SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TEMPERATURE OF BUSINESS COMPONENTS FOR FINDING BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION OPPORTUNITIES

• US 20100082385A1
• Filed: 10/01/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ding, Wei, Lee, Juhnyoung, Jiang, Shun, Cao, Rong Zeng, Tian, Chun Hua
• Application Number:
  US12/243,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20100082385A1
• 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 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis

Abstract

Temperature of one or more business components are determined by determining temperatures for metrics associated with a business component using benchmark data. The determined temperatures for metrics are aggregated into a representative temperature for a business component using a selected algorithm. A spectrum of colors is provided to represent the range of temperatures and the representative temperature is represented as a color from the spectrum of colors.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for determining temperature of one or more business components, the temperature of one or more business components being a degree to which said one or more components are associated with one or more business strategies and/or pain points, comprising:

determining temperatures for metrics associated with a business component using benchmark data;

aggregating the temperatures for metrics using a selected algorithm to determine a representative temperature for the business component;

providing a spectrum of colors to represent the range of temperatures; and

presenting the representative temperature as a color from the spectrum of colors.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of providing a spectrum of colors include using different colors to represent a range of temperatures.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of determining, aggregating and presenting are performed for a plurality of business components.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the representative temperature for each of the plurality of business components are presented as a color on a component business model representation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected algorithm includes an “

at least one”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if at least one of associated metrics has as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected algorithm includes an “

all”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if all of associated metrics have as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected algorithm includes “

majority without weights”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if more than half of associated metrics have as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected algorithm includes “

majority with weights”

algorithm, in which a weight value is assigned to each associated metric.

9. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method of determining temperature of one or more business components, the temperature of one or more business components being a degree to which said one or more components are associated with one or more business strategies and/or pain points, comprising:

determining temperatures for metrics associated with a business component using benchmark data;

aggregating the temperatures for metrics using a selected algorithm to determine a representative temperature for the business component;

providing a spectrum of colors to represent the range of temperatures; and

presenting the representative temperature as a color from the spectrum of colors.

10. The program storage device of claim 9, wherein the step of providing a spectrum of colors include using different colors to represent a range of temperatures.

11. The program storage device of claim 10, wherein the step of determining, aggregating and presenting are performed for a plurality of business components.

12. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the representative temperature for each of the plurality of business components are presented as a color on a component business model representation.

13. The program storage device of claim 9, wherein the selected algorithm includes an “

at least one”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if at least one of associated metrics has as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

14. The program storage device of claim 9, wherein the selected algorithm includes an “

all”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if all of associated metrics have as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

15. The program storage device of claim 9, wherein the selected algorithm includes “

majority without weights”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if more than half of associated metrics have as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

16. The program storage device of claim 9, wherein the selected algorithm includes “

majority with weights”

algorithm, in which a weight value is assigned to each associated metric.

17. A system for determining temperature of one or more business components, the temperature of one or more business components being a degree to which said one or more components are associated with one or more business strategies and/or pain points, comprising:

means for determining temperatures for metrics associated with a business component using benchmark data;

means for aggregating the temperatures for metrics using a selected algorithm to determine a representative temperature for the business component;

means for providing a spectrum of colors to represent the range of temperatures; and

means for presenting the representative temperature as a color from the spectrum of colors.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the means for providing a spectrum of colors uses different colors to represent a range of temperatures.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the determining, aggregating and presenting are performed for a plurality of business components.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the representative temperature for each of the plurality of business components are presented as a color on a component business model representation.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected algorithm includes an “

at least one”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if at least one of associated metrics has as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

22. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected algorithm includes an “

all”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if all of associated metrics have as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

23. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected algorithm includes “

majority without weights”

algorithm, in which a business component is identified as being hot if more than half of associated metrics have as-is value worse than a benchmark value.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the selected algorithm includes “

majority with weights”

algorithm, in which a weight value is assigned to each associated metric.

25. A system for determining temperature of one or more business components, the temperature of one or more business components being a degree to which said one or more components are associated with one or more business strategies and/or pain points, comprising:

a computer-implemented module operable to determine temperatures for metrics associated with a business component using benchmark data, the temperature being a degree to which a metric is associated with one or more business strategies and/or pain points;

a computer-implemented module operable to aggregate the temperatures for metrics using a selected algorithm to determine a representative temperature for the business component;

a computer-implemented module operable to provide a spectrum of colors to represent the range of temperatures; and

a computer-implemented user interface module operable to present the representative temperature as a color from the spectrum of colors.

26. The system of claim 25, the computer-implemented module operable to provide a spectrum of colors uses different colors to represent a range of temperatures.

27. The system of claim 25, wherein the computer-implemented module operable to determine temperatures for metrics determines said temperatures for metrics based on as-is value, benchmark value and median value associated with said metrics.