MANAGEMENT TOOL FOR EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF SKILLS AND RESOURCES

• US 20090112704A1
• Filed: 07/15/2008
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Branca, Salvatore
• Application Number:
  US12/173,026
• Publication Number:
  US 20090112704A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063112 Skill-based matching of a person or a group to a task

Abstract

A method for identifying a user having computer skills substantially in accordance with a predetermined skill set. The method may include identifying one or more users, identifying one or more computer skills of the user, and monitoring computer usage of the user to dynamically determine a proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill. Embodiments of the method may further include storing the proficiency level in a user profile for the user, and correlating the user profile with a predetermined skill set to identify one or more users having computer skills that best match the predetermined skill set.

Claims

1. A method for identifying a user having computer skills substantially in accordance with a predetermined skill set, the method comprising:

identifying at least one user,

identifying at least one computer skill of the user;

monitoring computer usage of the user to dynamically determine a proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill;

storing the proficiency level in a user profile for the user; and

correlating the user profile with a predetermined skill set to identify at least one user having computer skills that best match the predetermined skill set.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the identified computer skills in the user profile.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing an asset management system to identify the at least one computer skill of the user.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the user profile upon identifying a change in the proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing an administration process to update computer programs accessed by the user.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a skills catalogue for all users.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a computer program catalogue for all users.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the user profile to an operator.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying the results of the correlating step to an operator for selection of the at least one user.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing the method on at least one of a server system and a client system.

12. A system for identifying a user having computer skills substantially in accordance with a predetermined skill set, the system comprising:

means for identifying at least one user;

means for identifying at least one computer skill of the user;

means for monitoring computer usage of the user to dynamically determine a proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill;

means for storing the proficiency level in a user profile for the user, and

means for correlating the user profile with a predetermined skill set to identify at least one user having computer skills that best match the predetermined skill set.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the system comprises one of a server systemand a client system.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for updating the user profile upon identifying a change in the proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising means for maintaining a skills catalogue for all users.

16. A computer program product for identifying a user having computer skills substantially in accordance with a predetermined skill set, the computer program product comprising a computer-usable medium having computer-usable program code embodied therein, the computer-usable program code comprising:

computer-usable program code for identifying at least one user;

computer-usable program code for identifying at least one computer skill of the user;

computer-usable program code for monitoring computer usage of the user to dynamically determine a proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill;

computer-usable program code for storing the proficiency level in a user profile for the user; and

computer-usable program code for correlating the user profile with a predetermined skill set to identify at least one user having computer skills that best match the predetermined skill set.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising computer-usable program code for storing the identified computer skills in the user profile.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising computer-usable program code for updating the user profile upon identifying a change in the proficiency level of the user with respect to the computer skill.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising computer-usable program code for maintaining a skills catalogue for all users.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising computer-usable program code for displaying the user profile to an operator.