suggested activity analysis for each selected one of a plurality of activities of a selected one of a plurality of functions to thereby assemble activity analysis suggestion data for each of the plurality of activities under the selected one of the plurality of functions, the suggested activity analysis input web page form having a plurality of activity analysis attribute input fields adapted to receive user input data indicating a description of a corresponding plurality of activity attributes for a selected one of the plurality of activities responsive to process development team member input;

and

wherein the instructions further include those to perform the operation of alerting online one of a plurality of organization members associated with the selected one of the plurality of functions defining a process development representative of a posting of a respective activity analysis suggestion for the selected one of the plurality of activities responsive to activity analysis suggestion form submission for the selected one of the plurality of activities.

98. A computer readable medium that is readable by a computer, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing a finalize activity analysis input web page form to an organization member defining a process development representative to separately enter a finalized activity analysis for each selected one of a plurality of activities of a selected one of a plurality of functions to thereby post a finalized activity analysis for each of the plurality of activities under the selected one of the plurality of functions, the finalize activity analysis input web page form having a plurality of input fields adapted to receive user input data indicating a description of a corresponding plurality of activity attributes for the selected one of the plurality of activities responsive to process development representative input and responsive to process development representative evaluation of suggested activity analysis data from each of a corresponding plurality of organization members defining process development team members;

storing each finalized activity analysis in a database accessible to an online communication network responsive to posting each respective finalized activity analysis to thereby allow multi-party access to each finalized activity analysis; and

alerting online each of a preselected plurality of organization members of the posting of each respective finalized activity analysis responsive to the posting of each respective finalized activity analysis to thereby solicit comment from each of the preselected plurality of organization members.

99. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 98, the instructions further including those to perform the operations of:

providing an online comment form including an input field to receive user input data indicating a comment directed to a finalized activity analysis; and

providing to the process development representative associated with the selected one of the plurality of activities online notification of each of a plurality of comments directed to an associated finalize activity analysis responsive to comment posting by each respective one of the preselected plurality of organization members.

100. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 98, the instructions further including those to perform the operation of providing a view all suggestions web page including output fields adapted to display each suggested one of a plurality of activity analysis suggestions posted by a corresponding plurality of process development team members to thereby enhance comment formulation.

101. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 98,

wherein the plurality of input fields of the finalize activity analysis input web page form include at least three of the following:

a description of the activity, a trigger initiating the activity, a first activity process task that begins the activity, a last activity process task that ends the activity, at least one activity process input, at least one activity process output, supplier of activity process input, and customer of activity process output; and

wherein the online finalized activity analysis web page form includes input fields to enter activity frequencies for a plurality of preselected complexity categories representing the categories of difficult, normal, and easy.

102. A computer readable medium that is readable by a computer, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing a suggested task analysis input web page form to each one of a plurality of organization members defining a corresponding plurality of process development team members to enter one or more tasks separately for each selected one of a plurality of activities of a selected one of a plurality of functions and to assign roles thereto, the suggested task analysis input web page form having an input field providing for iterative entry of a plurality of tasks associated with a selected activity defining a suggested task list required to perform the selected activity and an input field to associate at least one role thereto responsive to process development team member input to thereby receive one or more tasks and associated roles;

storing each suggested task list in a database accessible to an online communication network responsive to posting each respective suggested task list to thereby allow access to each suggested task entered by one of the plurality of process development team members by the other of the plurality of process development team members; and

alerting online the process development representative of a posting of a suggested task list for the selected one of the plurality of activities to thereby notify the process development representative that a new suggested task list analysis for the selected one of the plurality of activities has been posted.

103. A computer readable medium that is readable by a computer, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing a finalized task analysis input web page form to an organization member defining a process development representative to separately enter a plurality of tasks and to assign roles for each selected one of a plurality of activities of a selected one of a plurality of functions to thereby receive the finalized task list for each selected one of the plurality of activities under the selected one of the plurality of functions, the finalized task analysis input web page form having an input field providing for entry of each task associated with a selected one of the plurality of activities and an input field to associate at least one role thereto responsive to process development representative input;

storing each finalized list of tasks in a database accessible to an online communication network responsive to posting each respective finalized list of tasks to thereby allow multi-party access to each finalized task list;

storing each role for each associated task for the selected activity in the database to thereby allow multi-party access to each role; and

alerting online each of a preselected plurality of organization members of the posting of each finalized task list responsive to the posting of each respective finalized task list to thereby solicit comment from each of the preselected plurality of organization members.

104. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 103, the instructions further including those to perform the operations of:

associating one or more roles with each of the plurality of tasks for each one of the plurality of activities;

providing a role responsibility level input web page form having an input field providing for entry of a required responsibility level associated with each task and role combination, the role responsibility level indicating a role interaction required to complete each respective task; and

assigning each task and role combination a required responsibility level.

105. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 104, wherein the required responsibility level is determined according to responsibility codes representing the following:

responsible, accountable, consult, and inform.

106. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 103, the instructions further including those to perform the operation of providing an online role complexity and time durations web page form to enter time durations for each of a plurality of categories of complexities for each task and role combination.

107. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 106, wherein the categories of complexities for each task and role combination include categories representing the following:

high complexity, medium complexity, and low complexity.

108. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 103, the instructions further including those to perform the operations of:

providing an online comment form including an input field to receive user input data indicating a comment directed to at least one version of a task list and assigned roles for a selected activity;

providing data to display each suggested one of a plurality of task lists posted by a corresponding plurality of process development team members to thereby enhance comment formulation; and

providing to the process development representative associated with the selected activity online notification of each of a plurality of comments directed to an associated task list and assigned roles responsive to comment posting by each respective one of the preselected plurality of organization members.

109. A computer readable medium that is readable by a computer, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing an online role competency suggestion template form to a user to separately assemble role competency suggestion data for each selected one of a plurality of roles associated with a plurality of activities under each respective one of a plurality of functions, the online role competency suggestion template form having a plurality of role competency attribute input fields adapted to receive user input data indicating role competency attributes; and

providing an online role competency template form to a user to assemble finalized role competency data to thereby separately develop an online role competency self-evaluation form for each selected one of the plurality of roles associated with the plurality of activities under each respective one of the plurality of functions, the online role competency template form having a plurality of role competency input fields adapted to receive user input data indicating role competency attributes.

110. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 109,

wherein the plurality of input fields of the online role competency template form provide a plurality of elements editable to describe an array of competency levels representing provable knowledge, demonstrable skills, and exhibited behavior or attitude according to achievement levels representing the following:

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape, defining competency level self-evaluations table elements for each respective role; and

wherein the required competency level is determined by analyzing each of the plurality of roles to determine required knowledge, skill, and behavior or attitude according to the following achievement levels;

learn, use or apply, guide or teach, and innovate or shape.

111. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 109, the instructions further including those to perform the operation of providing an online role competency self-evaluation web page form including a plurality of achievement evaluation selection input fields to indicate a self-evaluated competency level and a role interest input field to enter an indication of interest in the role under self-evaluation.

112. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 111, the instructions further including those to perform the operations of:

compiling the role competency self-evaluation results data responsive to at least one role competency self-evaluation; and

providing an online role competency self-evaluation results report indicating results of the role competency self-evaluation, the online role competency report having a plurality of role competency output fields indicating qualification for and interest in each of the plurality of roles by each of a plurality of organization members to thereby display a qualified resource supply for each of the plurality of roles to support assignment of organization members to the plurality of roles.

113. A computer readable medium that is readable by a computer, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that cause the computer to perform the following operations:

receiving a plurality of activities to support major functions of a new organization structure responsive to user input;

receiving a listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles to accomplish for each of the plurality of activities responsive to user input;

calculating a sum of products of a time duration to perform each associated task and an aggregate frequency of the respective task to determine a total demand on each role based on associated tasks each role is responsible for performing across associated functions defining an aggregate resource demand;

determining a number of qualified personnel having a required competency level and availability to fulfill each one of the plurality of roles to thereby determine a qualified resource supply; and

determining a skills gap in transitioning to the new organization structure responsive to role identification, aggregate resource demand, and qualified resource supply to thereby enhance organization transition planning.

114. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, wherein the instructions that cause the computer determine a qualified resource supply further cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing a resource allocation input web page form having a plurality of resource commitment input fields to identify current projects and obligations for each of the plurality of organization members to thereby receive a description of availability of each of the plurality of organization members to determine and allocate required resources; and

providing a qualified resource supply template to thereby display an available qualified supply of personnel for each respective one of the plurality of roles.

115. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, wherein the instructions that cause the computer to determine a qualified resource supply further cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing an online master resource allocation table for each of a plurality of organization members to thereby summarize organization member availability, the master resource allocation table including current assignment planned completion dates and projected absences; and

providing an online assignable man-hour determination form including a table having a plurality of roles identified as organization realignment participants related to a plurality of activities to thereby determine an average number of assignable hours per unit of time for each of the plurality of organization realignment participants.

116. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, wherein the instructions that cause the computer to determine an aggregate resource demand further cause the computer to perform the following operations:

providing a demand estimate template to thereby display demand for each one of the plurality of roles within each one of the plurality of functions;

determining aggregate demand for each of the plurality of roles; and

providing a demand aggregation web page form to display aggregate demand for each one of the plurality of roles to thereby enhance resource development management.

117. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, wherein the instructions that cause the computer to determine an aggregate resource demand further cause the computer to perform the following operations:

determining demand on each one of the plurality of roles within each one of the plurality of functions including executing the following calculation to thereby determine a number of human resources required;

R=(H/T)/D, wherein R is the total number of human resources required, H is the total number of hours required by each role to perform each assigned task, T is the total average assignable hours per unit of time, and D is a preselected unit of time to perform the tasks; and

determining the time duration of the tasks using a table or matrix having quantities separately identified for each type of role.

118. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, wherein the instructions that cause the computer to determine an aggregate resource demand further cause the computer to perform the operation of compiling a demand estimate for each of the plurality of roles to provide a demand estimate report form indicating a number of resources required per unit of time for each of the plurality of roles to perform assigned tasks within activities of each of the plurality of functions, the demand estimate determination responsive to an estimated number of hours required of each role to perform assigned tasks within activities of each of the plurality of functions and responsive to the determined average number of assignable hours per unit of time for each of the plurality of roles to determine an estimated number of units of time required for each role to perform assigned tasks within each activity under each one of the plurality of functions to thereby determine the demand estimate defining a number of resources required for each role to perform activities of each one of the plurality of functions.

119. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, the instructions further including those to perform the operation of determining a resource requirement gap for the new organization structure, the resource requirement gap defined as a difference between resource requirements and qualified resource supply, the qualified resource supply determination including determining a number of organization members for each role having predetermined competency level data extracted from a self-evaluation table indicating competency level categories of learn, use or apply, guide or educate, innovate or shape and determining a number of organization members for each role having a predetermined competency level and indicating an interest in the respective role.

120. A computer-readable medium as defined in claim 119, the instructions further including those to perform the operation of forming individual transition plans for each of a plurality of organization members responsive to determined organization resource requirements determined from qualified resource supply data from the competency self-evaluation and resource availability data from a resource availability evaluation, each individual transition plan mapping each one of the plurality of organization members to a selected role or roles.

121. A computer readable medium as defined in claim 113, the instructions further including those to perform the operations of:

providing a project initiation request form to facilitate assignment of accountabilities;

providing a project change request form including entry fields to request modification of a standard activity to provide for tracking and requiring explanation of revisions to project plans and timelines; and

providing a master projects inventory web page to indicate planned deliverables and identify accountable personnel for each task.

122. A computer memory element containing, stored in signal bearing media, a database containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating a plurality of functions for a new organization structure;

data indicating a separate plurality of activities associated with and supporting each one of the plurality of functions of the new organization structure;

data indicating a separate listing of a plurality of tasks and associated roles for each one of the plurality of activities;

data indicating a total demand on each role based on associated tasks each role is responsible for performing across associated functions defining an aggregate resource demand;

data indicating a number of qualified personnel having a required competency level and available to fulfill each one of the plurality of roles indicating a qualified resource supply; and

data indicating a skills gap in transitioning to the new organization structure.

123. A computer memory element as defined in claim 122, the database further containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating a separate plurality of role competency attributes for each of the plurality of roles; and

data indicating user interest and each of the plurality of roles by each of a plurality of organization members.

124. A computer memory element as defined in claim 122, the database further containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating the plurality of role competency attributes including data to describe an array of competency levels representing provable knowledge, demonstratable skills, and exhibited behavior or attitude according to achievement levels representing the following;

learn, use or apply, guide or educate, and innovate or shape, defining competency level self-evaluations table elements for each respective role.

125. A computer memory element as defined in claim 122, the database further containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating a required responsibility level for each task and role combination; and

data indicating a time duration for each of a plurality of categories of complexities for each task and role combination.

126. A computer memory element as defined in claim 122,

wherein the data indicating a plurality of activities further indicates a finalized activity analysis for each of the plurality of activities;

and

wherein the data indicating a plurality of tasks and associated roles further indicates a finalized list of tasks for each of the plurality of activities and at least one role for each associated task.

127. A computer memory element as defined in claim 126, the database further containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating a separate plurality of comments directed to each of the plurality of finalized activity analysis; and

data indicating a separate plurality of comments directed to at least one version of each of the plurality of tasks and associated roles.

128. A computer memory element as defined in claim 122, the database further containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating a plurality of activities analysis suggestions indicating a corresponding plurality of suggested activity analysis for each of the plurality of activities; and

data indicating a plurality of task list suggestions indicating a corresponding plurality of suggested task list and associated roles to accomplish each of the plurality of activities.

129. A computer memory element as defined in claim 122, the database further containing the following data in computer readable format:

data indicating a description of availability of each of a plurality of organization members including data indicating current projects and obligations for each respective organization member used to determine the qualified resource supply; and

data indicating individual transition plans for each of a plurality of organization members and associated with qualified resource supply data through a plurality of competency self-evaluations and resource availability data from a plurality of resource availability evaluations, each individual transition plan mapping each one of the plurality of organization members to a selected role or roles.