EVALUATION SYSTEM, EVALUATION EQUIPMENT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

• US 20080312989A1
• Filed: 08/10/2007
• Published: 12/18/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: OKADA, Koji
• Application Number:
  US11/836,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20080312989A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0639 Performance analysis of employees; Performance analysis of enterprise or organisation operations

Abstract

An evaluation system, an evaluation method, and a computer program that specify an effect inhibition factor are provided. The evaluation system specifies the effect inhibition factor when an introduction effect of a predetermined system such as a support system cannot be acquired. Further, the evaluation system notifies a user of a countermeasure according to the specified effect inhibition factor. Specifically, the evaluation system ascertains operation status of the support system and a user comprehension degree with respect to an operation method of the support system, thereby specifying a factor inhibiting the introduction effect (effect inhibition factor) and a countermeasure according to the effect inhibition factor.

Claims

1. An evaluation system which receives an instruction from at least one user and carries out an evaluation regarding a support system that supports a task of the at least one user by executing processing according to the instruction, the system comprising:

an analysis table in which is recorded, for each of operation evaluation items, a rule for calculating an operation evaluation index based on the instruction from the at least one user;

a question table in which is recorded, for each of comprehension degree evaluation items, a question group which is used for calculating a comprehension degree evaluation index based on a comprehension degree of the at least one user regarding the support system;

an evaluation table in which is recorded, for each of support system evaluation items, an evaluation regarding the support system in association with the operation evaluation index and the comprehension degree evaluation index;

an instruction history recording unit which acquires and records the instruction from the at least one user received by the support system;

an operation evaluation index calculation unit which calculates the operation evaluation index for each of the operation evaluation items based on the instruction recorded by the instruction history recording unit and the analysis table;

a presenting unit which presents a question group recorded in the question table;

a comprehension degree evaluation index calculation unit which calculates the comprehension degree evaluation index for each of the comprehension degree evaluation items after receiving answers to the question group, presented by the presenting unit, from the at least one user; and

an evaluation unit which carries out the evaluation regarding the support system for each of the support system evaluation items based on the operation evaluation index calculated by the operation evaluation index calculation unit, on the comprehension degree evaluation index calculated by the comprehension degree evaluation index calculation unit, and on the evaluation table, and outputs the evaluation result.

2. An evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein the evaluation regarding the support system, which is recorded in the evaluation table, includes a first evaluation indicating that introduction of the support system is inappropriate, a second evaluation indicating that user comprehension with respect to an operation method of the support system is insufficient, and a third evaluation indicating that an operation of the support system is insufficient.

3. An evaluation system according to claim 2, wherein in the evaluation table:

the first evaluation is associated with a case where the operation evaluation index satisfies a predetermined criterion;

the second evaluation is associated with a case where the operation evaluation index fails to satisfy the predetermined criterion and the comprehension degree evaluation index satisfies a predetermined criterion; and

the third evaluation is associated with a case where both the operation evaluation index and the comprehension degree evaluation index fail to satisfy the predetermined criteria.

4. An evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein:

the evaluation table further records a countermeasure in response to the evaluation regarding the support system; and

the evaluation unit adds the countermeasure recorded in the evaluation table to the evaluation result and outputs the evaluation result.

5. An evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein:

the question groups are classified according to an attribute of the at least one user;

the presenting unit presents, among the question groups, a question group corresponding to the attribute; and

the comprehension degree evaluation index calculation unit calculates the comprehension degree evaluation index for each of the comprehension degree evaluation items after receiving answers to the question group presented by the presenting unit, from the at least one user.

6. An evaluation system according to claim 1, wherein:

the support system comprises a system which notifies the at least one user of a task progression status; and

the operation evaluation index is based on an instruction that causes the support system to notify the at least one user of the task progression status.

7. An evaluation method in an evaluation system which receives an instruction from at least one user and carries out an evaluation regarding a support system that supports a task of the at least one user by executing processing according to the instruction, the evaluation method comprising:

an instruction history recording step which acquires and records the instruction from the at least one user received by the support system;

an operation evaluation index calculation step which calculates, for each of operation evaluation items, an operation evaluation index from an operation evaluation index based on the instruction recorded in the instruction history recording step;

a comprehension degree evaluation index calculation step which calculates a comprehension degree evaluation index based on a comprehension degree of the at least one user regarding the support system; and

an evaluation step which carries out the evaluation regarding the support system for each of support system evaluation items based on the operation evaluation index calculated in the operation evaluation index calculation step and the comprehension degree evaluation index calculated in the comprehension degree evaluation index calculation step, and outputs the evaluation result.

8. A program product which causes a computer of an evaluation system, which receives an instruction from at least one user and carries out an evaluation regarding a support system that supports a task of the at least one user by executing processing according to the instruction, to execute:

an instruction history recording procedure which acquires and records the instruction from the at least one user received by the support system;

an operation evaluation index calculation procedure which calculates, for each of operation evaluation items, an operation evaluation index from an operation evaluation index based on the instruction recorded in the instruction history recording procedure;

a comprehension degree evaluation index calculation procedure which calculates a comprehension degree evaluation index based on a comprehension degree of the at least one user regarding the support system; and

an evaluation procedure which carries out the evaluation regarding the support system for each of support system evaluation items based on the operation evaluation index calculated in the operation evaluation index calculation procedure and the comprehension degree evaluation index calculated in the comprehension degree evaluation index calculation procedure, and outputs the evaluation result.