Method and apparatus for distributing it management practice information

• US 6,917,921 B1
• Filed: 05/30/2000
• Issued: 07/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Prosight Limited (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Dubey, Prashant, Ofer, Amir, Cimral, John, Lawler, Mark S., Yokoyama, Doug
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, JAGDISH
• Application Number:
  US09/584,015
• Time in Patent Office: 1,869 Days
• Field of Search: 705 7- 11, 707/9, 345/705, 345/713, 709/204, 717/101, 717/105
• US Class Current: 705/7.11
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/063 Operations research, analysis or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0635 Risk analysis of enterprise or organisation activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06393 Score-carding, benchmarking or key performance indicator [KPI] analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

An information technology (IT) management practice knowledge portal provisions first information pages associated with IT management practices for retrieval. One or more IT management practice knowledge associates provision second information pages associated with IT management practices, and associate the second information pages with the first information pages to facilitate retrieval of the second information pages. Further, management features of an IT management application are associated with the first information pages to enable users of the management features to determine corrective actions to identified problems using IT management practice information provided by selected ones of the first as well as the second information pages.

Claims

1. A method for distributing management practice information to a computer application for managing an endeavor, the method comprising the steps of:

provisioning a knowledge portal including a first information page conveying initial management practice information related to an endeavor;

aligning a knowledge associate offering a second information page conveying specialized management practice information associated with the initial management practice information presented by the first information page;

including within the first information page an indication of the knowledge associate offering the second information page;

linking the second information page to the indication of the knowledge associate on the first information page;

linking the first information page to a management feature of a computer application for managing the endeavor;

facilitating management of the endeavor by presenting to the computer application the initial management practice information of the first page upon a selection of the linked management feature, and the specialized management practice information of the second page upon a selection of the linked indication of the knowledge associate within the presented first page.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein:

the endeavor is managed in terms of one or more key performance issues;

the presented initial management practice information and specialized management practice information enable an assessment of the endeavor according to the one or more key performance issues.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the endeavor is an information technology endeavor.