DECISION OBJECT FOR ASSOCIATING A PLURALITY OF BUSINESS PLANS

• US 20080162480A1
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Published: 07/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SymphonyRPM, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SymphonyRPM, Inc. (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: FORS, JOHN I., CLAYTON, JAMES D., WEST, JOHN, WADHWANI, ROMESH T., GOODMAN, CHARLES R., PAYNE, MARK H.
• Application Number:
  US11/925,042
• Publication Number:
  US 20080162480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/8
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• 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 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass

Abstract

Enterprise methods and systems are provided in which decision types are defined with attributes that can be stored as decision objects that assist in storing and executing decisions. The methods and systems include methods for logically linking decision processes based on commonality of decision variables across different aspects of an enterprise.

Claims

1. An enterprise planning method, comprising:

identifying at least one attribute of a decision type for a type of decision of an enterprise; and

defining a decision object to capture at least one value of the at least one attribute in connection with a specific decision.